<p>Freshman Year:
Geometry Honors - A-
History - A-
Biology - A
English - A
French 2 Honors - A-
Ceramics - B (will they care?)</p>
<p>Sophmore Year:
Algebra II Honors - A
AP US - A / A-
English - A
Chem Honors - A-
French 3 Honors - A-
Computer Science - A</p>
<p>My school doesn't do class rank. </p>
<p>Self-studying AP Microecon + AP Macroecon, taking the AP computer science exam and the AP US exam.
Self-studying precalculus, should be in AB or BC calculus next year.</p>
<p>My extracurriculars are alright.. I play hockey, am involved in several clubs around the school, hope to become an EMT soon, but I could use some more (suggestions?). I know everyone just says get involved in what you're interested in, but I'm not sure where to find opportunities.</p>
<p>I should be gettings 5s on my AP assessments and am on track for a good SAT score and good Sat II scores.</p>
<p>So... am I on the right track? I know you guys don't like chancing sophomores, but it'd help me to put everything in perspective. I'm interested in majoring in econ or something related, so I thought upenn would be a good school to aspire to.</p>
<p>There’s a reason CCers generally don’t like chancing sophomores. </p>
<p>SAT.</p>
<p>Although colleges claim to review applications holistically, getting a 1700 on the SAT vs. 2300 would change your chances dramatically.</p>
<p>Are you headed on the right track? Sure. You do need to take lots of APs to show that you can handle a harder schedule. We don’t know/can’t predict your GPA either, which plays a nice role in admissions as well.</p>
<p>I agree with the above poster. Are you on the right track? Yes. Without AP scores and standardized test scores chancing would be inappropriate. I’ve seen kids with 4.0s uw get 1800s on their SATs, which would put them out of the running for a school like Penn. Concerning your ECs, narrow them down and get involved. If you are in 5 clubs, quit a few and devote a lot of time to maybe 2 of them. If you really like hockey, try to become captain of your team. Remember, quality > quantity.</p>
<p>I don’t agree with quitting your clubs. Although quality is greater than quantity, it’s better to achieve high quality in many activities than high quality in one or two. At any rate, I’m involved in over 8 clubs, participate in professional theater and have been captain of a varsity sport for 4 years while maintaining perfect grades. Obviously, the more you can do extremely well, the better. This got me an academic likely letter from Penn, so it’s proof that high quality and quantity works. Do what you love. The quality will follow.</p>
<p>I am a sophomore and I took the SAT-- 2310
gpa- 3.95
My grades and scores are good but im not so sure about my ECs
I started a volunteering program for highschool kids to peer tutor younger kids (but its pretty small- only about 10 kids)
I do swimming and tennis
I do speech and parli(novice speech jv parli but i dont see parli going anywhere because I lost my partner)
im applying some sumer programs
my biggest ec would be music, I play trombone in a concert band(highest level at my school) and 2 marching bands(I’ll be section leader at my school marching band in a year)
the thing is, i feel like i’m losing momentum at a lot of my ecs as school gets harder
any advice? am i still on track?</p>