<p>I am from Oregon
Have a 4.0 unweighted GPA
Valedictorian
Graduating with Traditional scholars
Ap Physics, Ap calculus AB Ap Calculus BC Ap U.S. history, Ap U.S. government, AP Macro economics, Ap micro economics, Ap statistics AP English, and maybe taking AP World History-passed all of them</p>
<p>NO EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES</p>
<p>30 or above an ACT</p>
<p>Want to know my chances at
Ivy leagues
Stanford
UC-Berkeley
UCLA
Rice
Harvey Mudd
USC
Any of the Claremont Mckenna colleges
Duke
WUSTL
U-Illinois-Urbana
Boston University</p>
<p>Um... you won't get into the Ivies with no ECs. </p>
<p>You might get in to Boston Uni. I'm not really familiar with any of the other schools you listed.</p>
<p>It's also not nearly enough just to "pass" AP classes... What do you mean by "maybe" taking AP World History? Are you not a senior?... I don't know how you took Calc BC as an underclassman, honestly, but if you aren't a senior, get involved in stuff.</p>
<p>I agree with quark. I'm assuming that you're a junior? Do you have community service, outside musical passions, etc.? You are going to need something strong to show that you have more sides than just classwork. If you have been working lots of hours at a job, for example, which has allowed no time for ECs, you can at least use that as your explanation. </p>
<p>btw, my D took Calc BC as a sophomore. She's got great academic numbers, but on some apps, the ECs were a much bigger part of the application process. There's no sure thing at most of the schools you listed. Get involved NOW in some worthwhile activities.</p>
<p>umm at the VERY least, some sports, an instrument possibly, acting, volunteer..., internships, different passions of yours</p>
<p>I mean some of these Ivy kids intern at hospitals... I know a friend of mine who got into Dartmouth with a 3.7, 2230 SAT, and was a paramedic at the local hospital. (helps that she also spoke like 4 languages)</p>
<p>What are your interests? There's no point in getting yourself involved in an EC that you don't enjoy. </p>
<p>Find out what clubs/sports/music groups your school offers, see what kind of volunteer work opportunities are available in your community, see if kids need tutoring at the library, or if a shelter needs someone to scrounge up food donations. Ask your friends what they do- almost everyone I know has SOME kind of extra curricular. Maybe talk to your guidance counselor. </p>
<p>Don't be afraid to try new stuff, in fact you definitely should, but also, don't stick with something you don't enjoy.</p>
<p>This is definitely not a joke... i mean i have about 100 hours of community service and i play intramural sports but other than that i don't really have anything. I will be getting an engineering internship over the summer though.. will that help? </p>
<p>Anything you do outside of school is pretty much an extracurricular activity. That includes hobbies! Intramural sports and community service are a good place to start. An engineering internship sounds really, really good. It's very important to do productive things with your summers.</p>
<p>A bump is basically another post to get the thread to the front page so more people will look at it.</p>
<p>dude. you want to list what you do the most ec wise. even if its not a lot, put something.
rice i believe is a ec freak, so i would say reach there.
harvey mudd is a reach, but maybe closer than rice...</p>
<p>An engineering internship is perfect. Don't go and join a bunch of clubs based on what we're saying b/c that'll only make colleges suspicious. Just try to dredge up some sort of <em>activity</em> that you enjoy, even if it's almost like a hobby. And don't tell me you watch TV all day, every day...I know you've got some hobbies.</p>
<p>Start some clubs, afaik, nothing looks better than "President/Founder of ......"
just remember that you have to have a niche, don't be an all arounder</p>