Could I get into Columbia or Cornell

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I would be happy with any ivy league but my top choices are Columbia and Cornell

All right I am 15 a homeschool student, Im caucasian (arab Iraqi) I’m first gen my household makes about less that 30,000 I’m bilingual 5 languages (arabic, english, Japanese, Spanish, american sign language and in the process of being fluent in french

the thing that I believe will bring me down is that I had to repeat 9th grade and also because in homeschool you can move forward I will be about 16 when I finish high school

Major: neuroscience and behavior or engineering not totally sure yet
Minor:middle eastern, south asian and african studies

My high school grades and achievements

  1. freshmen year really horrible I’m embarrassed to even put it on here i had a 1.3 gpa i had earned only 4 credits and the school i go to currently requires 5 for a sophomore first they told me you just need to pass 2 classes and you will be considered a 10th grader but then they said because of standardize testing i would have to stay in 9th grade and if i earn more than 11 credits I would be a junior next year (sorry if this is confusing you can ask questions about this if you don’t get it) ( I don’t know if they would want an excuse but it's mostly my fault I did not know what I wanted and had no motivation I didn’t work hard enough and i was also thrown in a horrible school it was not my choice mainly my dads choice and i had to suffer because of my sister and brothers mistakes in high school my dad believed that i would do the same things)
  2. freshmen year (for both semesters) biology honors A&B : A+ algebra honors A&B : A+ english 9 A&B : A+ world history A&B : A sign language 1: A+ sign language 2: A development writing: A criminal investigation: A+

Summer classes (I did not take in the summer because I finished everything early):
economics: A+
english honors 10: A+
geometry honors: A
AP psychology: A+
AP art history: A
current credits ( 4 from my first freshmen year + 8.5 = 12.5

GPA unweighted: 4.0

  1. Sophomore Year (both semesters) (all my classes have been honors unless the AP is there) english 10 B: A+ english 11 A: A+ geometry B: A+ pre cal A: A physics A&B: A+ and A american government: A AP macroeconomics: A+ intro to communication: A intro to medical terminology: A+ intro to sociology: A+ french II a: A+

(current grades because I’m currently here at this point)
summer classes
english 11 b: A
pre cal b: A
anatomy and physiology: A+
business keyboarding: A

(12.5+ 8=20.5 credits so far) (need 24 to graduate)

regarding SAT and ACT I have tutor for this and I have bought a bunch of books off amazon I take my first sat and acts at the end of this year because of my really weird high school placements
my tutor does practice test me the highest I have got is 2100 ( if you have any recommendations please share if you don’t mind)

senior year me and my counselor have talked about course offerings this is what i might take senior year
AP english literature and composition A&B
AP calculus A&B
AP environmental science
AP microeconomics
engineering design
AP spanish language A&B

I have volunteered for our local mosque more than 300 hours I have been since i was little

I have volunteered in soup kitchens and a charity welcoming immigrants other charities too about 800 hours maybe more

current clubs hopefully i will be more involved senior year:

first generation club
leadership and global awareness club
science club
math club II
book club
gaming and technology club
environmental club
college planning club
career club
i hold positions in 4 of these clubs

I’ve founded 3 clubs ( girl empowerment, anime club, and anatomy club)

athletic: no the only achievement i have here is a black belt in karate

Please don’t sugar coat anything if you think I’m not fit for ivy league colleges please be straight forward I have a whole year left if you think I have a chance please recommend anything that comes to mind and that could possibly help me

this was very very long if you read it thank you lmao

PS if you see this in what are my chances topic ignore I don’t know what topic this fits in more

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How about Cornell online?

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Can you clarify which years you homeschooled and which years you were in a regular school?

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I will look more into this thank you for reading and replying!

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I have been in homeschool freshmen sophomore and junior so like a year and a half because you could move ahead in your studies I went to regular school only in middle school and elementary

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Did your parents give you all “As”

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Well for homeschool students, selective colleges want some objective measure of the students achievement and abiiity. AP test scores, SAT subject tests, and ACT or SAT become very important. Some schools want writing samples too. Take a look here https://undergrad.admissions.columbia.edu/apply/first-year/home-schooled and http://homeschoolsuccess.com/highly-selective-college-admissions-for-homeschoolers/

BTW, who gave you the grades if it was homeschool? Who are the clubs with?

One option might be to take some community college courses that show how you do in a school setting.

There’s no rush to go to college. Being young can sometimes be a negative for college admissions.

Hopefully some homeschoolers or others in the know will chime in soon.

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no my parents did not i earned it every lesson from my classes theres an assessment and sometimes portfolios you’re graded on it my parents aren’t my teachers

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@milkweed my grades are determined when i take my assessments at the end of every lesson its a program teachers don’t go in there unless its a portfolio project or written response my teachers go in an do it i know my grades look a bit too good but you can get points back its very simple program you go in read everything they have for you and take the assessment the clubs are with the school theres these live recordings you can go talk to the people apart of your club and stuff the school provides the clubs and thank you so much for the links and feedback

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okay if you read the bottom you can see that I apologized for that and didn’t know where to put it

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@gothqrl, Please use punctuation.

What grade are you currently in? Are you homeschooled or in public school? The classes you have to take depend on what state you live in.

I’ve been homeschooling a long time and I’ve never heard of a state that allows running through 3 years of high school in a year and a half. Many have minimum hour requirements as well as a list of mandatory subjects. What state are you in?

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11th homeschooled i live in michighan the minimum hours we are supposed to do is 30 hours I did my first year in 2014 sep to june 2015 and the rest through 2015 summer till now

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Are those legit grades? Maybe go to a community college and see if you can handle the work first