Ivy Leagues

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I am currently a sophomore in high school and I am worried about my college acceptance standing. I am currently in 13 clubs with leadership positions hopefully to come. I have gotten A minuses and As up till this year and might be getting 1-2 Bs. I am confident I can get As in the coming years b/c I just stumbled with AP classes. I am currently enrolled in 4 AP classes and I will take 13 more in the coming years. I play piano and swim as well. I also play chess competitively and have won multiple awards. I have a 32 ACT atm and a 215 PSAT. Do I have any chance of getting into an Ivy League even with the Bs? And also, what effect do A minuses have on a college app?</p>

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<p>I also have about 100 hours of volunteering</p>

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<p>Your forethought is laudable, but it is quite premature for anyone currently to offer an evaluation. You need to take the most demanding curriculum your high school offers and – even more important – to excel at it. You probably should repost a similar question in about 16 to 18 months.</p>

<p>(and, incidentally, Ivy League is singular – there is only one – as in: “there are eight Ivy League universities” or “the Ivy League’s admission standards are stringent”)</p>

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<p>Re: 13 clubs </p>

<p>Advice from Yale:</p>

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<p><a href=“http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:eGxn3oll478J:questions.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/qa-college-admissions/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a”>http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:eGxn3oll478J:questions.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/qa-college-admissions/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Do you suggest I quit some? Or should I just make sure I have good time management?</p>

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<p>Quit some. Put more effort into a few. Show depth of interest rather than breadth.</p>

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<p>“Do you suggest I quit some?” : Actually, OP, you should quit most of them; try to reduce your club membership by about 2/3. WasatchWriter above has very good comments, and the advice from Yale quoted by arwarw should be taken to heart.</p>

<p>Life is about choices; and you can’t choose everything.</p>