<p>I'm a sophomore in high school and my dream college is Cornell.
I'm really worried that i'm not going to get accepted to Cornell though.
I've taken Honors Bio and Honors Geometry, I was in Algebra 2 as a freshman( others were only in geometry or algebra 1), i volunteer at the zoo(3 years and going), I'm very involved outside of school- im a dancer,i'm in plays, and i play piano(since i was 6). In school, im in a group called animal outreach (helps animals).
Next year, i'm taking ap macroeconomics, honors chemistry, honors precalc/trig. Also, i plan on taking all 4 years of spanish.
My grades are all A's and last year I only had 1 B(in spanish).
On my PSAT, i got a 1510, which is just average.
Any suggestions as to what you think my chances are and/or advice on how to make my chances of acceptance higher????</p>
<p>Just keep doing what you’re doing. You’re on the right track. You’ll know your actual “chances” when you get back the letter in the mail after you apply- it’s honestly either a 100% or 0% in the end (unless like waitlist/defer and all that stuff), so don’t stress yourself out. Good luck (:</p>
<p>I’d say if you continue to work hard and take a very rigorous course load with high grades, add some leadership positions in your EC’s if possible, and Get your test scores in their middle percentile range you will have a good shot. Honestly as a sophomore though, its hard to give you any concrete chance, and the only advice I can give it the generic, “work hard, challenge yourself, test well etc.” lines.</p>