What can I do to improve my chances at Ivy league, Stanford, MIT, Rice, Hopkins, etc?

Pre-College Issues Home Schooling and College
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GPA: 4.65 weighted, 4.0 unweighted- will this be taken seriously very few classes where admisterd
SAT: superscore (2400*)

SAT Subject Test: [ World History(750), U.S. History(760), Math 2(800), Literature (750), Biology-E (760*)] I am considering asking taking the french subject test

AP:
-10th: Human Geography (-), Macroeconomics (-), U.S. Government (-) (probably 1, maybe 2 4s).
-11th: English Language, Environmental Science, Psychology, Microeconomics, U.S. History or Comparative Government.
-12th: French, Literature, Calculus BC, Statistics, Physics 1, Computer Science Principles, U.S. History.

Classes:
-9th(Algebra 1, World History, Creative Writing, Grammar, French 1, Physical Science, Music(Cello), P.E, aviation )
-10th:( AP Human Geography, AP Macro Economics, AP U.S. Government, Chemistry H, English 10 H, French 2 H, Algebra 2/Geometry (this is basically the honors version at my co-op since there is a regular algebra 2 offered)
-11th (English 101 DE, English 102 DE, General Biology DE, Biology-E DE, Precalculus H, Game theory, AP Microeconomics, AP cooperative government or U.S. History)
-12th: (12th: AP Calculus BC, DE British Literature 1, DE British Literature 2, DE Physic 1, DE Computer science, AP French, AP U.S. History or European History on what I take 11th, AP Statistics.)

Awards- AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit semifinalist, I have no idea of what other awards to look into, anything with a team is out because all my possible teammates are graduating and want to enjoy senior year.

ECs- Business Club (Founder and President at co-op)-considering dropping this , Pres. Aviation club (working towards sport licenses but earn it until spring 12th grade year), founder of a commit out reach group (tutoring, volunteering with other organizations, service projects really planning to expand across the region), International Relation dissuasion club(president and founder)-considering dropping this, Cello/Violinist, 2 Years varsity Golf Team (played all 4 years and play in tournaments 10th-12th), SPL Boy Scouts (Eagle as well), Model UN secretary at local cc, I teach an elementary school economics class. Self study languages (Italian, Swedish, and Danish), if i drop business and international discussion club I will start to invest in penny stocks.

Summers- before 11th - Extra curricular activities but more in-depth, before 12th mainly same as 11th but also an internship at a investment bank or real-estate development company and and much more tournaments and a college class.

Jobs- the internship before 12th grade summer.

Volunteer- Volunteering with rebuild together currently at 100+ Hrs, Raising money for women education in Africa currently at $1000 but planning to raise way more, Tutoring under my outreach committee currently 50 Hrs+ but planning to triple this before graduation.

Hooks- if this counts : URM, single mother

*(score based on practice test and score charts)

Also, I know I can’t apply to only lottery school, and I wont, but I can’t type them all in the title so. (I am not applying to all ivy league schools just the ones I think I would fit at.

What could I do to improve these, I wanted to post this before I finish 10th grade so I can work on what ever over the summer and be prepared for next year.

I am not specifically asking about my chances, because I know it is impossible to predict. I just want to know what I can do better.

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The best advice you can receive is to stop dwelling on college admissions and enjoy being a high school student. You have numerous posts focused on elite schools as the objective.

What can you do better? Be yourself. Don’t mold yourself into an applicant. Pursue what you love. Do what you want to do bc that is who you are. Stop trying to create an image or ideal that you think the schools want. Just be authentically you.

You have a 2400 SAT practice score? If you do, you are using the wrong prep materials. The SAT is now only scored on a 1600 pt scale. AP Scholar with Distinction is fine fwiw, but it is not an award I would recommend pursuing for the award. If it happens b/c those are the courses you take and the scores you receive, great. But don’t do the reverse. Don’t take those courses b/c that is the award you want to receive.

I have posted before, so I am not sure it is worth the time to type it out again, but you don’t have to look like a ps student. You don’t have to pursue what they are pursuing. You can be uniquely you and not another cookie cutter applicant that just blends in with all the other applicants. You have some great interests. You obviously love aviation. You can pursue that love and apply as you and be far more of an interesting applicant than someone with a laundry list of check offs.

My dd received all acceptances and numerous competitive scholarship invites. She had a short list of ECs. They were focused around what she loves to do. They represent who she authentically is. She isn’t a student out there checking off leadership roles and running from one activity to another. She does what she does b/c it is who she is and she would be doing the exact same things even if she hadn’t applied to college bc the motivation behind what she does is 100% internal motivation, not external motivation hoping someone will see and reward. FWIW, that is what I think schools want.

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Your continued pattern of questions comes across, to me at least, as the “grasping at straws” approach to college admissions. There is no magic formula to an acceptance, sorry to say. Pursue your passions, get good grades, score high on the standardized tests, nail the interview and essays, and let the chips fall where they may.

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@cj5555 - you are doing everything right. Continue on those. When it is time, write good essays and obtain good LoRs. Nothing else is in your hands. You will be as good an applicant to these schools as so many others.

FYI - SAT is no longer out of 2400!