<p>I was just curious to know what my advantages and disadvantages were so I could really focus on improving in the next few years. I am a freshman and am hispanic/black. My main interests/passions are violin, writing, volunteering, and law. Here are my stats so far:
Courses:
Honors English 9 (A)
Honors Geometry (B+)
Honors French 2 (A-)
Honors Biology (A)
Honors World History (A)
Orchestra (A)
Next Year:
Honors English 10
Honors Algebra 2
Honors Chemistry
Honors Modern History/Civics
Honors French 3
Orchestra</p>
<p>Here are the activities I do currently:
Orchestra (6 years at school)
Project Music: Violin (8 and 9th grade so far, after school violin lessons)
Presidents Volunteer Service Award (150+ hours)
Volunteer Program at Local Library (49 hours)
Summer Program at local university (For students interested in law)</p>
<p>These are the activities I plan to take next year through 12th:
Mock Trial
Debate Team
Model U. N
School Newspaper </p>
<p>Yeah, I know its too early but I'm the kind of person that likes to think/plan these things in advance. I'm not saying that I'm already going to be filling out my application but I was just curious on where I stand so far, what can I improve on, what are my realistic chances and other peoples advice.</p>
<p>At this point, you're chances are extremely hard to gauge. If it counts for anything, you're grades and course load look very much like mine did frosh/soph years. I'm very curious though, what interested you in Brown so early? I don't think I even knew it existed when I was a freshman.</p>
<p>I actually have always thought about what colleges I like and would want to go to, I know everyone tells me I'm too young too worry/plan those things but I just do. About Brown, I became interested in Brown last year and went on their website and was just overall impressed by the school.</p>
<p>Actually, I'm a she and I am not basing my choices on Ivy label. Actually other schools I am interested in are UConn, BU, and University of Iowa. That's because I am truly interested in these schools. The reason I posted these in 4 other ivy forums is because out of the ivy schools these are the ones I am most interested in and am looking for the ones out of those 4 that I have most of a chance at so I don't have 15 or 12 colleges to apply to come senior year. Sorry if I appeared to be basing my colleges on name or Ivy status but I'm not.</p>
<p>In that case, I apologize. It's just frustrating to see applicants set their sights on name-brand schools even when another, less recognizable college might suit them better.</p>
<p>I understand your point of view juxtaposn, and I probably did go overboard so I can see your point of view: freshman who posted chance threads in 5 ivy schools, LOL it does seem pretty ivy based. But I'm actually most interested in Columbia, Brown, and Harvard as well as the other schools I mentioned: UConn, BU, and University of Iowa. (Yale is just close to home, thats really why its an option.) Sorry for the mix-up.</p>
<p>juxtaposn,...If some applicants go after the "ivy label", it might just be because they find those universities a "fit". A less recognizable college might not suit them at all...because of that. The ivy label covers great academic education, prestige, certain diversity and exposure to some very unique people and a specific geographic part of the country. That may be the 'fit' for some people. Let's not be judgemental, one way or the other, please...Sorry that you find it frustrating.</p>
<p>The answer to this question is get back to worrying about your current classes and having good time and in a year and a half come back and talk to us.</p>
<p>There is no right freshman year or sophomore year, or even overall profile. Do well and enjoy yourself and find things you care about doing and do them and worry about college way later-- it doesn't matter how far in advance you like to plan, there truly isn't anything ot plan for at this point except maybe the knowledge that 85-90% of applicants to the Ivy League are rejected so don't worry about what they're looking for and focus on what you want to do.</p>
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<p>Brown and Cornell (just for example) are radically different institutions; I doubt that a student applying to all eight Ivies - and only the eight Ivies - would choose those schools because every one "fit" them best. How can a student truly belong at both Brown (a smaller school with no core curriculum) and Cornell (a gigantic research university with large class sizes and a variety of specific concentrations)?</p>
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<p>...because of what? The name-brand? That's ridiculous.</p>
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<p>Several other non-Ivy schools offer the same advantages and opportunities. Good educations are not reserved to the Ivy League.</p>
<p>seriously, worrying how to craft a college resume now will ruin what you are generally interested in and make your high school experience a hollow one, which you will regret when you come to your senses.</p>
<p>the fact that you are displaying your race as a sort of card you can play in the college admissions game disturbs me. seriously, it does. think about that for a while. it would be better usage of your brain cells.</p>
<p>Hey columbiacollege, I'm with you. I'm not even a freshman in high school yet (next year) and I've already researched every good college yet. "dude, you're a freshman, get a life" <--- okay, people that have said stuff like this... if you don't worry about college or "how to craft a college resume" now, you could start seriously slacking off and end up with bad grades freshman and other years. That could still ruin your GPA when it comes time for college admissions. More and more people our age are really thinking about college, so stop saying we shouldn't really be worrying about it. =) kthanks.</p>
<p>what they meant was that you shouldn't start worrying about your "chances just yet"</p>
<p>if you're asking how to craft a college resume, just read some of the threads. you know the formula is as follows: get as close as you can to a 4.0, particpate in E.C., get leadership positions, hook if possible, shoot for 2400 SAT.</p>
<p>Everybody knows this. People get annoyed that lowerclassmen ask for their chances when they don't have a firm transcript yet.</p>
<p>There is nothing to think about this early. At your age, so much of how youthink and feel is going to change over the next four years that a fit now will almost certainly not be a fit later.</p>
<p>Build a college resume is a very straight forward thing-- do as well as you can in school, get involved with the things that you have a passion for, and cross your fingers. There is nothing more to it.</p>