<p>I'd say get good grades, challenge yourself academically... show colleges that you would be a good addition!</p>
<p>Also follow your passions... if you become really interested in something, go for it! Show that you are unique!</p>
<p>Unfortunately... there are also SAT Score limits for the Ivies...</p>
<p>Unless you are a legacy or do something amazing in an extracurricular.. I would say you would need the following SAT scores in order to apply...</p>
<p>2000: Cornell
2050: U-Penn, Brown
2100: Dartmouth, Columbia
2200: Harvard, Princeton, Yale</p>
<p>And that is assuming you are doing well in school....</p>
<p>You still got time!</p>
<p>May I also suggest Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Duke, and MIT for wonderful schools which AREN'T Ivies... but for the most part are just as hard to get in.. :p</p>
<p>im just curious on why the ivies? is it the name or the idea that you will mingle with students on the campuses in, say, harvard or yale or columbia. When i was younger than you, i had my mind made up for the ivies as well. I knew i wanted to go to harvard. Come senior year, Im pretty glad im not going there. like numerous posters before me have said, times will change. Its great you are showing interest but for a couple of more years, stick to the constants that any good universities prefer:</p>
<p>High grades
rigorous classes
some good extracirricular activities that you are really passionate about.
community service</p>
<p>ease into the process. now is not the time to dedicate so much time into college research that you lose your social life. college is one of the biggest social experiences you will ever encounter--prepare for that as well. look outside the IVY and you will find schools of just as much name, caliber, resources, funding, etc. that may fit you better. I dont mind saying that I applied to Brown and really wanted to go but once I was rejected, there opened so many other venues--choices that are much better than what i could ever imagine for myself. Take this advice to heart--hope it helps.</p>
<p>You need to NOT want to go to an "Ivy League College."</p>
<p>You need to figure out what you want to do with your life - and yes, perhaps, a college that happens to be in the Ivy League will help you achieve your goals (they are certainly some of the best places to further your education obviously), but it doesn't have to be if you are a truly determined person. You don't need to be a standardized-test superstar - unless...that is your goal in life... but I hope that its not.. haha.</p>
<p>Seriously. You will be so much happier if you are just passionate about something, and not obsessed with Ivy League glory. Because then, if you don't get in, you won't be stressed, and you'll still be the focused person you were when you began, just as likely to succeed.</p>