Long story short, I am an Asian-American and a single child from Columbus, Ohio in Westerville South High school. I have been maintaining straight honor rolls since my first middle school years till now as a high school sophomore. I don’t partake in any extracurricular classes, but I have taken orchestra since middle school till now. I have been recommended to take activities like the National Societies club or a sports club but I couldn’t due to family reasons. From freshman to sophomore years, I was mostly rank 1st or 2nd chair for the seating test, so that might be one of my flaws. I also maintained a cumulative GPA of a 3.8 with seven regular classes and one honor class. As a sophomore this year, I challenged with other harder categories with two honors and 1 A.P based on my teacher’s recommendation and maintained a 4.1 GPA for the 1st quarter. Based on my whole profile, do you think I could attend ivy league schools? If not, what could do to show that I am capable of going them? Also, one of my dream schools is either Standford or Cornell University because of its environment, and that one school is in California where most of my relatives live. I don’t know what careers I want to be when I graduate from high school, but I’m thinking to be a software developer or a loan officer due to my interest in math and art.
What is your SAT or ACT score?
I just took the PSAT (don’t know the results), but I might consider it next year this May. I’m on my second years as a sophomore. Is there a specific score that I must aim for the SAT or ACT score?
No one can tell you what your odds are right now. Middle school grades DON’T count for college admissions. It’s all about your high school performance, test scores and extracurricular activities. You’re talking about the most selective schools in the country - Stanford had a higher rejection rate last year than Harvard. So to be a competitive applicant you will have to have near perfect SATs/ACTs, grades and truly shine in something outside the classroom. Oh, and be lucky too. When it comes to elite school admissions, it’s a bit like playing the lottery.
Not Ivies or S without ECs.
Orchestra is an EC. But you shouldn’t be asking about colleges you’ve heard of until you research more about what they do expect. It’s not just stats. And one thing you need, in that crazy competition, is to be on your game, know what matters and how it shows. Or not.