Ivy chances?

<p>Chinese/ Female/ Sophomore</p>

<p>Rank: 1/518</p>

<p>PSAT: 206 (this yr.) I plan to take the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying test next year.
SAT: yet to take
SAT II's: Math 1: 750 :( Plan to take Math 2, US History, World History (maybe), Biology</p>

<p>AP:
10th: World History, Calc. AB/BC
11th: Language and Comp., US History, Chinese, Biology (I'm also going to take Calculus 3)
12th: Literature, Statistics, Chemistry</p>

<p>Clubs:
Theatre (9th)
SGA, senator (9th)
Freshmen Club (9th)
Sophomre Club, secretary (10th)
FBLA (9th-12th)
Art (10th)
Mock Trial, will be captian next yr (9th-12th)
Chinese Club, founder (10th-12th)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Work Experience:
Retirement Home(9th)
Local Hospital (10th-?)
Student teacher at local Chinese School (10th-?)
Help with hosting Annual Asian Lunar New Year Festival (10th-12th)
National Cancer Institute Internship (summer before 12th-12th)</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
All American Scholar (9th)
US Acheivement Academy Math Award (9th)
3rd in regional FBLA writing competition (9th)
5th in regional Mock Trial competion (9th)
US Acheivement Academy English Award (10th)
US Acheivement Academy Leadership and Service Award (10th)
National Honor Roll (10th)
Won 1st/2nd/3rd in Hip-hop, Jazz, Open (respectively) divisions of Mid-Atlantic Dance Competition (10th)
Won 1st in small group, hip-hop division of Maryland State Dance Championships (10th)
Level 12 in National Piano Playing Auditions (9th)
Will get Bronze Presidential Service Award (11th)
Hopefully will get All-Star Lawyer for Mock Trial</p>

<p>It's kindda hard to make a prediction without the test scores, and your major (which I don't see on this resume) might play a role. But I think you have a pretty good chance at all of the Ivies. If you get a competitive score for the SAT, I'd say UPenn/Cornell/Brown are matches and Columbia/Dartmouth are slight reaches. HYP will be reaches, as they are for about 99.99999% of the applicants.</p>

<p>Predictions cannot be made without GPA and concrete SAT scores. ECs are somewhat lackluster, but rank is GREAT and will really help you in the college admissions process. That being said, go outside or read a book or something. Should you really be asking about your chances TWO years from now?</p>

<p>Sorry, you have no chance right now, you don't have a large amount of leadership, end of the line unless you find some leadership spots.</p>

<p>4.0 GPA (4.63 weighted)</p>

<p>yeah masterus is right, but hey, there have been a lot of semi-successful people that went to community college. my friend got a job at quiznos...it pays decent</p>

<p>You're in decent shape, but you've got some work ahead of you. You've got to nail your SATs. If you're taking Calculus--and have, thus, probably been away from some of the trivial math that is on the SAT--I'd suggest taking the SAT this spring, knowing that you may bomb the Critical Reading and Writing sections. But I think you should do everything you can to get an 800 on the SAT math. Worry about the other two sections your Junior year after AP Comp. Also, take the SAT Math Level II subject test. It was a mistake to take the Level I, in my opinion; that test covers stuff you probably learned 4 years ago. I mean, 750 isn't a bad score, but I think you can probably do better. Also, pick only TWO other subjects in which to take SAT IIs--perhaps World History, Biology, or Chinese. Don't take it unless you think you can do better than 750.</p>

<p>Also, be sure to really study for your AP exams this year and next year--they're great indicators of a successful college student if you get 5s.</p>

<p>Keep up your good grades, although--at this point, getting an A- here and there is better than losing points on those SATs.</p>

<p>And, of course, do everything you can to really stand out in ONE area of extracurricular pursuit. Try to do something that shows true academic promise--a big project or something--and link it to a letter of recommendation if you can.</p>

<p>You're doing very well and you should be proud that you're endeavoring to take so much on. Good luck. I hope this helps.</p>

<p>Yeah, it's hard to say without the SAT scores, but if you take a ton of practice tests, I wouldn't be surprised to see a substantial increase from a 206. (I got a similar score sophomore year and improved by over 200 points on the junior PSAT and real SAT.)</p>

<p>I think a lot of your ECs looked really run-of-the-mill until I got to the hip hop part. That's pretty unique, especially among Chinese applicants, I think. And it looks like it's a pretty big part of your life too, so I would try to play that part up.</p>

<p>You're only a sophomore, so it's really hard to chance you. But if you continue on this track of accomplishments and have good scores/grades to match by senior year, I think you'll be a good candidate for some of the Ivies. </p>

<p>At the same time, though, a lot of ECs look all over the place. I mean, it's good that you have diverse interests, but make sure you have the credentials to match. It's better to be focused in a few areas and excel in them (as you have with dance and mock trial) than to have a mile-long list of ECs with little depth. Although I suppose this could also be attributed to you just exploring your interests. </p>

<p>By the way, I think it's very impressive that you're taking AP Calc as a sophomore.</p>