sophmore hoping she's on the right track

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>okay so i know i'm only a sophmore but i had to do a gym project (as an alternate assignment because i've been really sick) about colleges that i want to apply to and it's really freaking me out now.</p>

<p>if someone could take a look at some of my info (below) and tell me what they think i can do in the rest of high school to improve me chances i'd appreciate it so much!</p>

<p>magnet school (highly selective)-all our regular classes are honors
no class rank
psat:210 (69 writing, 70 math, 71 reading)
freshman year: gpa 3.67 uw
spanish 2
alg 2/trig
computer science
bio
english
tech
soph year:
note: i was sick a lot this year for a total of like 35 days or something like that. :( i have a health plan in place so my counselor will be able to explain this when i apply to colleges since my grades suffered from it.
gpa: 3.2 w (don't know final grades yet)
pre-calc
spanish 3
ap music theory
english
history
chem
junior year classes i'll take:
ap ab calc
ap history
ap spanish lang
english (dont offer ap at our school)
physics
2 different 1 sem. electronics
1 sem. robotics
1 sem. philosophy
i'm also taking a semester history class over the summer to make more room in my schedule senior year.
senior year classes:
ap gov
ap english lit or lang (not sure which yet)
geosystems
ap spanish lit
senior research lab (either robotics or electronics)
ap stat
some elective but i don't know what yet. </p>

<p>ecs:
-violin: been playing violin since i was 4, play in a community college orchestra, play in school's orchestra pit
-debate: have been debating for two years and attend tournaments almost every weekend, have placed at national debate tournaments, member of 3 different types of debate (4 next year), officer of one debate team
-girl scout working on a gold award
-volunteers every sunday at synagouge
-tutor every wednesday through school, also tutor (paid) privately
-mentor of younger brother's robotics team
-starting a film score composition club
-volunteer with labrador rescue organization
-camp counselor over the summer</p>

<p>hoping to apply to:
brandeis (my mom is an alum there. i don't know if that makes a big diff)
columbia (again i don't know if it matters but about half my extended family has gone there)
dartmouth
georgetown
northwestern
uva
vanderbilt
emory
george washington university
berkeley
wake forest</p>

<p>thanks for taking the time to read this really long post. :p if you could give me some advice on what to do to improve my chances or just if i have i chance or not i'd really appreciate it! thanks again!</p>

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<p>bump i guess....? :)</p>

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<p>No one can really say right now, mostly because you haven't even started your junior year yet and you haven't taken any SAT/SATIIs/APs/etc. But, from what I can see so far, you are definitely on the right track for those schools. Make sure you prepare for the SATs when you take them next year, and try to get a 2200+, which judging by your PSAT scores, doesn't seem like it will be too hard. Keep up the grades, and continue those activities. You're on track as of right now :)</p>

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<p>thanks for the input.
i'm a tad worried about the grades so it's good that you don't think i'm stretching for those schools.
if anyone else has any advice i'd love to hear it too.
:)</p>

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<p>If you do good on your SATs you are definately on track. These colleges are risky though cause they are so competitive, you need so more matches and safeties added to your list</p>

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<p>mmm yeah. what kind of schools do you think would me a good match for me as a safety. i'm interested in majoring in some sort of legal studies (not necessarily pre-law though) or music technology or engineering.</p>