As an 8th Grader, what are my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I know that this may sound a little strange, but as an 8th grader, what are my chances of getting into the following schools?
Princeton, Yale, Harvard, Stanford, University of Chicago, Duke, MIT, Northwestern, Cal Tech, and UCSD (legacy at Harvard, Duke, and Stanford)

Best Score on the New SAT (Practice Test): 1500 (Math:790, Reading/Writing:710)

Awards: Second among 80,000 kids in a national French competition, in the 99th percentile for the AMC 8 in both sixth and seventh grade, eleventh in the state Mathcounts competition

ECs: Soccer, Basketball

GPA: 4.0 during all of Middle school

Interesting facts: Fluent in both Spanish and French, knowledgeable of finance and economics

AP (Self Study): Calculus AB and BC, Micro and Macro Economics

Of course it’s difficult to judge my chances with so little information, but I plan to enroll in many more ECs in high school, and I expect my SAT score to improve significantly, if that helps.

If there’s no way I could get into any of the aforementioned schools, how could I do to change that?

Thanks :smiley:

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Universities will not look at anything that you have done before the 9th grade. Come back in 4 years.

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As an eighth grader, your chances are close to nonexistent (yes, I’m aware of the 12-year-old admitted to Cornell). As a 12th grader, your chances will still be low, given the brutal competition for admission among the most talented students in the world, but focus on doing the things that will at least put you under consideration. Unless your grandparents have a building named after them, or you have earned a Nobel Prize, nobody can provide a credible answer now.

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Yea id say pretty much no way. Your SAT needs to be at least 100 points higher.

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You really should come back here when you’re in junior year, with some actual testing and a high school GPA under your belt. Way too early to start this process, IMO.

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The best thing you can do is to focus on making a high GPA and starting up good ECs. Join clubs and volunteer for things you’re really interested in. Find leadership opportunities and participate in things related to your future major. Colleges will have a hard time accepting you because there is no sign of consistency.

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@ar1902ra agree with the other posters, complete a few years of high school, and when you are ready to apply to universities, come back. Unless you are someone like Terence Tao, it is too early for you to be asking that question. In 3 years’ time you might find yourself wanting to apply to only a subset of those universities, and/or a different se.

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Sorry for the confusion, I don’t intend to apply in 8th grade. I want to go through the normal application process. I am just wondering if I am on the right track.

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Yes, if you’re doing well in school and pursuing extracurricular activities that you like, then you’re on the right track to bring admitted to a university in a few years.

Which type of university is unknowable. A lot can change in four years.

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Follow your school’s curriculum, take all the toughest courses, use your electives wisely, show consistency and leadership through ECs, and make a perfect score on ACT and SAT. Even then, the chances aren’t great for getting in. Also, remember to factor in the cost of attendance at those schools. Each of them are like 70k a year right now. In 4 years it will probably be 80k at the rate it is going. Most do not offer merit aid so, unless your parents make less than like 75k a year, be prepared to pay a hefty amount.

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@Flurite Since I got 1500, an addition of 100 would be a perfect score. I know it helps, but does one really need a perfect score to get into a top school?

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Absolutely. No less.

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They’re joking.

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@bodangles Before this I thought 1500 was a good score for an eighth grader, is it not?

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A very good score. However practice test scores don’t always correlate directly to actual scores – you might be extra nervous on test day or get a test that’s harder than the practice test or whatever. So don’t get cocky, but do be proud of what level you’re at as an eighth grader. :slight_smile:

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I don’t know why so many people are being so negative. You asked a legitimate question, and if you continue as you have started, you will have as good a chance as a lot of other kids with good grades and test scores. D took the old SAT as a 7th grader [high school scholarship application] and did not come close to your score [but still got the scholarship ;)] and earned almost all As in high school and was admitted to Harvard and Dartmouth and others. You have a good foundation. Keep it up, and you will be in the mix. But don’t worry about college so much that you forget to enjoy high school.

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+Not true.