I recently started wondering if I had a chance of getting into an Ivy League or other prestigious school with my current record, despite my apparent lack of activities in the early years of high school. Also, what else can I do at the moment to increase my chances? From practice SAT’s I am around the 1900-2000 range. Hopefully I can improve these before the implementation of the new test.
Freshman Year:
Classes taken:
-Introduction to Industrial Engineering (A/A)
-Spanish 1, no honors class available (A/A)
-PE 1 (A/A)
-Leadership (A/A)
-English 1 Advanced, advanced classes because no honors available (A-/B)
-Biology (A/A-)
-Algebra 2, no honors class available (A/A+)
Extracurriculars:
-KEY Club
-National Honors Society
-Swim Team
-Member of school’s ASB
I had many community service hours through these clubs, but there is no record of it due to the lack of recordkeeping at my school’s clubs.
Sophomore year:
Classes:
-World History AP (A/A/4)
-Calculus AB AP (A/A/5)
-Spanish 2, no honors available (A/A)
-PE 2 (A/A)
-Leadership (A/A)
-Chemistry, AP available but decided not to take since I wanted a background on chem first. (A/A)
-English 2 Advanced, advanced class because no honors available (A/A)
PSAT 192
Extracurriculars:
-National Honors Society
-KEY Club
-Swim Team
-Member of ASB
Again, the clubs have no record of the service.
moved to a new school starting here
Junior Year:
Classes:
-Calculus BC AP
-Spanish 3, no honors available to my belief
-AP US History
-P.E. Health
-Teacher’s Assistant [had to do this since PE health is a grad requirement but only takes one trimester, and I was not permitted to take any other required courses during the other trimesters]
-Intro to Art
-AP English Language/Composition
-Physics
Extracurriculars (projected):
-INTERACT Club
-KEY Club
-Swim Team
-Hospital volunteering (not available in the past, since many require being 16 and I will not turn 16 for a month)
-Volunteering with city
NHS is not available at my new school, and I was not able to join ASB due to my status as a new student, so I was concerned if colleges saw that I switched NHS for Interact here, would they call that lack of commitment?
Senior Year:
Classes (projected):
-Statistics AP
-AP English Lit
-AP Chemistry
-Spanish 4 OR AP
-Government/Civics, required for grad
-Drama
What other class should I take senior year?
Extracurriculars:
Same as Junior year