<p>Please reply truthfully on what type/kind of colleges I can get into
I'm currently a sophmore at a public school
Waterpolo-Varsity
Policy Debate- State Champion
Tennis- JV (I'm pretty bad)
class VP
Volunteer stuff (normal amount)
National Honor Roll
33 on ACT so far
208 on PSAT so far
Piano- Passed grade 9 in Royal American Conservatory Exam
In hardest classes
plan to take AP US Hist exam
doing SATIIs
Ranked 3-5 (but it'll increase because work is going up and the top students can't handle it except me - my workload is 2 hours max)
Plan to do the Congressional Student Leadership Conference
Will be co-cheif editor for newspaper in journalism senior year (for sure)
Thats about it - someone plz reply</p>
<p>ur a sophomore* there's an o, stop worrying about it, altho something i'd work on is the modesty, i've gotta say, u come off as being a little conceited... but i don't know u as a person... so i don't know</p>
<p>you're a sophomore.</p>
<p>it might help to learn how to spell ivies</p>
<p>why don't you people just respond instead of being arrogant and haughty, to the person who said he seemed conceited, I don't see that whatsoever, there are hundereds of threads asking similar things, all in a similar fashion, the fact that he is interested as a sophomore doesn't make him conceited, it makes him prepared.</p>
<p>I don't know your GPA, but your rank, test scores, and EC's look pretty good, but it's always luck at the ivies</p>
<p>"Ranked 3-5 (but it'll increase because work is going up and the top students can't handle it except me - my workload is 2 hours max)"</p>
<p>I would understand why one would imagine this person as being conceited.</p>
<p>it wasn't even just that, the fact that he's a sophomore wasn't even the main thing, altho how the hell does he expect us to know when he doesn't have most of his testing done... the reason why i said he was conceited is the way he came off, "Will be co-cheif editor for newspaper in journalism senior year (for sure)"</p>
<p>s/he seems awful confident of his own abilities, and it seems s/he just wants an ego boost, there are other people on this board that come off as arrogant in their posts, sure... but they are the ones that are applying to college now, s/he's still a year and a half away</p>
<p>because there's nothing to say. who knows what they'll be like in two years. it's not arrogant or haughty; it's common sense.</p>
<p>???? i'm confused by ur post foundnemo...</p>
<p>A: your a sophmore....
B: Nobody ever knows who has a chance at the IVIES. It is just pretty much a lottery. Btut based on your stats, you are prety competitive. So just get good grades, and write good essays, and you just might get in.</p>
<p>good luck</p>
<p>oh cujoe, I wasn't referring to your post.</p>
<p>"ur a sophomore* there's an o, stop worrying about it, altho something i'd work on is the modesty"</p>
<p>If you're going to start correcting his spelling, why don't you follow suit and spell "although" correctly and capitalize "I'd". We type like that because it's easier, not because we don't know how to spell correctly, so just don't worry about basic spelling.</p>
<p>And to everyone thinking that he is conceited because he "is sure" that he will be editor, did it ever occur to you that maybe his teacher has already told him, or that there is no one else trying for that position or many other possibilites. And he could just be sure that he could go up because the others simply don't try except in easy classes. At my school, after the first year, there were about 10 people in first, because all you had to do was take honors Earth Science and Honors English. But after that, people starting dropping when they had to take AP's and harder English classes. You just don't know what his school is like. If I were to say to you that I'm the best spanish speaker (non-native) at my school, you'd perceive that as being conceited, but it's the truth. I got a 680 on the SAT II, and the next highest person doesn't know what "si" is (without accent). </p>
<p>Anyway, you have pretty good chances, from what we can tell. Just keep up the hard work and keep doing debate and tennis, etc. That's all that I can tell you since you're only a sophomore. That 33 is pretty impressive for a sophomore.</p>
<p>I would say that you are right on track for the Ivies, so far. Being state champ in policy debate will definitely help. Keep going in that EC! You are already showing leadership- that is good. Study for the SATs before taking them. Think about finances- can you afford the Ivies? They only give need-based aid, no merit aid. There are some books out on how to be admitted to the Ivies- read one or more of them. However, don't become a slave to their advice. I think it's excessive and demeaning to put as much effort into obtaining admission as these people advise. These books stress advance planning- getting to really know a couple of teachers by taking more than one class with them, by joining the club that they run, etc. This will get you a good, personalized recommendation. They stress making your application a coherent package- well thought out, expressing your unique qualities, well polished.</p>
<p>Unless if you can get a high 1500 (2150+), I wouldn't take the SAT I, becuase of your already high ACT score.</p>
<p>Well, your stats seem good so far, and at this point, I'd say that you should aim high. Whether or not you'd get into places like Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Duke, and MIT is questionable since they are highly competitive. Still, it's worth a shot. But again, you are still a sophomore. Junior year is generally the year that colleges look at the most, and they also consider your grades during your senior year. I'd wait a year and a half before selecting colleges.</p>
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If you're going to start correcting his spelling, why don't you follow suit and spell "although" correctly and capitalize "I'd".
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I corrected his spelling of "Ivys", not cujoe.</p>
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Anyway, you have pretty good chances, from what we can tell.
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It's misguided to think that you have an idea of what is going on inside the admissions offices of Ivies, or any other college for that matter. Sure, we can say that he is on the "right track" like OneMom said, but it is impossible to say that he has a good chance of gaining admission. If you look around on this board, you will find ample evidence that there is no surefire way to be accepted to a prestigious and selective school. Like many people have said before, once you pass a certain threshold of qualifications, the process turns into a game of luck, which, however much we would like to, we cannot adequately predict.</p>
<p>Sorry if I made it seem like he is definately in, I simply meant that in terms of HYPS, he has as good a shot as any sophomore. Of course, no one is a sure thing at top schools. You don't think that someone can spend more than a year on CC and not learn that?</p>
<p>And btw, cujoe corrected his spelling of "sophomore", that's who I was talking to.</p>
<p>you're so gosh darn vituperative</p>
<p>haha a sophomore. i an a seventh grader and im thinking about ivys right now!
(just kidding)</p>
<p>wow, i'd say that's sad... good thing ur kidding;)</p>