Chances for IB student?

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<p>Rising Junior (Class of 2008)
GPA: 9th (4.0uw), 10th (4.1w)
SAT: 1900 CR:630 M:670 (10th grade)
First Generation Hispanic
Northern Virginia</p>

<p>APs: Statistics- 4, Comparative Government- 5</p>

<p>11th Grade Schecdule:
-IB History I HL
-IB Chem I HL
-IB Math I HL
-IB English I HL
-IB Physics SL
-IB Econ SL
-IB French V </p>

<p>Full IB Diploma candidate.
50 CAS hours- need 250</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
USG of Model UN
Varsity Soccer
Marching Band- Saxophone
Its Academic Team
Tutoring
etc..</p>

<p>Prospective Schools (in order)
1. Columbia
2. NYU
3. UVa
4. MITs
5. UCLA
6. UPENN</p>

<p>I need some feedback on where I stand as of now. I am gathering as much information as I can because I am pretty much on my own since my parents don't really know a whole lot about the admissions process. This forum is extremly helpful and I am glad that there are people willing to help. </p>

<p>I will raise my SAT scores as much as I can. And I understand that my activities arent amazing, I will work on that in the coming year.</p>

<p>Any help is greatly appreciated. :)</p>

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<p>i think your activities are fine. </p>

<p>Kudos on doing 4 highers instead of the required 3...your schedule is def very rigorous and that will be a big plus. You still need two SAT 2s and those scores should overshaddow your SAT 1s which are quite low....the fact that you are URM will help but it doesnt do miracles u should work on the SATs and take the SAT2s seriously. </p>

<p>Having gone through the full IB: History HL, Math HL, Bio HL, English SL, Arabic SL, Chem SL....i would caution you about being overzealous with that schedule....those classes are no joke! If you cant handle a schedule like that you should drop one of the HLs to SL.</p>

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<p>No one can give you even semi-accurate chances without your Junior year completed, really...</p>

<p>But I can say that if that was your final SAT score, your chances would be low. I'm sure you'll bring it up.</p>