<p>I am a sophomore in high school at one of the top 100 schools in Texas. I am number 14 out of 400 (top 3.5%) in my class with a 4.0unweighted and 3.87weighted GPA. I am an active member of ITS (international thespian society/ plan on becoming an officer my junior and/or senior year), have been a lead in 5 plays and 1 musical, I am also part of my high school's varsity theatre program as a sophomore, I am becoming a member of NHS, have at least 100 hours of community service (plan to do a lot more), and take part in my school's science academic competition team. My classes for junior year: AP chem, AP physics 1, PreAP precalculus, PreAP computer science 1, AP US History, AP english III, and two theatre classes. My classes this year were AP biology (90), PreAP chem (93- teacher recruited me for AP chem), AP world history (90), PreAP algebra II (93), PreAP english (90), Spanish III (98- not taking 4), Principals of business (98), theatre production I/varsity theatre (100). And just had a senior friend who got into Stanford and Northwestern. And I went through Duke TIP talent search program and got a 1300 in 7th grade but other than that no. I plan on at least trying to get a 2100-2200 on that and a 30-33 on my ACT. I have shown, I feel, a strong interest in science and math. What are my chances at the top technical school/ biological engineering school (Georgia tech, Emory[sent me emails of interest], MIT, UT[will get in if I stay in top 7%], John's Hopkins, CalTech, and Stanford]?</p>
<p>Your extracurricular activities are fairly weak, which is why I think your chances are fairly low to school such as MIT. For universities such as Georgia Institute of Technology, your chances are good. </p>
<p>Two things, one I agree that your extracurricular activities need to be stronger. Also, study really hard for your SAT because planning on getting a score and actually getting that score are very different! I was wondering, though, how your unweighted GPA is higher than your weighted. It’s probably just the way that your school does it, but I was a little confused. In general, however, good luck with your college search!</p>
<p>UT Austin would be your best bet, the rest are reach unless you can bring your scores to the high end or above your expected range.</p>