Junior in stress. Help please?

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<p>Hello. I'm a junior in highschool and I just got my first quarter grades, and I want to know if they are good enough for IVY leagues, and if not, what colleges I'm good for.</p>

<p>I go to a private highschool in MA.
I just transfered here from a school in Florida.
My GPA is 3.4 and the classes I took and the grades I got in them are as follows:</p>

<p>Spanish Advanced Honors: A
Junior English: A-
AP Chemistry: C+
AP US history: B-
AP AB Calculus: A-</p>

<p>The last time I took the SAT for practice, I got a 2070
The only SAT II I have taken is for Biology, and i got a 780.
I took AP biology last year and got a 5 in it.
I've been playing the oboe for 6 years, and I can also play alto-sax and piano.
I'm fluent in 2 languages and pretty decent in another.</p>

<p>I'm Asian, female, and go to a boarding school.
I am not happy with a GPA of 3.4 and I don't have a good idea of whether it is good enough or not because my old school did weighted GPA's.</p>

<p>I'm looking for where I am within the college- ranking and what I need to improve on. It would be great if somebody can give me an idea of where I belong at the moment, including whether or not Ivy leagues are of any chance.</p>

<p>Thanks in Advance!</p>

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<p>Ivies are definitely a reach, lower tier ivies might still be reaches</p>

<p>Your SAT is good, if you can get 2100+ thatd be great for top tier schools (that aren’t ivy leagues)</p>

<p>not sure what else to say, someone else might know more about this than i do</p>

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<p>I agree with James</p>

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<p>Your boarding school has a college counseling office. Go see them and talk about your record in the context of the school’s typical outcomes.</p>

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<p>As you pointed out, your GPA is poor. IVYs usually look for 3.7+ (UW) and a pretty high rank, as in top 10% minimum.
As of now you are good for the University of Michigan, Illinois, maybe Northwestern, UCLA, UCB, Georgia Tech etcetera. Your grades and GPA need to go up. Also, 2070 wont do it; you need like a 2200+ for IVYs especially since you Asian.</p>

<p>Doing a solid internship over the holidays and getting a few College courses done will also help. Try and take as many APs as possible. If your school has a limit do a few on your own. Target like 8 APs by the end of Senior Year. You also have to do some community service, 100 hrs+ is a bare minimum. </p>

<p>Hope this helped.</p>