Please look: Am I on the right track for HYP?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Currently I'm a sophomore in high school but was just wondering if what I'm doing now is enough to qualify me for HYP or any other Ivy League, for that matter. And if not, how I could improve. So here goes:</p>

<p>School Type: Large, Public (2000-3000 students)
Ethnicity: Asian</p>

<p>(This is all currently):
GPA: 4.8-4.9 weighted
Rank: 3/600
SAT: predicted: M: >760 CR: >760 Wr:>780 (all these <em>could</em> be higher)
SAT II: World History 690 ---> will retake, predicted: >740</p>

<p>Freshman Classes:
AP World History: A -------> Exam: 5
Honors French III: A+
Honors English: A
Honors Biology: A
Honors Algebra II: A/B+
Advanced Orchestra: A+
PE: A
Health: A+</p>

<p>Honors Geometry: A
Honors French II: A+</p>

<p>Sophomore:
AP US History: A<br>
AP European History: A
Honors French IV: A+
Honors Chemistry: A(+)
Honors English: A-
Honors PreCalculus: A
PE: A
Computer Applications: A</p>

<p>Projected Junior and Senior Schedule:
AP Literature
AP Calculus BC
AP Biology
AP French V
AP Psychology
Honors German II
Physics</p>

<p>AP Composition
AP Stats
AP Environmental Science (or AP Physics)
AP French VI
AP Government
AP Microeconomics
Honors German III
Speech
Anatomy</p>

<p>Self Study: AP Chinese</p>

<p>I am assuming I will get mostly 5's on AP's, maybe an occasional 4. </p>

<p>EC's (assuming I do these throughout high school=4 years, etc):</p>

<p>Piano for 10 years, won gold and perfect scores at 1st and state level
Viola for 5 years, won gold as ensemble
Principal Viola in School Orchestra as Freshman
New World Youth Orchestras (local orchestra with 4 hour rehearsals each Sunday): Viola (3 years)
French Club (4 years)
Film Club (4)
Student Council (3 years) (50+ hours volunteer work)
Philosophy Club (1)
World Connections Club (4 years) (5+ hours volunteer)
National French Honorary Society (3 years) (10+ hours tutoring)
Academic Superbowl Team for Fine Arts and Social Studies (3 years)
Volunteering at local library during summer (50+ hours)
Tutoring/Volunteering teaching French at elementary
7 Week Study Abroad Summer Program in France (attend school, live with host family, etc)
Most likely will be some sort of AP Scholar
Most likely will be National Merit Semifinalist, etc</p>

<p>Sorry for the long list, but anyway, does this look at all acceptable for applying to Ivies like HYP, Stanford, etc. ? I know that I'm only a sophomore so some things may change and not be predictable, like AP/SAT scores. So, IF my resume looked something like this by senior year, would I have a chance? Also, is there anything I can improve on, and how? </p>

<p>Thank you so much for reading!</p>

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<p>i really dont what you else you can do besides cure cancer...</p>

<p>edit: holy ****....3 AP languages?!</p>

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<p>Actually, only 2. I'm just planning to skip Germans 1 and do Honors 2 and 3 because of time constraints..</p>

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<p>wow, you're definitely on the right tract, unless this is a joke/exaggeration thread and you're secretly laughing at us becuase you don't relaly exist</p>

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<p>you have a laundyr list because I can tell you right nwo that it is humanly impossible for you to be in all thsoe clubs for 3-4 years unless they meet like once a month. In addition, you didn't list leadership positions. In my school, club meeting is once a week, and the secreatary and president fo clubs have ALOT of work. Presidents scheduel meetings, create meeting contents/discussions/club trips/fundraising while secretaries take car eof all attendance, member lists, weekly e-maisl and handing paper works to administrations.</p>

<p>Therfore, just being in 2 clubs and having these positions is already alot of work. Yet you say that you ar ein like 5 clubs for 5 years, among ALL those other things.</p>

<p>I'm a sophomroe but I bet my ECs looks better than yours:</p>

<p>V.President of Philosophy Club (Pres. by senior yr)
Secretary fo Astronomy Club (Pres. by senior yr)
Member of the school's 4-people Oceanography Team (very selective)
In-School Math Team (NO position available at all, teacher does everything)
Published Poet (entered poetry contests and got poems published alogn wiht essay contests)</p>

<p>There's a view more things I'm going to start with (like soem volunteering) but even with those, I think I have better ECS.</p>

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<p>well yours are all projected ^ and i'm sure you'll get your leadership positions, but he didn't project his leadership positions and probably will get some later</p>

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<p>btw ur course work is impossible</p>

<p>in my School (20th best in the entire US according to US Weekly)</p>

<p>the science APs are at least 7 period, some are even 10 periods a week, so you have double science (say double AP Bio) every day</p>

