Sophomore - Wondering about her chances? Any response appreciated.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm still a sophomore in high school, but I was wondering what I should do in the next 1-2 years, if I want to have a shot at Stanford, Yale, Princeton, and maybe MIT/Caltech. And I want to know from what I have right now, if I could possibly get into those schools. </p>

<p>Race: Asian/Chinese (Was born in China, came here when I was in elementary school)
Gender: Female</p>

<p>My GPA throughout freshmen year was 4.0 both semesters. </p>

<p>Courses I took Freshmen year: (Grade for both semesters)</p>

<p>Honors Algebra 2/Trig A, A
AP Mandarin A, A
PE A, A
Honors English 9 A, A
Honors Biology A, A
Geography A+, A+</p>

<p>Course I'm taking as a sophomore: (And my grades for first semester)</p>

<p>AP Biology A-
AP Stats A+
Honors English 10 A
Honors Geometry A
Honors Chemistry A
World History A+</p>

<p>I took the PSAT as a sophomore last October, and received a score of 213. For junior year, I plan on putting time into studying for the PSAT and maybe getting about a 225 to perhaps qualify for the scholarship. </p>

<p>Other than the PSAT however, I haven't taken any SAT IIs, or SAT Is. However, this May, I plan on taking the AP Biology exam, as well as the AP Stats exam. Also, I'll be taking the SAT II Biology.</p>

<p>This October, I'll probably take the SAT I, and the SAT II MathIIC. </p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Badminton
Piano (I recently decided to quit piano though.. but I could start up again)
Swimming (Not on the school team though)</p>

<p>^ Other than those, I don't really have too many ECS, so that might be a downside..?</p>

<p>Other notes: I'm also planning on taking the AMC10 and maybe going on to the AIME if possible. Besides that.. I'll probably enter the Bio olympiad and the Chem Olympiad.. </p>

<p>The above is what I have so far. Does anyone have any suggestions as what I should do in the next two years to make my chances be as big as possible? I considered applying to summer research programs, but I'm not sure which one is better.. So I'd appreciate it if anyone can suggest a few summer research programs I could apply to. A big thanks to everyone who responds. ^ ^</p>

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<p>Also:</p>

<p>The courses I plan to take as a junior:</p>

<p>AP Chemistry
AP Physics
AP US History
Honors Precalc
Honors English 11
AP Calc (If the school admin lets me), and if not, AP Psych, or Finite Math.</p>

<p>Courses I plan to take as a senior:</p>

<p>Dance.
Eco/Gov (req. for our school)
AP World History
AP Music Theory
-and two undecided courses-</p>

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<p>repost this once at the end of your junior year</p>

<p>i really hate being hypothetical.</p>

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<p>You have way too much school to go before it can be seen if you separate from the pack. It appears you have the ability to knock out the standardized tests, so be sure to do so - this will be the greatest factor in shooting for those top schools, so don't kill yourself if you lose your 4.0</p>

<p>Next obvious thing: do some outrageous and/or unusual extracurricular activities - make yourself interesting. Try not to invest a lot of your time doing the same bland activities everyone else does.</p>

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<p>too early in the game.</p>

<p>come back after junior year.</p>

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<p>
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but I was wondering what I should do in the next 1-2 years,

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do what you love to do. period.</p>