<p>So I am gonna be a junior at a good private school, but it's pretty small. It's great for me, since I know my teachers and everything, but I'm really worried about my college hopes. I have a 101.27 avg, a 100.66 cumulative (it's going up) but I'm still not top of my class (2nd right now with major competition). I am taking 4 aps English chem physics b and Spanish (I'm skipping a year of Spanish) because 4 is the max were allowed to take in a year. We aren't exposed to a ton of incredible academic opportunities.</p>
<p>I'm not athletic, which further worries me, but I'm very involved with the music programs and consistently do well in all county and area all state, hoping (more like dreaming) to get into conference. Im involved in volunteer service but not to a crazy extent. i can't do lab internships or leaderships during summer as I'm a camp counselor which I love too much to quit. I am above an average student, but I hear all the time about those super applicants with 7 aps a year, a full set of varsity letters, decades of volunteer work, and I want to know if I have a chance to get into ivy schools (Cornell, Dartmouth) or if I'll have to settle for u of r or another good but not insanely prestigious school. Be honest but not condescending, I'm scared enough about college as it is</p>
<p>I think your priorities are a little warped. Ivy League schools, while providing great education, are not the only prestigious schools in the country. If you are looking at BME, I wouldn’t even consider an Ivy League school- JHU has the best regarded BME program in the country, and the top BME programs in the country are not at Ivy League schools. There are several insanely prestigious schools that do not belong to the Ivy League. I hope you don’t define your worth on whether or not you’re accepted to an Ivy League school.</p>
<p>No I’m sorry to come off that way, I’d be perfectly happy with a non ivy, but they’re the ones I’m more worried about being accepted into. I’d like to stay in te northeast which is why I counted out jhu, and right now I’m leaning toward neuroscience or biochem rather than BME, which I had been considering since 8th grade and which people have recommended for me. I’d also like a school with decent music which is why I’ve looked at Cornell and u of r</p>
<p>If U of R is University of Rochester, I have heard very good things about the school. Just realize how random the admissions process can be, specifically at the most selective schools in the country. My son went through the admissions process last year, and while he didn’t get into the 4 Ivies he applied to, he ended up at WUSTL (and absolutely raves about it, as do I as his PsychoDad!) Good luck to you.</p>