*Wat Should I do to get Into Yale/An Ivy League?*

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<p>hey!
I'm a freshman in High School next year and I realy want to go to an Ivy League! My college conselar said to start early........so I have made a list of the classes taht I am planning to take over the next four years! Please tell me if this are fine and what else I need to improve my chances at getting into an Ivy League!</p>

<p>Summer= track, community service projects in Mexico and the U.S.</p>

<p>9th grade:
English 1
Algebra
French 2
Accelerated Physical Science (honors)
Ceramics
Health
Modern World History</p>

<p>E.C.:
Track (JV)
Soccer (JV)</p>

<p>French Club
Liberal Club
Teen Korps
Various Community Service projects
Going to be involved in the French exchange program
Going to try to get the Silver Award for Community Service
French Honor Society
French National Exam- Diploma for scoring well on it</p>

<p>Summer School:
Old Testament
Computers- Word Proceesing</p>

<p>10th:
English 2
French 3 Literature (honors)
AP European History
AP Biology
Integrated 1= Math
Photo 1
U.S. Social History</p>

<p>E.C.:
Track (JV)
Soccer (JV)
Elected member for the board of disciplinary Comitee= going to be a judge in it
Silver COmmunity Service Award
Liberal Club
Chinese Club
Spanish Club
Teen Korps
French Club= the president
French National Exam- diploma
French Honor Society
Communtiy service projects- visit orphanages in Mexico and build houses, start project to help HIV/AIDS people</p>

<p>Summer School= New Testament, Track,
and Community Service projects in Mexico</p>

<p>11th:
English 3
AP French Literature
AP US History
*Another history elective- probably the Holocaust History
Integrated 3= Math
Journalism
Chemistry</p>

<p>E.C.:
Soccer (JV)
Track (Varsity)
French Club= president
French Honor Society
French National Exam
Liberal Club
Community Service Projects
Spanish Club
Teen Korps
Model UN</p>

<p>Summer School= Comperative Religions
Community Service in Mexico
and some work at a history museum</p>

<p>12th:
American Political Science
Pre-Calculus
AP French Conversation
English 4
Marine Biology
Ceramics 2
*Another History elective....still don't know which one</p>

<p>E.C.:
French Club= president
French National Exam
French Honor Society
Spanish Club
Liberal Club
Teen Korps
Community Service projects= continue building houses in Mexico</p>

<p>Im going to try to do really well in the AP exams and in the SATs and going to try to have a GPA above 4.0</p>

<p>Please rate my chances! Thanks!</p>

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<p>Well, we can't rank your chances yet, because plans change and we can't be sure that you'll follow through with these courses/ec's, and we don't know your grades or SATs yet. People on this site are going to tell you that you're too young, so leave and stop thinking about it for a few years, but I'm not going to say that and I'm not just going to expect you to drop it and not think about it until you're a junior. you should consider it, but just know that you have plenty of time. Something I would recommend is to find one or two things you excel in and focus the majority of your attention on it (them) so that you can have a "passion" and not be another typical applicant. Also, when you take the SATs in a few years, try to score above 2250. If there are any more APs offered in your school, I'd suggest you take them, and obviously, be as close to first in your class as you possibly can. </p>

<p>Best of luck</p>

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<p>learn to spell "what". just kidding:-) sorry had to do it.</p>

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<p>You've planned out four years of extra-curriculars and community service for the sole purpose of getting into an Ivy League school? No offense, but I think you missed the point.</p>

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<p>then........according to u what is the point? huh?</p>

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<p>The point of extra-curriculars? Fun. Enjoyment. Self-improvement. The point of community service? To help others. And again, self-improvement. Bottom-line: I don't do things to get a line of credit on my resume, and really dislike people who do. It seems misguided, almost empty. </p>

<p>I have two friends that did something along these lines, planning out their high school life and doing all kinds of activities they didn't enjoy just to pad their resumes. They had more community service, more sports, a higher GPA and class rank than I did -- they applied early and were rejected. </p>

