<p>I am currently a high school Junior. Class of 2007. I live in Virginia.</p>
<p>Class Rank:6 out of 286
GPA: 3.94 (at end of Sophomore year)
SATs: Not yet taken but PSAT score was estimated around 1900 (It did not include the essay and writing is my strong point so I expect to be around 2000)</p>
<p>Clubs/Activities:
Latin Club (Soph-Present)
German Club (Freshman)
Soccer (JV Freshman, Varsity Soph-Present)
Winter Track (Freshman-Present, Captain this year as Junior)
Cross Country (Junior)
Club Soccer
Journalism (Freshman)</p>
<p>Awards:
German II student of the year(Fresh). German III Student of the Year.(Soph)
National Latin Exam Silver Medalists (Level 1)
Geography student of the year (Fresh)
AP World History student of the year (Soph)
Soccer-Honorable Mention All-District (Soph)
Winter Track-Top Newcomer Award, All-District (Soph)
Cross Country-MVP, All-District (Junior)
Who's Who Among American High School Students</p>
<p>Charities: 15 Hours helping young children learn to play soccer.
(I'm just starting to get involved in charities)</p>
<p>I still have until the end of my Junior year left, and I am expected to be made captain for the Cross Country and Soccer team for my Senior year. Also I will be joining NHS.</p>
<p>Other Notes: I was transferred high schools after my freshman year. (Re-Zoning). My freshman school had much more to offer than the school I currently attend. This year I am taking three AP courses (along with a level IV language), if I maintain the grades I have now I will have a 4.1ish. One problem was for the first semester of this year I was enrolled in six classes along with a study hall and teacher aide. I'm dropping the study hall and aide period for two semester classes. Will my Junior year look too easy? If I load up on AP courses (Possible 5), will it help or is the decision based on my Junior year? I took all possible AP courses so far except for AP Pysch. </p>
<p>you have great sports. the sat score might be a little low but i think your ec's can make up for it somewhat. so im guessing your chance is slight reach for columbia, match for uva (in state so..), match/reach for georgetown. but good luck for all!</p>
<p>Thanks. Athletically I've been recruited by West Point for soccer so I have potential to play at the Division I level (especially in an Ivy School) but I don't have quite the amount of talent to play at a national powerhouse such as UVA. How much "swing" does athletics give in high school if a college coach of an Ivy was interested in me?</p>
<p>I have yet to take the official SATs but I'm sure I will be taking it more than once after I prepare myself. I did not prepare myself for the PSATs but was able to do better than 91% of Juniors.</p>
<p>Thanks for your input :)</p>
<p>Oh, I forgot to mention that my favorite teacher (APUSH) was a history major at Georgetown and I believe I am one of his favored students.</p>
<p>ah. the ap us teacher would definitely help in terms of rec's then. as for sports, i'm not too sure how much adv. it will be. if the school coach really likes you and recommends you, then yea it would be a great adv. other than that though, if you are just applying like all other athletes, i think it will give you SOME adv. but probably too much</p>
<p>Good GPA, good class rank, but your SATs would be very weak for an Ivy applicant. On the other hand, if you are good enough to play Division I soccer, then you have a very strong hook. The Ivies do look for kids who can help their sports teams.</p>
<p>Without the soccer hook, though, I'd say Columbia or any Ivy is a very big reach for you, given your projected SAT scores. Georgetown is probably a reach. UVA, on the other hand, will almost certainly accept you.</p>
<p>If you want to use the soccer hook at an Ivy or two, you should contact coaches, let them know you want to apply, tell them you're being recruited by Army (but of course, you'd rather go to their school), go visit the campuses and have a talk with them, etc. The coaches can't help you if they don't know who you are.</p>
<p>And I think you also have to ask yourself if you would be academically confortable at an Ivy. Academically, these schools are the big leagues, and you'll be surrounded by lots of amazingly smart, highly competitve kids in an academically rigorous environment. If you think you can hack, go for it. But remember, there are lots of good schools out there that are a not quite as difficult that would be happy to have you.</p>
<p>Yeah I understand I need to work on my SATs but seeing that I have yet to take the actual SATs, I have vast room for improvement. </p>
<p>I wouldn't be interested in Ivies if I wasn't up to the academic rigor. I really have a hard time holding an intellectual conversation with anyone at my high school, even in my AP English class. I.e., People are amazed when I see symbolism in a book such as The Awakening, insisting that i read "sparknotes" the night before. I don't want to go to a good school filled with people who are simply followers of the beaten path. I want to be able to bounce around my theories on life, literature, and culture and receive some sort of vibration of understanding/critic in return.</p>
<p>I don't want to appear snobby by that statement, it's just I want my college education to mean something more than awesome parties, that great game, or as just a neccessary tier in the timeline of my life. I hold the utmost respect for those who attend/have attended UVA but I want to receive the Ivy experience, which in my view is much more than a diploma.</p>
<p>I've received two B's in my high school career. Both ocurred in Math. One of which was a high school credit course I took in 8th grade. Will a college even look at my high school credits taken in middle school? And if I plan to major in English, would that cause an Ivy to "forgive" my math grades?</p>