<p>Hey guys. It's another student asking if his chances for Yale (or any Ivy for that matter) are still good or not.
Um so basically I just finished my sophomore year in High School. I was Rank 1 of my class until the end of my second semester (when I became too overwhelmed by family problems, extra curriculars, and my classes where I had the worst luck in my schedule with the most overwhelming classes a sophomore could ever have in my school) and now I am Rank 2 (I got my first B in AP Bio and I ended the class with an 89.8% and he wouldn't curve it even though I was so close T^T</p>
<p>My family problems have been solved mostly and I have good extra curriculars: I started a club during my sophomore year, starting a Model UN with a good friend of mine during my junior year (will be co-president), VP of my school district's Christian Club Network, Director of Publicities for another club network, became President of my school's Christian Club (where we are the only LEGIT club that actually does something that is not menial community service work and works tirelessly for the student community), and I have enrolled in a Student Ambassador Program at my city's City Hall (where I'm the only upcoming Junior partaking in the program and will be allowed to stay in the program until I graduate and also this is the first year my City Hall has launched such a program). Not only that but I'm planning on taking Journalism for the remaining two years of High School. </p>
<p>I'm planning on going to college/university as a Political Science Major and I want to ask what else is there I would need to be able to be accepted into Yale, Harvard, UPENN, Brown, etc? I know a real good SAT score is mandatory (although I haven't had the time to study or take SAT prep classes) but is there anything else that I would need? Would that 1 B I got in AP Biology affect my admission rate greatly as in they will immediately reject me for getting one B? Also would it be fine for an IVY League school if I took AP Calc AB, AP Eng Lan, AP Spanish Lan, AP USH, Honors Physiology, and Journalism as my Junior year schedule? And would it be marginally better if I took AP Physics B instead of Honors Physio? Is there anything else I can do to make myself stand out as a Political Science Major to these schools?</p>
<p>I really want to get into Politics and end up influencing the world positively. The world is corrupt and I want to do something about it. I personally think going into an Ivy League is the only way I can achieve my dream of ever getting to become a Senator. Please respond quickly. I am really worried about my future and if I could get into an Ivy League school.</p>
<p>If you actually want people to reply to reply to your chance thread, don’t make paragraph long explanations etc. Just post your straightup stats, ECs, and any other stuff in bullet-points, more people will read it and respond lol. </p>
<p>To answer your question, take your SAT, and then come back with your full app. Shoot for 2200+. Your ECs and Grades are decent.</p>
<p>dude stop it. please. you are rank 2. just get over this little hump and work harder next time, if that rank 1 spot is so important to you. and like kieran0696 said, we can’t judge you with your SAT score.</p>
<p>Because you are not rank 1 and you got the B, you are automatically rejected from every ivy you apply to sorry to say.</p>
<p>The world is corrupt, has always been corrupt, and will always be corrupt.</p>
<p>And you don’t have to go to an Ivy League school to become a Senator.</p>
<p>One B doesn’t matter one twit.</p>
<p>And whether you are ranked #1 or not doesn’t matter</p>
<p>You are obsessing over that.</p>
<p>The tip top schools have acceptance rates of under 10%. In many ways, it is a crapshoot. </p>
<p>And even if you don’t get into an Ivy, and have to go to a Michigan or a Duke, do you think that is the end of the world???</p>
<p>Stop worrying about the one “B” and move on! It won’t disqualify you from an Ivy league (besides I doubt that term grades are even on your final transcript–they’re not on mine :P). Also, you don’t have to be first in class to get into an Ivy League (it would be nice but Ivy Leagues have been known to recruit multiple students from the same school) and you still have 2 years left. I would also suggest a few things:</p>
<p>-fill out your stats profile on your CC account and use that if you want people to “chance” you (please no paragraphs)
-make sure you take the corresponding SAT II test and AP Exams after you complete a course
-pick you favorite ivy league and make a thread in THEIR forum. You will get more reliable answers from people who were actually admitted to the Ivy Leagues (anyone who refers of and Ivy League admission as a “crapshoot” doesn’t know what they’re taking about)</p>
<p>P.S. referring to the World as “corrupt” is a pretty broad generalization. Be more specific 
(fellow rising junior)</p>
<p>Thank you all for your replies!
Yeah I’m not really worried about that one B especially since I’m not going to be majoring in Biology or Medical or any of that sort.
I will come back with my SAT scores after I take them and get my score.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about the B/not being valedictorian. Here’s a little personal story to prove it. Last year when I graduated from a competitive public high school, the valedictorian got rejected from Penn, Duke ED, and Mich, but the salutatorian got into Penn and Mich. We also had another person get into Harvard but that was on athletics/name recognition. Moral of the story, keep up your GPA, test scores, and EC’s and your overall rank and individual grades won’t matter as much.</p>
<p>As for your chances, we need more information (go take your SAT I, SAT II’s, and possibly the ACT w/ writing). Just remember that getting into an Ivy is a crapshot and that getting rejected isn’t the end of the world.</p>
<p>this thread is hilarious</p>