Am I on the right track? Chance me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello! I am currently a high school freshman hoping to make it into an ivy. I know that it is a long way away, but am I am the right track? Advice? Thanks! I would love to go to Harvard… but I probably won’t make it in.

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 93/100 - Not too good, I’ll try to bring it up Soph/Junior year
3.85 uw by my own calculations
Weighted GPA: 4.35 minimum by my own calculations

Schedule: (Freshman year and predicted end of year grades) ALL COURSES ARE HONORS.
Dynamics of Healthcare - 93-94
Scientific Analysis - 97-98
World Literature - 85 (Long story, English is not first language, REALLY BAD Teacher)
Geometry - 95
Fitness- 97 - Health - 94
World History - 96
Biology - 94-95
Spanish II - 94-95

Sophomore Schedule:
Medical Terminology
Emergency and Clinical Care/Community Health
Early American Literature
US History I
Chemistry
Fitness/Health
Pre-Calculus - Although I might try to skip it and go to AP Calc AB
Spanish III - Again, I’ll try to skip it and go to Spanish IV

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Piano - Will apply to the Manhattan School of Music Pre-College program
Biology Olympiad Club (Founder and President),
Relay for Life / Student Movement Against Cancer (Team Captain)

Bridge-building Engineering (Team Engineer)
STEM League / TSA - Competitor.
Student Government - Member
Health Occupations Students of America - Competitor, made it to states, might make it to nationals!
TEDx Club - (Official Speaker), school is doing a TEDx production this year.
Model UN - Delegate

Awards: Not too many yet
Performance in Carnegie Hall (Golden Key Int’l Piano Competition 1st Place, Russian Music Composer Competition TYMA - Grand Prize)
Performance at Lincoln Center
Mid-Atlantic Piano Competition 1st Place,
NJ Musical Educators Audition 6 Years (Outstanding, I’ll might get a small scholarship next year!),
Applied to become a NJ Government STEM Scholar, idk if I got in.
Official TEDx Registered Speaker
Local Bridge-Building competition 3rd place out of 55 teams
Honor Roll

Volunteer/Community Service: Relay for Life, applied to a hospital volunteer program next year (I was too young this year to participate)

I can also speak 4 languages; English, Russian, Uzbek, and a little bit of Spanish (partial proficiency)

Projected Concentration: Neurobiology
School Type: Magnet
Ethnicity: Uzbek/Russian (Other?)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Poor
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation, I can speak 4 languages, unique background.

Again, I probably won’t make it in. :smiley:

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To be honest, it’s much too early to ask for chances. First off, you’ve only completed one-semester at high school – so your GPA and course rigor can (and will) significantly change between now and the time you apply to college. Secondly, you lack an ACT or SAT test score, as well as AP scores, and SAT Subject test scores – all of those matter to high-end college such as HYPSM.

My advice: STAY OFF of College Confidential for the next two years and focus on the activities and courses you love. At the tail-end of your JUNIOR YEAR, when you have a better grasp of what you want and where your stats are leading you, you can return to CC and make another chance thread. Best of luck to you!

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I agree with the previous post about staying off CC. Things will change a lot for you and CC will just stress you out (trust me).

In the mean time, you should explore neurobiology more. Colleges want to see passion and you have a few years to show it. The more you can do to explore neurobiology now the better it will look.

Good luck!

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You will feel that you are on the right track of your goal when you feel at ease and love what what your doin’. remember the grace under pressure.

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Try to stay focused on school, grades WILL change. Don’t be afraid if they drop. Best Advice: stay of CC. People ate very harsh, you sound like you’ll be alright. Best of luck!

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With the achievements and awesome EC’s you have as a HS freshman is really impressive. Stay off CC because you are doing fine already! I say practice your ACT and SAT. Take as many AP classes as you can (and IB if your school has them). Make sure you do a lot of activities pertaining to your interests; don’t do something just to put it in a college app, because they will see that. Good job so far! Good luck!!!

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Thanks for all of your advice! I am actually thinking on practicing for the SAT/ACT this summer, since I just recently took the ACT Aspire and got a 31 Composite. As for the other comments warning me to stay off CC, I definitely will since I think that CC is NOT healthy, and can cause a lot of stress. Thanks again!