<p>I am a rising high school senior looking to get into an Ivy League or other top 30 school for a major in Physics or related topics. </p>
<p>freshmen gpa 3.5
sophmore gpa 3.8
junior gpa. 3.8
i have taken 8 ap classes all with A's
i do 3 seasons of sports for track and will most likely go to states
AP's:
Euro:5
Bio:3
US:5
Lang:5
bc calc:5
Chem:5
Phys mech:5
Phys e m:5</p>
<p>I am in model un ,chess, habitat for humanity
i have 2 years of work with a phd/md at penn in a lab
i have also done volunteer work with thr national kidney foundation and have over 300 hours comm service</p>
<p>what kind of expectations should i have and do you think ivy's are in my reach.
ps: i did this on my iphone so please excuse spelling</p>
<p>Your GPA seems a little low… Have you taken ACT or SAT tests yet? That’s a huge factor.</p>
<p>sorry I meant to type 4.5, 4.8, 4.8.<br>
SAT: Math:730 Read:750. Write:760
Overall: 2240
ACT:32</p>
<p>my IPhone:(</p>
<p>i say no, the EC’s arent impressive and too general, nothing unique about them. Maybe like a top-25 school like Emory, Vandy, etc</p>
<p>it depends what ivies and ethnicity you are. that sat reading/writing is high, the act not so much. gpa and ap scores are remarkable. If you are mexican or black than for sure. if you are asian or white you are like everyone else- though i will say that your stats are better than the average applicant (way better than myself of course) and im sure you have good sat 2’s as well right?</p>
<p>Personally I think there’s two thresholds for stats. The first is you’ll have to pass this threshold to even be considered, to even qualify. The second is once you’re at this level, you can basically go anywhere. Most CCers are in between, you too. What matters between this thresholds is how well you can demonstrate to adcoms that you are an interesting person with character, someone that is worthwhile for them to admit. This’ll have to come from the essay and how well you package your ecs and how you passionate you really are about them, etc. I can’t see that from your posts.</p>
<p>So I can’t say, because there’s thousands and thousands of people who are applying that are just like you. And MUN, chess and habitat for humanity honestly aren’t that unique either. The research in Penn and volunteer work for national kidney foundation could be interesting, be its too vague from your post to tell. I also can’t over stress the importance of the essay.</p>
<p>But yeah, you are qualified.</p>