<p>Well, I agree with all of your critics superstar in the sense that it's too early to "predict" your chances. You don't have a junior year SAT (Freshman year - 1250, Junior year - 1500 for me), a confirmed rank and GPA, etc. And a lot of things I did that I discussed in my application, I DID junior and senior year.</p>
<p>However, I don't think everyone should be so hard on you. I'd have LOVED some advice that early. When your guidance counselors don't know you (and don't know what to tell you), your parents don't know about the process, etc., it's hard to make decisions. I agree that you need to find your own passions and not do it "for college," but often, people don't know that there's more out there than a laundry list of high school clubs. That said, you don't look like the kind of person lacking direction , at least based on your ec's. </p>
<p>So if you want us to predict your chances, it's impossible to do that (even for junior and seniors). Work hard, make the best grades you can, and keep doing what you're doing - you're on the right track. Good luck!</p>
<p>hahah, has anyone here seen the wes anderson movie "Rushmore" - because superstar's list of ec's look just like the lead (jason schwartzman's) character.</p>
<p>if you haven't seen the movie - go out and rent it.</p>
<p>You are going to want to start thinking about college once you first set foot in high school. My sophomore year I became obsessed with going to Stanford. Work hard to get your SAT scores up and take them 3 times assuming you think you can keep improving. Stanford wants to see you get A's in the most challenging courses. Some advice though, if you are taking all honors/AP classes and you take one regular class and get an A as opposed to a B in a hard one, do that. If you have to do this too many times you won't get in due to lack of challenging courses. And of course, it's hard to predict which hard classes will make you end up with a B, if any. I am just saying if I took regular English in 11th grade and got rid of 2 out of 3 of my B's, I would have looked much better to colleges.</p>
<p>hey, i'm a sophomore, too. i'm not completely sure about where i want to go, but i've been looking into stanford (although i've heard they focus more on graduate than undergrad), williams, amherst, swarthmore! (i absolutely fell in love this school; used to live near it), georgetown, and reed. i really have no idea what i want to major in, but i know for a fact that i want to learn about something interesting for undergrad before going into the torture of grad school, haha. most likely sociology or french literature. :]</p>
<p>you seem to have a lot of good leadership; it's really great of you to take the initiative to create and/or fund all of those programs! personally, i'm quite passionate about human rights, too. in model united nations, i've represented a myriad of nations on the commission on human rights.. yes, i debate in that committee during every single conference; i've learned that i can speak most passionately when speaking about human rights policies. </p>
<p>have you applied to any summer programs yet?</p>
<p>good luck.. in 2007!</p>
<p>I was looking at Stanford, but as I did more research, I changed my mind. My college...wish list is almost identical to yours!! (amherst, williams, swarthmore, reed, NYU, georgetown, george washington, Uchicago, wesleyan). PM me. we seem to have a lot in common! I haven't applied to any summer programs yet, but I am interning at a law office, going to summer school, going on a mission trip in St. Louis, and going to 24 concerts (so far). crazy summer! can't wait!</p>