Sophmore Looking for Help

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys. I recently went to a college fair nearby my school and realized I only have 1-2 years to start getting serious about this stuff.</p>

<p>So, I was wondering if you could tell me my chances of getting into.... lets say
Northwestern
UC Berkeley
UW
Washu@ St.Louis
Georgetown</p>

<p>So, here we go.</p>

<p>I go to a small, competitive private school in a suburban area in TX</p>

<p>GPA (through 2 years): 3.83 out of 4.3
SAT / PSAT average score (that i'll probably end up getting): 2150-2200</p>

<p>Extracurriculars worth mentioning:
Part of the debate team, debate competitively on the national circuit
President of the City's Hindu Youth Group
10+ years of piano.
Secretary of Eco-club @ school
Varsity Swimming for 2 Years (plan on quitting next year to put more emphasis on debate)</p>

<p>The major thing that I think will be on my app is debate. I go to a school which is probably a top 5 high school debate team and usually wins 1-2 national tournaments every year and regularly gets to quarters/ semifinals of national tournaments.</p>

<p>I'm probably Top 10 out of 125 people in my grade.</p>

<p>Is every thing looking up for me or is there something I need to work on?
I understand that there's interviews, and essays and stuff, but if I'm "average" to "good" on those, what's going to happen.</p>

<p>I'm probably just being paranoid, but I just some help from some people with more wisdom than me.
Thanks</p>

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<p>Oh yeah.
3 APs, 2 Honors Courses, 1 Regular class. (strangely, my school won't let me take more than 3 APs.)
And I'm Indian.</p>

<p>For the youth group I raised 20 Grand for charity, most of which went to my temple, but some of which went back to building schools in india (couple grand or so).
Volunteered @ nursing homes, helped a lot out with the community.</p>

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<p>You're definitely on the right track. And you're a sophomore! I didn't start thinking about college until late junior year (mistake). But, it's more about which schools fit you the best and what you're interested in. I'm a lil bit lax when it goes to academic achievement, but I love learning new things and have great interest in Philosophy, so Brown's my top choice. I dunno, I'd say def go and visit boston and new york or any other colleges and find out what you like best. To be honest you're on the track to being a strong applicant to any school. So the real question is what school are you the most interested in. </p>

<p>by the way, I recommend Brown just because I think it's amazing...</p>

<p>and don't spend too much time on this forum (like I do). It's too much of a procrastination device. I haven't started my other apps yet!</p>

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<p>I really want to do premed and debate in college.
Debate is something I'm passionate about ( no I don't like law), and my mom died of cancer, so I really want to do pre-med.
Thanks mucho.</p>