<p>My dream is to go to an ivy league. I just want to know what other people think and if i have a good chance of getting in. I have a 4.0 for freshman year and for sophomore year im taking 2 APs (AP environmental science and AP studio art), and have a 4.0 (unweighted) or 4.2 (weighted). So far i am in the run for valedictorian. I am sophomore class president, student body secretary, in MUN, MUSS, Yearbook club, academic bowl, national honor society vice president, went to a top art program (creative connections), and on the varsity volleyball, varsity basketball, and varsity soccer teams since in was a freshman. As of now as a sophomore i have a predicted SAT score of 1900 which im trying to push up. I have lived overseas all my life and speak English,Chinese, and Korean fluently and am learning Spanish. I anyone could respond on any tips they have or what my chances are that would be great!</p>
<p>Try and focus on your SAT/ACT scores. If I were you, I would take both your junior and senior year. If you want to go to an Ivy League school, you will need near-perfect scores. Your GPA looks perfect as of now, and you do have a lot of extra curriculars. However, Ivy League schools put a lot of emphasis on your essays, which you won’t start until you are a senior.</p>
<p>Generally, I can tell you that you are going to need perfect or near-perfect SAT scores. That said: the thing nowadays is that the competitive landscape for Ivy Leagues is astronomically insane. Basically all you can do is have the best stats possible–perfect GPA, high or perfect SAT score, lots of ECs w/ leadership, write killers essays–and then leave it down to luck. Kids who were a shoe-in for Ivys 20 years ago now aren’t getting in (and haven’t been for 15 years, actually–it’s been rough for a long time). Basically an entire generation, starting with Millennials, have been groomed to be “perfect” students… the problem is now you have five times as many “perfect” students as you did 30 years ago but just as many spots in the freshman class.</p>
<p>It’s very much possible you might get into an Ivy, though it may not be the one you want most. You may not get into any. The most practical advice I can offer is to be as competitive as you can possibly be, apply to the Ivys because you never know, but have a robust slate of match & safety schools so you’re not screwed. I know a girl who applied only to Ivys and top elites… and didn’t get into any. She had to take a gap year and reapply.</p>
<p>I read this recently and it was quite sobering: <a href=“Young, Gifted, and Not Getting Into Harvard - The New York Times”>Young, Gifted, and Not Getting Into Harvard - The New York Times. It’s even more relevant now than it was in 2007.</p>