What are my chances in getting into ivy leagues?

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<p>I am currently a junior at a very competitive high school: George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science, and I want to know my chances of getting into Ivy League colleges with the GPA that I have, the classes that I have taken, and the clubs and extracurricular activities that I am in.</p>

<p>freshman year:</p>

<p>Algebra 1 Advanced
Geometry Advanced
Biology Advanced
English 1 Advanced
World History Advanced
Computer Science Advanced
Environmental Science Advanced
Engineering Survey</p>

<p>I did track and karate this year. I had to stop because I tore my labrum doing karate, got accepted in (NSHSS) National Society of High School Scholars, did robotics club for about 3 months until I noticed it wasn’t for me, and got accepted into a program called ACE (Architecture, Construction, and Engineering).</p>

<p>I ended freshman year with a 3.73 GPA</p>

<p>Sophomore year:</p>

<p>Algebra 2 Honors
Pre-Calculus Honors
Chemistry Honors
English 2 Advanced
Spanish 1 Advanced
African American History Advanced
Digital Electronics (Engineering)</p>

<p>I continued karate, NSHSS, and ACE.</p>

<p>I ended Sophomore year with a 3.79 GPA</p>

<p>Junior year:</p>

<p>AP Calculus AB
AP U.S History
Social Science
Honors Physics
Dual Enrollment- English 101 + English 102 at CCP (Community College of Philadelphia)
Spanish 2 Advanced</p>

<p>I did not finish this year yet, but I am doing much better than I was my freshman and sophomore years. I talked to my counselors and they said that they predict that at the rate I am going, my GPA will be around 3.90 by the end of this year.</p>

<p>I’m playing varsity football, doing karate, still in ACE, NSHSS, got accepted into another academic program called NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers), and NHS (National Honor Society).</p>

<p>During this summer I most likely will take Calculus II at CCP.</p>

<p>Senior year I will take:</p>

<p>AP Calculus BC
AP Environmental Science
AP Statistics or AP Physics 1 (I need both for my major, Civil Engineering, but I don’t know which to take. I may take both though.)</p>

<p>I will still be in NSHSS, NSBE, NHS, ACE, karate and varsity football.</p>

<p>During the year, I most likely will take more classes at CCP.</p>

<p>I predict my GPA to go up close to a 4.0.</p>

<p>I haven’t taken my SATs yet. I take them in May and June.</p>

<p>What ivy league colleges or really great colleges do you think I have a chance at getting into? What about: UPenn, Georgia Tech, Drexel, Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh, Buknell, Berkley, Stanford?</p>

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<p>Do you have a hook (URM)? I’m guessing you do, since you were accepted into the NSBE…
If you have a hook, you may have a shot. However, if you don’t, I have to regretfully say that the information you provided does not show a high level of academic rigor or EC commitment in regards to the “typical” applicant.
Since you come from a very good HS, do you know how you stand in regards to the students at your school with the highest level of academic achievement? I don’t know if your school ranks, but is your course load considered difficult?
I’m sure you’ll end up somewhere just fine though!</p>

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<p>It’s low for everybody anyways and I don’t really see anything special on your resume. Although URM could help you a lot. </p>

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<p>Acceptance rate for URM is 30% at some Ivy’s (wikipedia). Which is twice as much as whites.</p>

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<p>This should really be in the chances forum.</p>

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<p>@DigitalKing would you be able to explain a URM or hook? And to give you a better idea of the rigor of my school, one guy just got a full ride to harvard and Upenn last week, and this girl got accepted into princeton. I am ranked 22% currently from my sophomore grades which is 40/179. Its a very small school but it’s small because only a few students get admitted. There’s a lot of people in my grade that has higher GPAs than me that are just taking regular classes, and even the ones that are taking rigorous classes are slacking. I know for a fact that I can at least jump over 10 people this year alone. And yes my course load is considered difficult. I go to a magnet school, if that helps. </p>

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<p>@SwaggyC what’s not special about my resume. These are programs where I meet with professional engineers and I get recognized by the state for my academics. Do you know anything about these programs? I think you should look into them. They’re very good programs.</p>

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<p>How are you taking so few classes your senior year? Why are you taking both Calculus II and Calculus BC? They are the same thing.</p>

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<p>@TheRealDealRell‌ what is your ethnicity?
That rank, even though you are at a good school taking a tough course load, is no where near what ivies typically want. </p>

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<p>@dextrous I’m taking social science, which is a 12th grade history class, the ACE program counts as an art, and I am taking english 101 + 102 at CCP which are counted for my junior and senior english classes as well as my freshman and sophomore years in college. I am done taking English for my high school and college career. Altogether that’s 3 less classes I have to take in high school.</p>

<p>The reason I am taking Calculus 2 and AP Calc BC is because since high school classes are so much longer than college courses so when I take BC at my high school, I will take calc 2 at ccp so that they can help each other and I can get a better grade in both. I might take calc 3 idk</p>

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<p>@DigitalKing I’m black. And my rank will lower down to about 15% this year, if that helps.‌ </p>