Advice for Junior Year + College Chances

Applying to College
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<p>So i just finished sophmore year and got my grades today. just wanted to get some feedback on my chances of making any ivies at this point</p>

<p>Freshman Year
English: 88/90
Geometry: 96/90
History: 92/94
Biology: 90/91
Spanish: 90/88
Art (1 term): 88
Music (1 term): 90</p>

<p>Sophmore Year
English: 91/90
Trig: 85/92
Ap World: 90/93
Honors Chem: 95/94
Spanish: 85/80 (ouch! yeah I know)
Research Genetics (1 term): 96
Forensics (1 term): 97
Drafting (1 term): 95
Intro to ComputerSci (1 term): 94</p>

<p>overall GPA is a 3.7ish</p>

<p>Sat II
710 on Bio
800 on Math II
190 on PSAT (i know, its pretty bad, but I didnt prepare at all)</p>

<p>taking ap chem and apush next year</p>

<p>EC
Badminton Club: 2 yr, became VP this year
Seekers Christian Club: 2 yr, became secretary this year
Boy Scouts: currently a Life Scout and will definetly make Eagle
Science Olympiad: 2 yr (good chance of being captain next year)
Varsity Volleyball Team: 1 yr
Ultimate Frisbee Team: 1 yr
School Newspaper
have around 500 hours of service but only to one organization
I go to a top HS (top 5 in city, top 30 in nation) but idk if that helps
a side note: my school doesn't weigh or have class rank</p>

<p>At this point, what are my chances of making an ivy (specifically cornell or colombia)?
Also, I know my spanish grades are pretty bad right now, but do colleges put less emphasis on language?
Finally, any advice on how to improve for junior year?
Thanks to everyone that replies!</p>

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<p>Hard to say without knowing your SAT?ACT score, but going off your PSAT you do have some work to do. I’m not sure if Cornell and Columbia reweight GPAs -I think I read somewhere on CC that Cornell doesn’t, but I’m not entirely sure. Bring up those standardized test scores and shoot for all As next semester</p>

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<p>Way too early to tell. You have a good foundation so far, but you’ll need at least a 1450-1500 two-subject on your SAT to even be considered for either of those very elite schools. You’ll need to nail your junior and senior year, to keep that upward trend going as far as grades. You didn’t include this information, but if you’re a minority then your chances will go up as well. Keep up the good work, and fyi, PSAT scores mean nothing in the admissions process.</p>

<p>Good luck! </p>