Hick High School Help: What are my chances?

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<p>I live in Frewsburg, NY, a town of about 2,000 and there are 72 students in my grade. Very few people have been to college, (including my parents) and very few kids from my area even apply to prestigious schools. I really want to go to Wharton or another Ivy League. My high school offers NO AP courses. We do have some distance leaning and this year (I am a sophomore) I am taking Business Law. In my junior year I am going to take "advanced" English which is really just a class of 20 selected kids taught by a strict teacher. From what I can gather (I’ve never had a guidance appointment) the guidance councilors stress the local community college and some local community colleges. Almost everyone goes to one of 6 or 7 area universities or our local community college. Here are my current stats:</p>

<pre><code>98% overall Avg.
4/72 ranking (my class size continues to dwindle as kids drop out)
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<p>Varsity Track since 7th grade (I think I might be able to get recruited which would help my chances)
Mock Trial
Boy Scouts (I am getting my Eagle in a few weeks)
Class President
HOBY representative
Striders Summer/Indoor Track
Varsity Soccer 1 year
Varsity Cross Country 1 year
Student Council</p>

<p>I took the PSAT and I think I did pretty good (still waiting for results). I had to argue with the guidance counselor to take the PSAT as a sophomore. She thought I was trying to get out of class or something and had to convince her that I’m a serious student and I wanted to try it before it really counts in my junior year. My school has very few extracurricular activities and even fewer that are academic. Will this hurt my chance? Boy Scouts is a huge one and it takes A LOT of time. I do tons of volunteer work through Boy Scouts and I don’t have much time to do anything else. Will the fact that I have no AP courses affect my chances? </p>

<p>Also does anyone know about UPenn’s or other Ivy League track and field recruitment especially for sprinters?</p>

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<p>Instead of posting this on a bunch of different boards, you should just post this once on the Chances forum. </p>

<p>That being said, obviously you're on the right track, but no one here can tell you whether or not you're going to get in. Your school not offering AP courses won't hurt you. Counselors will send a school profile which shows that there haven't been any AP courses available to you.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>yes they recruit sprinters. u have to be pretty damn fast tho. go to their athletic pages and u can see all their current athlete's stats and u can get the basic gist of how u are compared to them</p>

<p>i think u are on the rite track however =D</p>

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<p>Not having any AP courses doesn't hurt you... schools just like it if you take the hardest courseload available.</p>