chances so far

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<p>I'm only a sophomore, but I have my heart set on Harvard for a number of reasons. Please don't tell me that I'm too young to be worrying about this, please just let me know how I'm doing so far in my high school career and how I compare to others who have been admitted to harvard. thank you.</p>

<p>White female living in New Mexico, upper middle class family</p>

<p>GPA: 4.143 weighted</p>

<p>Core classes taken and expected to take starting w/ 10th grade</p>

<p>Sophomore:
Advanced American Literature
Algebra 2/Trigonometry
A.P. U.S. History
Spanish 2
Latin 1
Chemistry</p>

<p>Junior:
A.P. European History
A.P. Language and Lit.
A.P. Psychology
Pre-calculus
Adv. Biology
Spanish 3
Latin 2</p>

<p>Senior:
A.P. Biology
A.P. World Literature
A.P. Calculus
A.P. Spanish 4
Latin 3
Economics
Government</p>

<p>Extracuriculars:
Film Society (10, 11, 12)
Key Club (11, 12)
Coalition for Peace and Global Awareness (10, 11, 12)
National Honors Society (10, 11, 12)
Varsity Tennis (9, 10, 11, 12)
Kathak East Indian Dance Form (10, 11, 12)
Yoga (does this even count? 9, 10, 11, 12)
Summer tennis instructor (9, 10, 11, 12)
Church Youth Group (9, 10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>Awards:
National Latin Exam gold medal in latin 1 (hopefully 2 and 3 as well)
Some tennis awards</p>

<p>Service:
Building houses in Mexico over spring break (10, 11, 12)
Also, I've been planning a project to raise money be myself that goes to build a school in rural India.</p>

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<p>your too young to be posting on here, go find better things to do, like studying for your SAT's or doing homework</p>

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<p>Okay the courses you have outlined seem fine but how can you assure you will be able to do some of these extra curriculars in the future? I mean you are in 10th grade but have key club written down for 11th and 12th grades already but anyway, continue working hard do well on your SAT's</p>

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<p>yeah, i was planning on doing key club this year, but then something came up which is a long story, but anyways, there should be no problem with next year, so i decided to put it down anyways.</p>

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<p>You resume is really good. Here are some suggestions: Instead of ALL those clubs, choose about 3-4 and try to take leadership positions in 2-3 of them. Next, make sure you get a next to perfect or perfect score on SAT. Depending on the major you are going to be, volunteer in thoses respective feilds. Next, make sure you build strong bonds with your teachers next year b/c letters of reccomendation are written by 11th and 12th grade teachers. If you have to then drop one or even 2 AP classes but make sure you get 5s or 4s on the ones you take.</p>