<p>I'm a junior right now at a very competitive private boarding HS. I'm on financial aid and I'm white. Courses over the years with appx. grades:</p>
<p>Freshman: 90.8 average
91 algebra 1
92 french 1
90 english 1
92 biology 1
86 religion
95 design </p>
<p>sophomore: 92.6 average
92 french II honors
88 english
96 geometry
97 algebra II
91 Intro to modern euro history</p>
<p>This year: 90 average
92 Honors precalculus
91 Chemistry accelerated
88 French IV
91 English
87 Honors (AP) US History</p>
<p>Taking AP exams: english Lit, english lang, and US history soon</p>
<p>Projected senior year:
AP Calc BC
AP Biology
Physics I Accelerated
English
French 5</p>
<p>Plan to take AP exams: Calc BC, Bio, Physics B, French</p>
<p>this is a pretty tough group of classes for my school since the school is very competitive. My "GPA" is about 90.8% overall. We don't rank but we do do quintiles and I'm in the first quintile (not by a whole lot though) </p>
<p>SAT Scores- first try: 620 CR + 740 M + 790 W = 2150.
I'm going to study up this summer and take them in October and I'm confident that with some work I can get 700 CR and hopefully hit 2250. I got 760 on Math I and I'm taking Math II and chem this June</p>
<p>ECs are:
ranked 8th in the nation, 1st in state in snowboarding, sponsored, and started snowboard team at my school; starting, teaching, won grant to fund camp that I started where I taught science to elementary school kids; starting a lawn mowing business; community service board at school, 1 of 6 picked out of 90 to represent school at student leadership/service conference in asia, investment club.</p>
<p>Work 40 hours a week summertime and 10 hrs/week during school year. Family doesn't have much $$...
I've funded a lot of this stuff myself (ex. raised sponsorship $ to go to snowboarding nationals, and paid for some of it out of my own pocket, received almost full payment to go to asia). Also investment club and I'm looking to start FBLA at my school.</p>
<p>So what do you think my chances are at MIT and the Ivies? How about at engineering or at Wharton individually?
Do you have any other recommendations?</p>
<p>I am interested in engineering and business. My first 2 choices right now are MIT and Penn.</p>