<p>Hi, I live in PA. i'm currently a junior looking into ivies. i'm not just looking for an ego booster, my school is extremely competitive and not knowing my rank makes it difficult to really know my chances anywhere i'm just looking for honest, outside opinions other than the friends (you can do it!)</p>
<p>ACADEMICS
-4.3 GPA (possibly higher, getting good grades atm)
-all APs, including senior years (euro, lang, psych, physics, econ, gov, calc, stat, french, US, physics 2, bio, lit) i got a 5 on euro, which was my soph year one, and only test so far taken
-high honor roll every semester thus far
-class rank and unweighted are not disclosed (yet)
-haven't taken SATs yet, but i got a 220 on my psats if that is any indicator</p>
<p>ECs
-debate team for 4 years
-trumpet since 4th grade, in the wind ensemble and symphonic orchestras (audition-entrance), and piano since 5
-jazz band (by audition) 6-12th grade
-in a non-school symphonic septet, we play at hospitals, retirement homes, halls, museums, etc
-Girl scouts daisies to senior, achieved bronze, silver, and gold awards
-school paper
-presidential volunteer service award each year
-really good art portfolio (that i'll be sending in as a supplmentary to colleges) have won some regional awards, and gotten national recognition</p>
<p>LEADERSHIP/AWARDS
-public relations officer of debate team (consists of 90 members)
-next year i will be VP of the team
-principal trumpet player
-created my own small septet band, (run it) we play for free
-editor of newspaper
-created a health club at the school, president; (have raised over $2000 thus far in the year, and have already gotten the school (via aramark and protests) to disclose nutritional info in the caf)
-created a cancer caps program. i taught teens how to knit and then assigned locations (reitrement homes) where we each ran knitting lessons, and then sent all the caps that were made to the american cancer society to be given away to poor chemo patients
-run an annual veterans cards/gloves and coats drive (collect over 100 of each annually)
-state champion in debate, have earned many recognitions in debate such as qualifying to national tournaments, winning regional tournamnets, etc
-work for a mural company: i sketch and paint murals that i'm consigned like MLK day murals and hospital murals and stuff like that</p>
<p>any suggestions for what i CAN do before college aps? i'm thinking about a small business, or starting a debate team at a really poor school in a neighboring town. please comment!</p>