<p>Hi, I'm a junior in high school who's already looking at colleges, and I wanted to know what my chances were for some top schools, such as Columbia and Harvard.</p>
<p>My stats:
Unweighted: 3.8572
Weighted: 4.6786 (the Florida weighting system is weird, don't ask)
Rank: not sure, most definitely in the top 10%
SAT: 2150</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
An editor of the school newspaper
Drum major of the school marching band
Member of National Honor Society
Member of Foreign Language Honor Society
First chair bassoon in school's wind ensemble and symphony orchestra
Co-Principal bassoon of the county's youth orchestra
All-County Band numerous times
250+ service hours</p>
<p>9th grade (ouch)
Computers A/A
French I B/A
English I Honors A/A
Geometry B/A
Band A/A
World Geography Honors B/A
Earth/Space Science Honors B/B</p>
<p>10th grade
World History Honors A/A
Algebra II Honors B/A
Band A/A
French II A/A
Journalism Honors (Newspaper) A/A
Bio I Honors A/A
English II Honors A/A</p>
<p>11th grade (second semester are current estimates)
AP English Lang A/A
AP US History A/A
Pre-Calculus Honors A/A
Chem I Honors A/A
French III Honors A/A
Band Honors A/A
Journalism Honors (Newspaper) A/A</p>
<p>12th grade schedule:
AP English Lit
AP US Government
AP Calculus AB
AP French
Physics I Honors/AP Physics C (not sure which one yet)
Band Honors
Journalism Honors (Newspaper)</p>
<p>What do you all think? Let me know what schools (out of the Ivys, or even some higher class non-Ivys) I am capable of.</p>
<p>I think you have a great chance. although you have some b's in your freshman year, you've got awesome gpa!! don't worry! you will get in!!
what kind of colleges are you applying to?</p>
<p>I'm applying for these:
Columbia University
Harvard University
University of Miami
New York University
Boston University
University of Florida
Florida State University</p>
<p>And, in MY own opinion it is...
Reach: Columbia, Harvard
Match: UF, NYU, BU, UF
Mega-Safety: FSU</p>
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<p>You are looking very good for all your schools now. I can only speak from personal experience about Columbia (where I am headed). Columbia is making great strides in their music department, both in jazz and classical. That is an obvious plus, as well as the fact that New York City probably has the best music scene in the United States.</p>
<p>Your GPA is fine. I had a few B's (3.8 UW) and an SAT I of 1440 and got in ED. If you really want to go to Columbia, then apply there ED and I think you will stand an excellent chance. The academics are top-notch and you will find no better place to experience the real world than Columbia. </p>
<p>Best of luck to you. If you have any questions Private Message me and I will be happy to answer.</p>
<p>don't worry about your freshman grades, they're fine. since you have an upward trend, that is very very good. I took a 3.6 uw freshman gpa to harvard,yale,princeton and mit acceptances.... so its obvious that freshman year is not the biggest thing on your transcript. The rest of your transcript looks great, but your ECs seem a little too generic.. try to get more leadership positions or things that would distinguish you. I would say you have a good shot at the lower-middle ivies, and the upper ivies are reaches (as they are to everyone).</p>
<p>Technically, they don't let you take AP Physics C without pre-reqs, but if you've had a strong enough background in math and sciences in the past, they'll let you take it.</p>