UPENN and ivies a reality??

<p>Hello, I am a rising senior who is just beginning to ponder upon the thought of attending college. I received my ACT score a couple days ago and was surprised that I had gotten a 32 Composite! I was expecting a score lower than that. With that in mind, I am wondering if attending an ivy league institution is a possibility or out of reach. Here are my stats:</p>

<p>South Asian Male
top 10% ranking
I reside in PA.
I attend a public school. Not well known for its academics.
I want to major in psychology.
ACT: 32 E:34 M:33 R:28 S:31</p>

<p>GPA: 96% (unweighted) I don't know my weighted. Also I'm unsure what it is exactly on the 4.0 GPA scale.</p>

<p>Freshman year
All Honors</p>

<p>Earth Sci.
Algebra 2
English
Computer Apps(not honors offered)
World History
Latin I (not honors offered)
Familiy and Consumer Sciences (req. not honors offered)</p>

<p>Soph.
All Honors (unless notified)</p>

<p>American History I
Biology
Chemistry
Precalculus
Trigonometry
English 10
Culinary Arts (No honors)
Latin II
Business Programming and Web Design (no honors)
Drivers Ed (required)</p>

<p>Junior
All honors or AP</p>

<p>AP Calculus AB (year long)
AP Physics C (year long)
AP Statistics
AP Psychology (self-studied)
English 11
American History II
Latin III
3-D Art (no honors)
Health (through a College in High School program from Community College)(rigorous)</p>

<p>Senior
All honors or AP (These are the courses im sure im taking) Unsure of the rest of the schedule.</p>

<p>English 12
Latin IV
AP Government
AP Calc BC</p>

<p>EC's
300+ hours of volunteering at a hospital
Key Club 11, 12 (officer) (100 hours accumulated)
NHS 11,12
Latin Club 9, 10, 11, 12
Basketball 9,10, 11 (varsity)
Cross Country 12 (varsity)</p>

<p>Oh and im the first generation in my family to go to college. THANKS!!</p>

<p>In Ivy League, NOBODY is guaranteed…</p>

<p>even this kid…</p>

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<p>So keep an open mind, apply to back up schools, and don’t get your heart set on one school.</p>

<p>Also… everyone thinks that if they’re smart then the ivy league is meant for them… there are plenty of smaller institutions that maybe don’t raise eyebrows as much as Harvard, but still give you an equal or better education.</p>

<p>(Look at the US News Liberal Arts college ranking.)</p>

<p>Thank you. I wasn’t planning getting too attached on going to IVY league. Just a reality check.</p>