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<li>Not US Citizen but have green card(permanent residency)</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian.</li>
<li>Freshman GPA:3.3 (my GPA was bad because it was my first year)</li>
<li>Sophomore GPA:3.5</li>
<li>Total 7 AP courses (1 in Sophomore 3 in Junior 3 in Senior)</li>
<li>Varsity Tennis</li>
<li>Joined few clubs</li>
<li>200+ volunteer hours(going to be over 250 hours after junior year)</li>
<li>I didn't take SAT yet because I'm sophomore. But I just started studying and I'm getting 1800s and 1900s on practice tests. I'm planning to get 2100+ on SAT.</li>
<li>I go to top 30 boarding school.
I know my GPA is pretty low but I'm going to work hard in Junior year and get above 3.8 GPA.
Which top 50 universities will accept me if I get above 3.8 GPA in Junior year and get 2100+ on SAT? What should I do to build up my career and increase my chance? Like what activities should I do in Junior year? more volunteers? I go to boarding school so my opportunity for activities is limited.</li>
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<p>can anyone answer?</p>
<p>1) Increase your SAT score
2) Get leadership positions
3) Try to win the NMSQT scholarship</p>
<p>How well do you have to do on PSAT to get the scholarship?</p>
<p>It depends on where you live and in which year you take the test. Here are some of last year’s cutoffs: [National</a> Merit Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.collegeplanningsimplified.com/NationalMerit.html]National”>http://www.collegeplanningsimplified.com/NationalMerit.html)</p>
<p>do you think I have chance at Emory or NYU or any UC’s if I early decision or early action?</p>
<p>Freshmen grades are often forgiven in the GPA calculation, however, it may be difficult for you to achieve a high enough GPA for top schools.</p>
<p>do you think I have chance at Emory or NYU or any UC’s if I get GPA over 3.8 in Junior year and get 2100+ on SAT and early apply?</p>