<p>I'm a junior...my GPA is 4.66 and I'm second in the class. I'm an active member of Student Government (I was the Homecoming Chair) and National Honor Society (Leader of the Fundraising committee). I'm also Math Team officer. I haven't gotten a B throughout High School and am taking hard AP's like AP US History, AP Computer Science, AP Chem, and AP Calculus BC this year. </p>
<p>I haven't taken the SAT/ACT yet, but I got a 215 on the PSAT this year (It was really bad, wasn't expecting it to be so low). I took the ACT in 8th grade and got a 32 on it. </p>
<p>What are my chances with Ivy League schools next year? (I wanna know so I can make college visits accordingly).</p>
<p>Well, Ivies are reaches for almost everybody (see below) . . . so use your school visits ( wherever you visit) to start getting a feel for what kinds of schools appeal and which don’t . . . for example, do you thrive in a more structured environment or an environment free of academic requirements (e.g., Columbia vs. Brown) . . . do you prefer an urban campus or one in the countryside (e.g, Harvard vs. Dartmouth) . … if you are open -minded those visits will teach you abou the schools AND about yourself</p>
<p>then you can use these emerging preferences - along with any preferences for programs/areas of interest - to start building a college list of schools that might accept you (reaches, like almost all the Ivies) and matches (where you will likely get in) and financial aid safety schools (where they want you so much they will pay good merit money for you to attend)</p>
<p>In our experience the colleges we visited did not correlate to where the kids applied . . . in other words, you will learn about what you are looking for in a campus by visiting any group of colleges that are even generally appealing to you . . . kid #2 learned more from the visits to Duke, UVA and UNC than any other visits and didn’t apply to any of them</p>
<p>Ivies are reaches . . . e.g., Brown said “no” to 81% of Valedictorians who applied and 86% of Salutatorians </p>
<p>So go visit the Ivies . . . no harm in it … and what you learn about yourself will have non-Ivy applications too (pardon the pun)</p>
<p>Your grades and coursework are very good, but you’ll need stronger and more unique extracurriculars for a high chance at the Ivies. You’ll definitely be a good fit for some top 20 schools, though.</p>