<p>Hey guys im a sophomore and I know its kinda early to chance me but I want to improve my resumee so I can get in a ivy leaggue. Right now I have a 3.89 and expecting a good act score.. The only extra curricular o have are clubs and volunteering. What else can I do to improve my resume so I am ivy league bound? thanks in advance</p>
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<p>“I want to improve my resumee so I can get in a ivy leaggue.”</p>
<p>Why? Do you have any specific schools in mind and any actual reasons for wanting to go to a school in the Ivy League athletic conference other than you’ve never heard of anything else? </p>
<p>This isn’t a chances forum…and this really isn’t a chances thread anyway. With grade inflation, many if not most people have GPAs above 3.0 and nearly everyone who has a non-trivial chance at an Ivy League school will have a 3.8 or higher and amazing test scores.</p>
<p>3.89? That’s it? You need at least a 4.0. Students your age have at least a 4.2. C’mon is only Sophomore year, how can you not have a 4.0? Just forget about Ivy League schools. It’s completely out of your reach. You’ll never amount to anything because you messed up now. Society will mock you forever. → Sarcasm if you didn’t catch it by now. </p>
<p>In all seriousness, a 3.89 is a bit low. You’d want to reach at least a 4.0 by the time you start Senior year. Face it, students around the world who are applying to the exact same school have the same GPA, similar EC’s, and probably have more volunteer hours than you. Colleges aren’t looking for quantity anymore, they want quality students who are genuinely passionate about something. Find something that interests you and excel in it. Find something that you can become known for. There is no secret formula to get in Ivy League schools but just remember to try your best. If you gave it your best and you still don’t make it, then at least you’ll have no regrets.</p>
<p>“Colleges aren’t looking for quantity anymore, they want quality students who are genuinely passionate about something.”</p>
<p>Very selective colleges, anyway. You can get into most colleges with good grades/scores and not much else. </p>
<p>To the OP: Ivy League schools are most likely going to reject you (not that there’s anything wrong with you…just looking at the admissions stats), but it most likely won’t be because you have a 3.89 and not a 4.0.</p>
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They are most likely going to reject you…just looking at the admissions stats but it most likely won’t be because you have a 3.89 and not a 4.0? <— WHAT?
Since you are basing rackcity by admission stats, you should know that most applicants have a high GPA. Yes they won’t reject you solely upon your GPA but every factor matters in Ivy League schools. Colleges and especially Ivy league schools rank GPA as a number one factor towards admissions. And please, before telling someone that they’ll most likely fail, get a chance to know their other characteristics that make them who they are.</p>
<p>I really don’t think the difference between 3.9 and 4.0 is a huge enough difference to look at an application and essentially automatically reject the person because of that.
If rackcity’s GPA was a 3.0 or something, then I wouldn’t have made the same comment. Not all “non-4.0s” are the same.
(In Ivy League schools you’re not really rejected “because of” anything, but they regularly accept people without 4.0s - mostly 3.9s, I assume - and reject people with 4.0s. GPA is definitely not the only thing they consider.)</p>
<p>“And please, before telling someone that they’ll most likely fail, get a chance to know their other characteristics that make them who they are.”</p>
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<li>OP asked for chances. </li>
<li>Ivy League schools are notoriously selective. If I bought a lottery ticket I probably won’t win, and if OP applies to Ivy League schools s/he probably won’t get in. Neither one is a judgment on anyone’s character or worth as a human being.</li>
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<p>I hope you know the differences between a lottery ticket and an admissions process. In case you didn’t, lottery tickets are solely based upon luck. The admissions process is based on a persons achievements and determination. You don’t have to grind through hundreds of essays, tests, and assignments to purchase a lottery ticket. I don’t want to start a ■■■■■ war but some people are optimists and others are pessimists. Don’t rain over someone’s dream. A 0.01% chance is still a chance.</p>
<p>Yeah, obviously. Don’t be condescending.
What I mean is, most Ivy League applicants are highly qualified, so it’s <em>unlikely</em> the OP will get in even if s/he is similarly qualified, which is what s/he’s trying to become. Rejection is more likely than acceptance for basically everyone (there are probably certain awards/accomplishments that would make your chances very very high, like winning the Intel science fair or something, but most people don’t have those). I’m not saying it’s a random process.
I’m not telling the OP there’s no way they’ll get in, or that they shouldn’t apply or anything like that. I’m saying it’s highly unlikely - which the OP probably already knows, but the way they wrote the question indicated they think there’s some magic formula for making their chances astronomically high so they’ll be guaranteed “Ivy League bound,” and that’s probably not happening.</p>
<p>“Ivy League schools are most likely going to reject you (not that there’s anything wrong with you…just looking at the admissions stats)…”</p>
<p>I’m not trying to act superior. I’m just trying to get you to realize that you could’ve rephrased your answer in a better way. Just like your last post, you could’ve mentioned there’s no magic formula.</p>