<p>I'm a freshman in private high school and I've started thinking about college a little earlier than most of my peers. I want to go to an Ivy League school, preferably Yale, and I could use a few tips on how to prepare and make my application look better. If it helps, my strongest subject is science and I also plan to attend medical school.
I'm in the pre-IB program.
My GPA is currently a 3.3 but the school year just started and im planning to bring up to a 3.9 or higher.
Extra-Curriculars
-Guitar for 3 years.
-Volunteering in hospice; Just starting this year.
-Science Lab assistant
-On the school tennis team.
Im going to sign up for more clubs sophomore year. </p>
<p>What kind of students are Ivy League schools looking for? Sorry that I don't have more information, the school year just started. :)</p>
<p>The number one advice I can give you is don’t do things for colleges. Yes, you should stay busy and take rigorous courses but don’t do anything you dislike/simply because you think it will help you get into college. Focus on your grades, when the time comes strive for strong test scores as well.</p>
<p>Don’t do things for colleges, but make sure you’re differentiated. In the race for perfect grades and SATs, it’s becoming evermore important to be different because this is what makes you ‘worth’ the spot in many top colleges like Yale–not just good objective scores anymore.</p>
<p>Also, one of my friends told me that to get into an Ivy League school you have to do some kind of revolutionary research/discovery. Is this true? It seems unlikely that the thousands of students at Ivy League schools have done something like this. I also plan to do volunteer work in Ecuador or Africa over the summer when I’m a senior. Colleges like that right?</p>