<p>gym is a mandatory class every year</p>

<p>due to the large number of students, most ppl can't get into 5 APs SIMPLY because the schedule doesn't work out perfectly for them. In addition, in my school, if you take more than 4 APs, guidance counselors and teachers would basically beg you not to kill youself because APs's workload is about 1-hr hw per day in addition to projects, tests, essays, exams, pop quizes. So 5 APs is basically equal to no sleep and doing nothing else.</p>

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<p>i'm taking 5 and i'm not doing much (look at my post count ^^) btw my school is good, too, we have a 99.9% rate of ppl getting 5's on the exams</p>

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<p>Narcissa: Haha, no, this is for real. I just honestly didn't know where I fall into all of this college stuff, especially in freshman year, so I thought, why not do my best? And apparently that thought got me into this crazy workload. lol. (and by the way, I'm a girl :D )</p>

<p>IvyCrazyPerson: I agree, I'm not really in any leadership positions right now, though I hope to be in some within the next three years. Also, some of the clubs are weekly while others are every two or sometimes three weeks, and they meet on different days (afterschool or morning), so it is every bit possible to be in all of them for that many years. I know that 5 AP's or whatever is a lot but it still is manageable, for me I think. </p>

<p>Also, our school is extremely competitive. The grading scale is very harsh so people take advanced classes to compensate (weighting) and as a result, you could have like a 4.3 GPA and be ranked 50 out of 600 (it's true). So, if you want to stay in the top __, you basically have to take 4-5 AP's a year, at least.</p>

<p>Anyone have any idea how to get more leadership positions? I noticed I was lacking on those...Thanks!</p>

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<p>yeah that's basically what is it here, my school doesn't weight honors classes but people still have to have 4.5's to be in the top 10 (out of like 300-400)</p>

<p>and...i think you have a great chance! how many HYPs does your school send a year? sorry for calling you a guy</p>

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<p>Oh yeah, I plan to be in National Honors Society next year. Can't forget about that...lol</p>

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<p>hmm i have some advice. first of all, i thought exactly as you did when i was a freshman and a sophmore. but really, now i'm a junior and i've totally changed many of my views. so you're racking up a long list of ECs and classes and good scores. but what do you like to do? is there anything you enjoy doing? if there is, i'm sure there are many things to accomodate that passion. competitions and stuff. those are important too. for example, if you like math, make a goal (to make USAMO or something) and shoot for it. it might take a year, but in the end it will be worth more than all the ECs that you listed. AND it would make a great college app essay :)</p>

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<p>Please don't take this the wrong way...you're amazing! But I just have to ask...what do you do for fun? I'm just curious. 14 AP's projected is almost inhuman. You seem to have the next 2 1/2 years basically planned out ("projected" as you say) with nary a chance to take a deep breath and you're wondering if it's enough. This might all have the unwanted effect of making you look like a tremendous grind, with nothing spontaneous or out of the ordinary, just someone who studies and studies. Does that make any sense?</p>

<p>edit: cross post with Narcissa, some similar thoughts.</p>

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<p>^how come people aren't half as nice when chancing me, lmao</p>

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<p>you should chillax a bit, or you'll get horribly burnt out by junior/senior year. you don't have to do all those ECs and you certainly don't have to do all those APs! i agree with what 2331clk said.</p>

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<p>Narcissa:
Last year, our school only sent one person to Princeton, and maybe one to Harvard like 4 years ago or something...at my school, most people (even the top) prefer in-state schools, to my knowledge. I really appreciate your feedback and advice, especially with the more focusing in on one thing. </p>

<p>^^ I should probably clarify that my passion in all of this is music and playing viola/piano, with all of my orchestral aspects (and what I consider fun). So even when I list all those other things, my main emphasis would still be on music, as I spend my entire Sundays at rehearsal, and private lessons, and whatnot, but I think the most important thing is that I enjoy it, right? And I know this sounds eerily nerdy, but I actually do enjoy learning/taking classes that interest me/reading for pleasure... </p>

<p>And, as strange as it sounds, I kind of do have to take those AP's...most of them are for graduation requirements and it's either that or regular classes, which are an absolute no.</p>

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<p>...and I guess the reason I started this topic is that I read so many CCer's in Ivyleague posting about their EC's and perfect SAT scores and winning Science Fairs/publishing stuff/organizing some large community project, etc that it made me very nervous that I would never have a chance at these good schools.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>I think your involvement with music is really very impressive. I don't think there are too many viola players around (just guessing, though, I may be wrong), so that's a plus for you. Well if those APs are for graduation requirements then I suppose you can't really do much about that..</p>

<p>Seriously, I think you're on the right track. I suggest you stop looking at chance threads too lol, there's no need to make yourself grow even more paranoid about admissions when you'll probably end up becoming a very competitive applicant come senior year. Work hard but enjoy high school (and it does sound like you do), kay?</p>

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<p>limitedvocab: Thanks a lot for your input -- it definitely eased my worries a bit. Lol, you're right...I actually had been looking at chance treads for the past hour and growing more apprehensive about the impossibility of this. :)</p>