<p>Hi im an upcoming junior at a lightweight competitive public school in northern california. I know this is kinda long... but i was wondering how much of a chance i have of getting into the ivys or stanford... </p>
<p>Total 9-10 GPA: 4.269
Weighted Academic GPA (sophomore year): 4.667
Academic Unweighted (Sophomore year): 4.000
PSAT: 213, M(77), W(68), CR(68)
AP's: Chem(5); Psych(5)
SATII's: Chem(800), World Hist (630... sigh.... can i just not send this score in? lol)</p>
<p>Here are my grades...
Freshman: (i did not take freshman year too seriously... i regret it now...)
1) English 1: A/A-
2) World Problems: A/A-
3) Algebra II Honors (At my school most freshman take Geom H. so i skipped one year) : A-/A
4) Spanish 2: B+/A-
5) Earth-Space Science: A/A
6) Jazz Lab (Guitar): A/A
7) PE 1: A/A</p>
<p>Sophomore:
1) English 2: A/A
2) World History: A/A
3) Precalculus Honors: A/A
4) Spanish 3: A/A
5) AP Chemistry: A/A
6) Jazz Band (Guitar): A/A
7) PE 2: A/A
And I took a bunch of classes outside of school at community colleges sophomore year:
8) Basic Chemistry: A
9) General Psychology: A
10) U.S. History: A
11) U.S. Government: A
12) Modern Art History: A
13) Macroeconomics: A</p>
<p>This summer I am currently taking 3 classes:
1) Physics 8A (at UC Berkeley) *projected grade: A or B?
2) Psychology of Childhood (Developmental Psych) @ community college....
(projected grade: A)
3) Introduction to Computer Information Systems: A</p>
<p>THis upcoming year... my schedule will be...
1)AP Biology
2)AP Computer Science
3)AP Calculus BC
4)AP Spanish
5)Jazz Band
6)English 3 Honors.
7) Leadership (Class Vice President)</p>
<p>As for extracurriculars i aint too special... i didnt start takign music lessons til this year so i pretty much taught myself guitar tho and got into a pretty competitive school jazz band... and i made the cut this year too.</p>
<p>I started doing Tae Kwon Do and joined teh school swim team freshman year... Ive been a JV swimmer both freshman and soph year but i think ill make Varsity this year... I am currently a Purple belt in Tae Kwon Do... I will be competing at a bunch of tournaments this year... </p>
<p>The thing is i grew up in a household in which money was kind of scarce until recently (were doing much better now) so i didnt get much of an opportunity to participate in afterschool activities, sports, etc.. and whatnot for most of my childhood.</p>
<p>Im gonna be junior class vice prez... so yah... hopefully thatll show my "leadership potential"...</p>
<p>As for clubs at my school:
1) Model U.N. Delegate (i couldnt run for office this year because i had to attend another mandatory meeting on the same day... sigh...)
2) Robotics Club (Secretary... hopefully vice pres or co-pres next year)
3) Key Club
4) Math Club
(5)) i was on the school science bowl team this year....</p>
<p>I'm trying to start an online business selling brand name shoes and clothing... </p>
<p>I volunteer at a Korean language school on saturday mornings (3 hours a week.... since 8th grade)</p>
<p>I wanna go pre-med w/ a minor psychology...</p>
<p>I know that a lot of my stuff is pretty run-of-the-mill but i was still wondering how much of a chance i have into getting into my top colleges choices and what might help boost my chances of getting admitted into the following colleges:</p>
<p>Brown
Stanford
Harvard
Princeton
U-Penn
Yale
Columbia
NYU
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UC San Diego</p>
<p>and maybe...
Northwestern
Cornell
Duke
Emory
Rice
John Hopkins</p>
<p>Sorry i wrote so much... but im really worried about if im aiming too high because i really want to get into these colleges. im just not sure how good my odds are.... sigh...
could u guys possibly tell me how i could improve my overall chances of getting admitted into these colleges? thx! :P</p>