Do I have a chance at a top school?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi everyone!

I am a sophomore preparing for my Junior year and I want to know if I have a chance at a high ranking school (Hopkins, Duke, UPenn, etc).

My GPA is 4.0 unweighted and 4.54 weighted.

My current SAT score is 650 R/W and 700 M (this is the new SAT by the way and it is the first time that I took it).

Here is my high school schedule so far:

Freshman year:
Honors Bio - A
Honors Geometry - A
Honors French 4 - A
US History - A
Spanish 1 - A
English - A

Sophmore year:
Honors Chem - A
Precalc - A
Honors French 5 - A
Honors Spanish 4 - A
AP US History - A
English - A
Research - A

Planned Junior Year:
AP Chem
AP English
AP World
AP Calc AB
AP French
Research
AP Macro Econ
AP Micro Econ

Here are my current ECs:
President of Red Cross Club
Red Cross Youth Council of NJ
Student Board for Peer tutoring (at the high school and middle school)
EMT
Research internship at Princeton University this summer (one on one with a professor)
Science Olympiad

I am white, female and my school does not rank students.

Thanks a ton!

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You’re a sophomore. likely your scores will go up.

Your chances are likely as good as anyone’s if your scores increase.

The questions are:

What is your home state?

Why do you want a top school?

What is your major and career goal?

How much will your parents pay each year for college (ask them, don’t guess)?

Do you have a nonCustodial parent? If so, will that parent help pay for college?

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Do you realize how much work 7 AP classes is gonna be… all that on top of research will likely be too much, and could drop your GPA by a lot(some people can handle this course load, but most would be extremely stressed).
Your test scores and ECs look good though, especially for a sophomore.

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Thanks for the response! Mom2collegekids, I’m in NJ and I’d like a top school because I want to get the best education possible from the best teachers and in the presence of other motivated students. I’ve also heard that good connections are easy to find in a top college. I definitely want to go into science, most likely biological science or premed. My parents are not extremely wealthy so they could most likely pay no more than $20,000 a year. I would definitely qualify for financial aid though. I do have a noncustodial parent by they will not help to pay for college. Thanks again for your help, everyone!