<p>If you have pure motives for doing what you've planned out, fine. If you're passionate about soccer and track and building houses in Mexico, then do it. But don't do it just because you think it'll help you get into a good college.</p>

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<p>Please, please don't obsess over the Ivy League right now. I didn't start thinking seriously about Yale until the end of my sophomore year, and even then, I had it on the back burner, so to speak. It really isn't worth ruining your high school experience over something that is, objectively speaking, very unlikely. Getting into the Ivy League won't solve all of your problems, and not getting into the Ivy League isn't the end of the world. That said, you don't stand a chance if you don't start participating in high school for your own growth rather than for your r</p>

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<p>My best advice: Let your own inner voice guide you rather than some predetermined blueprint/resume. Follow your passions wherever they lead. Trust me that others will take notice especially admissions boards.</p>

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<p>Trash you list and listen to Gonzo12 and Vivaldi87. FIND YOUR PASSION and pursue it. Don't try to be well-rounded - instead do what you love with all the enthusiam you can muster. The ivy's are vastly different and as vivaldi wisely stated "not getting in is not the end of the world". Enjoy high school for what it is - don't give up your youth and the opportunity to experience some of the best years of your life to try to fit the ivy criteria - at best it's a moving target.</p>

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<p>If life taught me one thing to this point, it's that nothing turns out exactly as you planned it.</p>

<p>In your case, this is true to an even larger extent, since you are attempting to plan the next 4 years....
If you succeed in acoomplishing a third of what you wrote by the end of highschool, then I'll solute you.</p>

<p>Just follow your passions and do what tou can do. You're only a freshman, you've got alot of time to think college over.</p>

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<p>I think everything I want to say has already been said, so I'm just going to tell you to be yourself and to do things that you love. Enjoy high school.</p>

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<p>I have three sons. We encouraged and supported all their activities no matter how bizarre they appeared to my wife and I. In the end, everyone went to an Ivy but it was not because of any obsession on their part or ours for that matter. We just encouraged their individuality (I know that sounds very 60's). One son was a musician, one a recruited athlete and the last a film maker. Don't ask me how they go into their individual passions because I really don't know. All we did is offer advice and support. The rest they did themselves.</p>

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<p>Yeah seriously. I just always did my best and I didn't even really consider applying to Yale until a few weeks before the deadline, to be honest. Do what you love to do and work hard, but don't forget to play hard too. If Yale accepts you for you and not for some Ivy-league-mold, you will have a far better experience.</p>

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<p>Gonzo12, thank you for that enlightening post!</p>

<p>In the end, if you do get accepted it's because it's you. Your application will look transparent. Better yet, your application will be a McApplication.</p>

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<p>wana_beivy:</p>

<p>GET OFF THIS SITE!!!!! YOU'RE A FRESHMAN!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>precalc in ur 12th grade?..... don't count on MIT or Cornell engineering..... lol</p>

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<p>TAKE CALC BC junior year</p>

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<p>I like what orrian said: plans always change, and you most likely will not stick to that plan completely. I always disagree with people on his site when they tell someone to find their 'passion.' Maybe you'll all recall a thread in the Chances forum about how futile it is to tell someone in a chances post that he needs to find his passion and just expect him to go out, take up something, and completely fall in love with it and realize that it's his true calling. Honestly, some people do not have a 'passion' and it's not their fault. My advice is to find one thing you're comfortable with and explore it as much as possible. Maybe you'll love it, maybe you won't. Basically, although this sounds completely vacuous on my part, college admissions is about looking good, and it's extremely complicated because so many attempts to make oneself look good are transparent, so just try not to make anything look obvious, and it's okay not to have a 'passion.'</p>

<p>But seriously, don't think about it too much. It's good to have as a motivator and a driving force, but your tastes will chancge throughout high school, so just keep that in mind...</p>

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<p>Don't tell this person to take calc BC junior year. . . obviously this person won't get there starting with only algebra I in freshman year, and it would be best not to take something that isn't a fit just because it should be on the transcript for some reason. Does your school usually have the same person be president of the french club for 3 years?</p>

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<p>may i direct you to this thread? <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=76396%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=76396&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>