<p>I'm a rising sophomore (school hasn't started for me yet) and I was just wondering if I am on the right track to potentially be accepted into colleges like Stanford. I'm not really sure what the ideal SAT score/EC list is so I thought I could put this together and see if this is good enough or if more is required.
GPA: 3.917 (unweighted and weighted - no APs are allowed freshman year).
SAT: 2000-2100 (taken a few practice SATs, haven't taken any formal ones yet).
ECs:
Volunteering at Stanford Blood Center (monitoring donors after donation, serving refreshments, etc.)
Shadowing Stanford physicians
Taught chess at a camp for 2 years
Secretary of Psychology Club at my school
Captain of FTC Robotics Team for 2 years and counting
Took a Biochemistry class at a local community college during the summer(received an A in the class).
Awards:
Almost made it to the world championship for robotics (second place out of over 40 teams in the regional tournament).
6th place team award in a supernational chess tournament (over 5,300 players total)
Made it to the regionals for Mathcounts
1st place individual award in my section at a national chess tournament
1st place team award at a state chess tournament
2nd place individual award at a state chess tournament (over 1300 players).
Sophomore Classes:
I'm only taking AP Bio as a notable class...</p>
<p>You’re definitely on the right track for any top school. Try to score 2100+ on the SAT when you actually take it. And, most importantly, don’t get so stuck on one schools right now; you have so much time to decide which schools are best for you :)</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>If you keep this up, you’ll be a competitive applicant anywhere. The thing to remember most, though, is to enjoy high school. You don’t need to worry about this now - like beatles said, you’ll have plenty of time later to think about this. Just do your best in high school and enjoy yourself - wherever you end up will be a good fit for you.</p>
<p>Yes, but don’t forget to have matches and safeties too; you can’t pin all your hopes on Stanford SCEA.</p>
<p>You have excellent ECs, just raise your SAT 200 points if you can and you’ll have great chances</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies.
Yeah, I need to work on my SAT score…I do not like the test one bit though…
On a brighter note, I’ve taken a few practice ACTs and scored 33/34 without any extra preparation.
I’ve also become a publicity head/events coordinator for the chess club at my school
A few things I forgot to mention:
I have been a soccer referee (does this count as a job since I get paid per game?) since 7th grade, and I’ve been playing chess since kindergarten.</p>