What should I do now to improve my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm not sure if this should go on this board. I'm currently a junior in High School. My top choices are:
Williams
Haverford
Tufts
Davidson
Amherst
Bowdoin
Georgetown
Swarthmore
Dartmouth (*not sure how I feel about the whole greek life thing...)</p>

<p>I know I probably can't get an idea if I stand a chance until I get more AP scores back/SAT/ACT, but I'm trying to plan out college visits, and they're all over the place, so I'm trying to figure out if I can rule out any that I have next to no chance at getting into xD</p>

<p>I had a few questions about sports, too...</p>

<p>GPA:
4.8/5 unweighted, 5.63/6 weighted
on a 4pt scale thats a 3.9
School does not rank but I am about top 5% I think</p>

<p>Test Scores:
I don't have them yet, but I took the SAT in 6th grade and got 670's, and in 7th I got a 30 for the ACT so I'd HOPE they'd got up (it would be quite sad if they didn't...)
219 on the PSAT</p>

<p>Classes taken:
All honors/AP except for latin</p>

<p>AP Classes:
AP Euro (5)
AP Lang and Comp (currently taking)
AP US History (currently taking)
Next year all my core classes will be AP level</p>

<p>I'm hoping to go to the Harvard SSP summer program</p>

<p>Academic Awards:
NHS
Young Scholars
Latin Honors Society
Some departmental awards (like student of the month)</p>

<p>ECs:
Humane Society- besides caring for animals I am a counselor for the kids camp, manage the website and take photos for it, will begin foster homing soon, and started my own fund raiser. I devote the most time to this
Violin (8 years)
Art (4 years)- no awards or anything but I plan on submitting a portfolio
Photographer for yearbook
volunteer for hospital board
Lacrosse freshman year (do I bother putting that on?)
Tennis (10 years- didn't play at school though {once again, do I bother?})
Platform tennis (3 years- no leagues or teams or anything around here, I just take lessons {should I include that?})
Political club
Key Club</p>

<p>I know my extracurriculars are probably weak in comparison to the people I'll be up against. I'm trying to work on that.</p>

<p>Sorry I dont have the test scores to go off of :/ I wont be taking them for a few more months. I'm just trying to decide if I'm being realistic in the colleges I like.</p>

<p>Any help or advice is appreciated very much :)</p>

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<p>Since you are a junior, I would suggest continue working on the Sats, my friend had the same exact psat score, and ended up getting a 1580/1600 and a 2340 overall.......</p>

<p>The program at Harvard over the summer -----looks really good and can help make you stand out from thousands of other applicants. Start college applications and essays in the summer because senior year does go by fast....</p>

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<p>that would be a nice score! haha</p>

<p>Yeah i thought the summer program sounded good especially because it has college prep classes (helps you with the essay) and there are visits to several of the schools I like</p>

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<p>bump? :):)</p>

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<p>the harvard summer program will help you alot
i know people who have gotten into lesser schools based on that alone</p>