What are my chances? and need some tips!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi, I am currently a Sophomore in High School. I want to see what you guys think about my current stats and where I stand. Thanks in advance for reading this and helping me out. I am aiming for top colleges in the U.S. (Ivies, Stanford, MIT, etc.) I’m also looking into schools like GA Tech, Carnegie Mellon, Duke, and Vanderbilt.

Academics:
-Very competitive high school (the type where everyone is aiming high)
-4.0 GPA Unweighted (out of 4)
-12 or 13 APs by the end of Senior Year
-99 Percentile PSAT

Extracurriculars:
-Varsity sports
-Officer of Green/Environment Club
-Head of Engineering Club Design Team
-Volunteer at local Fire Station and Library
-Volunteer at Children’s Museum
-Chess Club
-Science Olympiad
-Internship with professor in an university over the summer, hopefully will get scientific paper published in a journal
-2 Scholastic Gold Writing Awards
-Latin National Exam Medals
-NHS (expected)
-2 Language Honor Societies
-Published Photographer and won multiple photo competitions
-Worked with National Park Service with their Centennial Campaign (Photography-wise)

I am looking into a STEM-related major, most likely environmental engineering, engineering, or a mathematics field.

So what do you think? Where should I improve or do in Junior year and Senior year? What are my chances? Any feedback is appreciated! :slight_smile:

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Forgot to add that I am also bilingual and create digital music pieces for fun. I will be taking 2 or 3 SAT II’s, and will probably take both the SAT and the ACT next year (junior year).

Thanks for reading.

So, any advice?

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Bump

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After reading your post, I can say that your numbers for tests and all definitely fit the Ivies! It honestly sounds that you are really studying and making use of your high school years. If I can see this, I am sure that college admissions can too. That is amazing that you are taking 13 AP’s, I think I am taking 5, and its killing me!

I couldn’t help but notice that we both have a lot in common. We are both applying for NASA OSSI, we both do Varsity Sports, both like computer science, both done internships, and both are passionate about the arts!
I would love it if you could check my post as well, thanks and good luck!
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1950425-chance-me-please-p1.html?new=1