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Chance Me / Match Me!
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Interested in knowing what my chances are for a top 30 school.
I am only a sophomore, but am planning my classes for the next 2 years. My school also doesn’t offer too many AP’s, so taking more than 3 or 4 is pretty impossible.
FRESHMAN:
Algebra 1/2
English
Social studies/history (you receive history credit, it is just required for all freshman)
Science (just standard science)
Art (required)
PE (required
Spanish 1/2
GPA: 4.0

SOPHOMORE: (for the first semester, I attended school in the Czech Republic. My mom is from there and my uncle just got really sick so we moved there for 6 months. So my first semester transcript is a Czech transcript. All the lessons were in Czech. I was able to get pretty good grades in them but I am not sure how relevant listing what classes I took there would be. So this is my second semester at my high school in California.)
Geometry
English
World History
Science
PE
Spanish 3/4
Psychology
Nonfiction
GPA: unknown, but probably will be a 4.0

JUNIOR:
Advanced Algebra (possibly honors)
AP COMP
APUSH
Advanced Journalism
Spanish 5/6
An elective class that is either leadership of Peer resource, still waiting to see if I got in.
AP BIO (most kids at my school take Chem before AP BIO, however I like bio and think I will be okay with not taking chem. However, is it essential to take chem in high school? I am interested in pursuing English and writing, so I don’t really want to, but am willing.)

Senior:
Pre-calc or AP stat
AP LIT
AP economics
a semester of GOV (it is required)
AP Spanish
Advanced journalism
leadership or PR

EC: varsity track (all 4 years), Varsity cross country (2 years), JV Soccer (2 years), Daraja club (girls education), PALS club (hanging out with special ed kids), JR Lifeguards (4 years), I volunteer a lot around my community, internship, living abroad, and I have a job.

My family is pretty low income. Neither of my parents went to college, my parents sold drugs all my life, my dad died when I was 11 because he overdosed, so now my mom is a single mom. She makes about 30,000 a year.
I am also very aware that I have not taken the SAT or ACT yet, and I can’t exactly put more credentials that I could possibly earn later but am not sure about at this time.

2

Honestly, there isn’t a lot of info to work with here. Not having test scores makes it extremely difficult to estimate.

Also what do you intend to major in? That will affect your chances depending on what you do in high school and what you intend to major in.

3

So it’s tough to say with so little information about GPA and test scores. Your ECs are alright. Their not bad but not going to make you stand out much against a sea of fellow applicants. I’d say your schedule is fine especially if your school doesn’t offer tons of APs. In my opinion, HYPSM type schools may be out of reach but, provided you get good test scores, the lower half of top 30 seems attainable.

Again though, not having the full GPA, test scores, and feelings about essays makes it tough to say.

4

you want to be chanced without much data so it’s pretty much impossible to say, but most top schools care about accepting first generation students so that will help. Very limited APs will ‘not be held against you’ but they certainly may if you do not test well. For top schools, you’ll ideally need to be top percentile or two. Your ECs look okay, but schools know most HS clubs are just fluff.

5

Too early to say. However, why are you jumping from no ap or even honors classes to 3 ap classes and some honors. That will be a hard adjustment. Is there a reason you only took onlevel classes your first two years? Don’t focus so much on getting into a “top” school, focus on finding a good fit.