I am currently a sophomore in high school, but have begun to plan my the rest of my high school career as to make myself a better candidate for colleges.
Here are my 9th and 10th grade courses and my likely classes for the rest of high school:
9th Grade - AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics, Principals of Engineering, Honors Biology, Forensics (Speech and Debate), Introduction to Art, Orchestra, Honors Composition/Literacy 9
10th Grade - AP Physics 1, AP Computer Science, AP Calculus, AP Human Geography, Spanish 1, Honors Comp/Lit 10
11th Grade - AP Chemistry, AP Lang, AP American History, AP Psychology, Spanish 2, Calculus 3 (At a Local University)
12th Grade - AP Lit, AP American Gov., Economics, Physical Education, Spanish 3, Some College Math Class, A College Physics Class, and a College Chemistry Class
With these schedules, I will have taken all available AP classes other than AP Bio and AP Spanish. I chose not to take AP Biology so I can take college physics and chemistry my senior year. I did however, take the AP Bio exam without the class and got a 4, same with AP Stats, and I got a 5 on APES. I have only taken those three exams so far.
I am currently teaching myself the curriculum of Physics 2 and Physics C because my school does not offer them, and I will take the exam. In the past, I did skip 7th grade. I play violin, and this year will be playing with the local university orchestra. I am an active member of speech and debate, captaining exempt speaking and going to state as a freshman. I began the local Mu Alpha Theta chapter and am helping begin a science club that provides opportunities such as science bowl and other competitions. I am also an officer of Future Business Leaders of America, another event through which I went to state. I am also one of the students in my high school’s STEM program that provides a graduation pathway with a STEM orientation. My current GPA is a 4.375, which should go up this year after taking more AP classes, and I am ranked first in my class, but my school hasn’t sent many to high ranking schools, the highest probably being the University of Denver.
I am planning on doing some summer internships or research opportunities in the future, and help volunteer with the National Park Service.
I don’t have any recent test scores to provide at the time. The only time I have taken the ACT was when I was 12, and I got a 25, but there were some health issues that may have interfered with my performance at the time, and It’s not a quality measure even then.
I plan on majoring in physics or mathematics, and Caltech and MIT are certainly on the top of my list. Is there anything I can do to become a better candidate for such schools and am I very likely to be admitted with y current merit? Thanks for your time.