<p>I am 14 and entering my 11th grade year (I skipped 4th and 7th grade) at a very good private school in South Carolina. Through my 9th and 10th grade years, I have maintained a perfect 4.0 unweighted GPA and had all A’s and A+'s. I am top-ranked among about 60. I played football during my sophomore year, and this summer I have been doing a lot of work at the animal shelter, which is basically the first community service work I’ve done. I plan on several extra curricular activities this fall, such as becoming the sports writer/journalist for my school football team, and assisting my dad in coaching his youth soccer team. I know I have a lot of community service to do, which I will. There are no AP classes available at my school, but I am so far ahead in some subjects, particularly math, that the school had created several classes for me this past year, all of which I aced. When I turn 15 in February, I plan on applying for a worker’s permit to get a job for more to put on my college application. I am taking the PSAT this fall and plan on taking the SAT several times to boost my score, but in an old SAT this past spring, I scored a 1950 (780 Writing-12 Essay, 620 Math, and an embarrassing 550 in Critical reading). At this point, with two years in high school remaining, what do I need to do and improve on to get into Duke, Wake Forest, and Notre Dame???</p>
<p>Also, just to let you know, I am a white male and my family is an upper-middle income, if that makes a difference.</p>
<p>Please chance me for: Duke, Wake Forest, and Notre Dame. Thanks!!</p>
<p>Oh, and I don’t know if this would help any, but my grandfather’s best friend was the now -deceased Mike Souchak, a famous alumnus at Duke (he is in the Duke Hall of fame for football and golf), I was with him a lot when I was younger, so would that help me at all, legacy-wise?</p>
<p>Sorry to keep adding details, but I also participated in a youth golf summer-long league/tournament and plan to do so again next summer. Would this count as extra-curricular since it was during the summer?</p>
<p>Well now I think you shold retake those SATs and maybe the ACT. Also you need subject tests. And actually, you need to post more about yourself because no one’c gonna chance you if you just mention your GPA and SATs.</p>
<p>Also now, worry about your junior year classes, and worry about college next summer after your 11th grade year. Make sure that your 4.0 GPA doesn’t drop. Seriously you’re stressing out too much now about college.</p>
<p>Lastly, I’m curious: ohw did you manage to skip 2 grades? I’ve never seen something like before for college applicants. It may be a significant help or none at all.</p>
<p>Yeah, okay DarkKnight, I will get my report cards from past two years to post what classes I took and what I’m scheduled to take this year… and yes, I’m 14, would that stand out to colleges like Duke, considering I’d be 16 when I enroll at a college?</p>
<p>^^ “Well now I think you shold retake those SATs and maybe the ACT. Also you need subject tests.”</p>
<p>Notre Dame does not require SAT IIs, but will consider them if they enhance your application.
Duke requires the SAT 1 + Sat IIs or the ACT + Writing, but certainly not both.
Wake Forest is test-optional.</p>