High school freshman

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<p>Hi, I'm a high school freshman in USA, midwest.
I'm Korean-American, 14, and came here when I was 3.
My school is 5A, with 500 kids/class.
I'm wondering if any of you Ivy-leaguers could give me tips based on my specs:</p>

<p>SAT (took it in 7th grade, 590 reading, 630 writing, 710 math, 1930 total)
taking SAT again in 2 weeks! :\
ACT (last month on December 10: 32 math and reading, 29 english, 28 science, 30 total)</p>

<p>no AP or SAT 2 tests...yet (taking AP stat./world and SAT 2 world history and SAT 2 math 2 in may/june)</p>

<p>school Schedule
AP World, trig/precalc H, AP statistics, Student Government, Spanish 3 H, English 1 H, Chem H.
Studying AP Bio online.
Freshman class president</p>

<p>Extracurricular
Oncology floor assistant secretary at local hospital
Junior representative of community library.
Tutoring 7-8th grade students in mathcounts
About 250 hours volunteer service
Soon-to-be-eagle scout.<br>
6 years violin. Concertmaster of large in-state orchestra, Western-states Chamber honors orchestra placement
mathcounts team 11th place state
JV football and track
FBLA</p>

<p>self-declared weaknesses: essay writing, critical reading comprehension, arrogance at times
self-declared bonuses: well-rounded, confident, math/science
No decided major yet. Parents always bug me about being a medical doctor, which I might consider :)</p>

<p>I'm probably missing a few things, but I hope this is enough to put out there...
Please give me advice. Help is really needed, about anything, from SAT 2s to volunteering to sports...anything!</p>

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<p>If you keep up what you’re doing, I think you’ll get into Harvard. You scored a 1930 on the SAT’s in the 7th grade… a lot of high school students can’t even achieved that in the 11th grade. Pursue your music/orchestra EC/s. Have you ever heard of the All National Orchestra? You can start applying to that sophomore year.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I’m worried about my ECs and standard tests. I’m looking for a summer internship with the state senate, but those are all for 16+ year olds.</p>

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<p>I agree with entomom’s advice that she gave you on the Yale thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/1276241-4-years-sorry-another-chance-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/1276241-4-years-sorry-another-chance-me.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Do not take the SAT again until your junior year. For schools that do not accept Score Choice, taking the SAT multiple times is not going to play to your advantage.</p>