<p>I am a Junior and I am just trying to get an idea of what the best college I could get into would be. I am unsure of how having been homeschooled will help me. I was homeschooled my whole life until sophomore year, when I decided to go to public school. Will this help by making me unique? I would like to go to harvard, but I would imagine that is unrealistic. What are my chances at the Ivies, Georgetown, Dartmouth, Tufts, etc? Here are my current stats:</p>
<p>GPA: unweighted-4.57
weighted-4.0
Class Rank: 3/396
SATs: 1460/2250 (first time, I am taking them again though)
current APs: English, Physics
next year's APs: Calc, Stats, Chem, Bio, Gov</p>
<p>also,
Varsity XC, Indoor Track, and Outdoor Track
Model UN for 2 years (won best delgation at Northeastern last year)
Math Team for 2 years
Five honor societys
Dance out of school for 14 years
was homeschooled until sophomore year</p>
<p>Harvard is unrealistic, although with amazing essays, who knows, it's not out of the realm of possibility. Basically, your stats are amazing, your SATs very decent, possibly higher when you take them again, concentrate more on the individualistic aspect, i.e ECs and the essays when they come up. Being homeschooled could provide an interesting perspective, think about it, and describe how it changed you, motivated you, etc. Try not to BS. If you pull everything off and finish out with stellar grades and a captivating essay for each college, I'd say you're a match for most 1st tier schools, definitely in at Georgetown at the least. Ivies may be a slight reach, but go for it, you have a very good chance at acceptance (with the right essays of course). </p>
<p>BTW, I give basically the same info to each chances thread, most of them hinge on essays/ECs, stuff that makes you unique, etc. Check out my previous posts for other comparisons, etc.</p>
<p>Firstly, Dartmouth is an Ivy...</p>
<p>Tufts you should be in. Georgetown high fit/low reach (depending on the below)</p>
<p>As centrus said, most of the ivies really depend on individualizing factors in your application (such as homeschooling). There are also other factors like your state and school. Your scores, class rank, and gpa are fine. ECs could use more. It really depends more on the application you send than your statistics for most of these schools...
(assuming you are from the northeast)</p>
<p>Harvard: Reach
Yale: Reach
Princeton:Reach
Columbia: Low Reach
Dartmouth: Low Reach
Brown: Reach
U. Penn: Reach
Cornell: Low Reach</p>
<p>It's just that there are so many other applicants that are so statistically so similar.</p>