What are my chances for Ivy Leagues? Mainly concerned about UPenn, Harvard, and Duke

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<p>I'm mainly concerned about UPenn, Harvard, and Duke</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
Weighted GPA: 4.25
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 87/411
AP (place score in parentheses): 14 or 15 by the time I graduate
Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP Biology, AP Psych, AP Environmental, English Honors Level, Differential Equations/Matrix Theory (Dual Course)
Major Awards: Congressional Award, National Merit Semifinalist, NHS, Multiple Debate Competition Awards, 4th Place in Regional Science Fair</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Class Secretary (9), Class President (11, 12), Varsity Tennis (10, 11, 12), Piano (9, 10, 11, 12), Key Club (9, 10, 11, 12), Founder/President of DOT - Doctors of Tomorrow (10, 11, 12), Habitat for Humanity (11, 12), HOSA (10, 11, 12), NHS Treasurer (12)</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Research (10, 11, 12): Did medical research at local college over the summer, worked in a physician's office during school (10 during summer, 11 and 12 summer/during school), Summer at UPenn (11, 12)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at local hospital over the summer (10, 11, 12), Mentor for child at Boys and Girls Club (11, 12)</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): FL
School Type: Large public, magnet HS (about 350 per grade)
Ethnicity: South Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, parents immigrated from different countries</p>

<p>I'm only a freshman in HS, but getting into UPenn is one of my top priorities. Actually, it is. Most of these things are just what I'm planning to do. (GPA, rank, essays, etc. I'll work on, of course).</p>

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<p>lolwut. You say you’re a freshman, but you said you did all these things when you’re a sophomore, junior, and senior. Are these things you plan to do or…?</p>

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<p>Yes, these are things I plan to do, as I already said in the post.</p>

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<p>Take a look at your high school Naviance results and see who is getting into those schools. That gives you a very good idea of what you need to do for a shot at the schools on your list. The GC can also tell you about the kids who get into the top schools. </p>

<p>At some schools where only the top 1 or 2 get into the most selective schools, unless you have some truly unusual hook, you have to have top SAT scores on top of being val or sal to get into the most selective colleges. At those schools where 25% of the kids regularly get into these schools, without some outstanding, unusual reason, you can find where the stats lie for those kids who are accepted. Beware of any outlier stats as they usually indicate a flagged prospect like an athlete, legacy or other factor that could have mitigated the lower stats and you are not likely to get such an exception. </p>

<p>Also each year as you go through high school. look and see who is applying where and getting into these schools.</p>

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<p>As of right now, I know of some seniors who got into top colleges:</p>

<p>1 NYU
2 Emory
1 UPenn
1 Harvard
2 UC Berkely
2 MIT</p>

<p>There’s about 300-400 in their class. There are many more who I just don’t know of who got accepted into top universities.</p>

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<p>Unless you are in top 2-4% of your class, you can forget ivies.</p>

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<p>Like I said, GPA and rank I’ll definitely work on. The 14 APs I plan on taking will definitely boost it way up.</p>

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<p>GPA is marginally important since most people applying will have 3.9 - 4.0 unweighted. Class rank determines how well you did against your peers. You will be applying without your final year APs which means you can only depend on 9-10 APs and probably grades through the first semester if you apply regular decision.</p>

<p>What do you expect your rank to be at that point?</p>

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<p>I’m hoping at least top 25-20, if not higher.</p>

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<p>Just work hard in high school and start worrying about the college process at the beginning of your JUNIOR year. You have no SAT score, no final GPA, no complete list of extracurricular activities for anyone on this forum to give you a legitimate evaluation of your chances. How do you expect us to tell you if you can get into the college you want to in 3 years without a complete list of stats and accomplishments?</p>

<p>If you want to know if you are on the right path, sure you are. Just as much as most Freshman high school students are.</p>