Chance me please! :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>schools I am looking at (I know they're at all different levels):
University of Miami, Clemson, UNC, Tulane, Duke, Georgetown, Stanford(dream school), U Penn, and Brown.</p>

<p>I'm going into my junior year this fall, and it would be helpful to know where I stand so I know what I need to work on to have a chance at some of the more competitive schools :) I know some of them are out of my reach no matter what but I figured it was worth asking. I'm white female from california btw, from a very well-respected public high school </p>

<p>Stats:
GPA: 4.2 W/ 4.0 UW
Haven't taken ACT/SAT yet:/
Rank: 43/791 (top 5th)</p>

<p>Classes:</p>

<p>Freshman year: drama, biology, geometry, adv. english, spanish 3-4</p>

<p>Soph: AP Euro History, honors english, Alg. II honors, spanish 5-6, chem</p>

<p>Junior: Cheer, AP english lang, AP spanish lang, pre-calc honors, AP chem, and either AP US history or AP psych</p>

<p>Senior: don't know all of them yet, but for sure AP econ&gov, AP english lit, & AP calculus AB</p>

<p>ECs/clubs/community service:
-will be 4 yrs. high school cheer (nationally ranked squad)(I was told I will be varsity captain senior year?)
-2 years nationally ranked sr. level 5 all-star cheer
-6 yrs violin (orchestras throughout middle school; self-studied in HS)
-2 yrs piano (self-taught)
-in 1 high school play (leading role)
-2 years mock trial team
-over 200 hours community service (+service and leadership volunteer program at camp in san diego for 3 summers)
-Honors Pre-medicine club (required courses including EMR certification + hospital volunteer hours)
-Spanish club & french club
-I'm sure it doesn't really count haha but I snowboard almost every other weekend in winter and surf in summer</p>

<p>Awards:
-Scholar Athlete highest GPA award (for my cheer squad) 2 yrs (hopefully will be 4)
-+lettered in cheer..
-CSF (california scholarship federation) member
-I'm applying for NHS next year; I didn't get my app in on time because I was sick...I hope it won't affect me too much?</p>

<p>I know I'm forgetting something! haha</p>

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<p>Okay, so far you have pretty good stats… keep up that 4.0 unweighted GPA! But it’s honestly too soon to predict your chances before you have taken the ACt or SAT. As you can probably tell, I am emphasizing the importance of these tests and the subject tests. Start studying this summer; people tend to do the best on the October SAT so take it then. Going on… you have taken good classes so far, but i don’t particularly see a specific interest you have based on your classes or extracurriculars… Im guessing pre-med? In any case, make sure to present yourself to colleges as a focused and driven young-adult. Colleges do NOT want to see the classic “well-rounded” student anymore. They want to see you getting good at one or two things and taking those to new levels and potentially expanding on said skills at their university. Hha, sorry for the long response, you just seem to have a lot of potential.
You have a good list of colleges. They are all fine institutions. But be forewarned about Stanford, they are extremely selective. You haven’t taken the SAT yet, so just letting you know they tend to really care about it 2250 or above and you’ll have a good running.
GOOD LUCK!!!</p>

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<p>Thank you so much! That was really helpful :slight_smile: I’m still in the process of planning my junior year schedule too so I will definitely keep that in mind</p>