Give me advise :(

Colleges & Universities University of Pennsylvania
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<p>I’m a Junior, and goes to coed high school in Texas.
My school is college prep though it does not much have experience to send guys to Ivys.
So plz give me advise</p>

<p>My story.</p>

<p>me

  • do not have American citizenship :frowning:
  • Korean </p>

<p>Freshman year

  • 6 regular course with 3.75 GPA
  • was JV Tennis team, and done 3 clubs
  • more than 200 hours community service</p>

<p>Sopho year

  • 3 honors and 2 regualr course with 3.5 GPA :frowning:
  • done 4 clubs
  • moved to new school</p>

<p>Junior year

  • had a gap year before coming now this school
  • 3 ap course with 2 regular course
  • gonna do Tennis V</p>

<p>activities

  • has CCNA,CCNP, CCIE, SCJP, and other certifications as well
  • has won CISCO competition.
  • has been recommended from special researcher from IBM.
  • has done intership in Samsung SDS.</p>

<p>Tests.

  • done Macro and Micro AP
  • got 99 on Toefl
  • got 27 on ACT
    (all of those are 5 months ago)
    (Now)
  • my SAT score is around 2150
    gonna do
  • AP computer science, US history, Cal BC, Chem, Physics B, Stat, Physics C (if possible)
  • SAT sub : Math 2c, physics, chem</p>

<p>give me advise plz</p>

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<p>Your academics are a bit weak, especially since you are Asian as well. It seems like a stretch.</p>

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<p>Hi, This is my junior year schedule:
AP Biology
AP Lang
AP US History
AP Economics
AP Calc AB/BC (counts for 2)
Honors Spanish IV
Newspaper</p>

<p>I am worried that competitive colleges will see newspaper as a blow off class even though at my school it is like a real working bussiness…Help!</p>

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<p>Hi! lee!
i don’t know much about the system you are in. cause you are asain yet studying in us rite. But i am also a asain brother. i am a TIBETAN boy,studying in India. i have planed to apply my college in abroad. but the system i have gone through is all of indian. so it is also very hard for me to hope for those ivies. but i suggest you that for you i see very great opportunity to get in one of the ivies. So don’t let your heart to get down. if you aim for ivy then you will get a very good university that can compare with those ivies if not an ivy.</p>