<p>Currently a sophomore, in California.
2280 SATs (goal- 2400 by senior year)
4.5 GPA (will take 5 APs next year, 4 APs senior year)
straight As (hopefully all As until senior year)
Key Club, Math Club, CSF, volunteering at a hospital,
219 PSAT (goal- 240)
cross country, track, varsity
student government
i want to go to Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Duke, CalTech, or Berkeley.
chances?
what else should i do that will look good on my application?</p>
<p>Well you’re going to get into Berkeley and you’re a very strong contender for Duke. The rest depend on intangibles.</p>
<p>Your resume is one that many would envy. Try getting more leadership positions like being a captain of the XC team or take an officer position in the Key or Math Club. Establish good relationships with your teachers and maybe they can give you good recommendations in the future. </p>
<p>Try doing something unique that few people do, as I seeing volunteering at a hospital a very very common thing among people at this forum. My resume is not nearly as great as your resume but I am doing this program [Student</a> Conservation Association](<a href=“http://www.thesca.org%5DStudent”>http://www.thesca.org) my friend is traveling to the Dominican Republic with a program called Amigos or something and teaching hygiene and basic health to kids there. Things like that may set you apart a little. And also look at visiting the schools, sometimes the schools may think you like them better if you visit…</p>
<p>ok… you guys have any tips on how to build good relationships with teachers besides sucking up to them and giving them christmas presents? or is that what i have to do? also, the only volunteering positions i know of are hospital and red cross.
also, can u explain the word intangibles ? thanks</p>
<p>“tips on how to build good relationships with teachers besides sucking up to them and giving them christmas presents? or is that what i have to do?”</p>
<p>AND</p>
<p>“what else should i do that will look good on my application?”</p>
<p>AND</p>
<p>“can u explain the word intangibles”</p>
<p>^ This is why I despair at education in America–hell, education everywhere. 4.5 GPA and 9 APs, and then these sorts of comments. You should know how to build good relationships with people. It just means being genuine, having conversations, and finding common interests. You shouldn’t be so calculating about everything you do. Nobody will care what you did in high school in 15 years. Don’t make your childhood regrettable and superficial for college. Intangibles are things like essays, recs, character, and a demonstrated passion for learning for its own sake. [/rant]</p>
<p>did he really ask what intangible means? and did you just ask how to be social…</p>
<p>it was called elementary school- you gain the aspect of being good at socializing and preferred by your teachers, by experience…</p>
<p>unless you want to be a generic learner and learn how to get experiences and learn to be social, you are classifying yourself as a robot…</p>
<p>thats just my opinion…</p>
<p>its called trying to be open, and not being afraid to make mistakes…</p>
<p>if albert einstein didnt fail the 6th grade, who knows, we probably would not have had the atom bomb and the idea of slicing the atom…</p>
<p>just an example, it was his flaws that made him better… and his flaw was non-conforming and doing bad in the generic education system called High School.</p>