<p>I am a Junior.
I have just under a 94 unweighted gpa (96 weighted) in a competetive, upper-middle class, suburban public highschool in New York.
My father was born in Argentina and moved to the United States as a teenager, which means that I am hispanic.
I took the SATs for the first time recently and got 2250: 710 Critical Reading, 790 Math, 750 Writing (essay score of 8). I think it is reasonable to believe I could improve my essay score and my critical reading for a superscore of +2300.
When I graduate from highschool I will have taken AP: Chemistry, US history, Physchology, BC Calculus, Spanish, and English.
I am the President of my class and have been since sophomore year.
I have also played varsity lacrosse since sophomore year. I also tutor a learning and socially disabled classmate in geometry once a week. He had a 70 in geometry for the second quarter when I was asked to help him. He now has an 87, and is hoping for a 90+ for the fourth quarter.
My other extracurriculars include: Soccer and Basketball (I've played a sport every season each year of high school). Math, Science, and Foreign Language Honors Societies, National Honors society.
During the summers I work as a custodian for 40 hours a week in my towns school system. It is a full time job for the entire summer.</p>
<p>In short, and I think it sounds better like this, I am a hispanic class president and three sport varsity athlete with around 2300 SAT scores. I only say it like that because thats what I hope schools will see. However....</p>
<p>My concerns are that my GPA is too low (I got a 90 freshman year, 95 sophomore, around 94 Junior). I am reasonably sure that my highschool grades will be at the lower end for Ivy League applicants. I am also afraid that other students applying to these schools will have far better resumes in terms of extracurriculars and community service. Although it cannot hurt, it would not surprise me if being hispanic does not really help me.
I don't really think Harvard, Yale, or Princeton are particularly realistic, but do I have a shot at any other Ivy Schools?</p>
<p>You will not know if you might have been admitted unless you apply.</p>
<p>Princeton does not give much consideration to freshman grades so your GPA is higher than you previously thought. </p>
<p>I am a hispanic class president and three sport varsity athlete with around 2300 SAT scores.
Great, you have already learned the importance of a 15 second summary. You will interview better than most applicants that I have interviewed for Princeton.</p>
<p>I am reasonably sure that my high school grades will be at the lower end for Ivy League applicants.
You have the opportunity to improve your grades this semester and next fall. Be positive. The number of ECs and community service projects is not important. You want to demonstrate a commitment and achievement in the activities that you do participate in. For example, as class president do more than organize the fall dance. Perhaps organize more volunteers for autistic children. This summer work on a chemistry science fair project. Have your high school senior class adopt a homeless shelter and provide help. </p>
<p>By “ivy league” do you mean, in the parochial sense, HYPCCDPB or do you mean to include other cream-of-the-crop peer institutions? I.e., there are top LAC’s and universities that are not in the literal ivy league that are equal to the top 4-5 ivies and likely superior to the bottom 3-4.</p>