Where do I stand?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>This year, I'm a sophomore with the following...I was hoping that you guys could tell me where I stand and what are some things i could improve in. I'm planning to apply to the ivies and any other elite school that interests me (: </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: haven't taken it yet
SAT II: haven't taken any yet
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%, if not 5% (educated guess)
Schedule:
9th: 4 Honors classes and AP Spanish (5)<br>
10th: 3 Honors, AP Psych, AP World
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I've gotten many school awards and a state award w/ FBLA</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
FBLA (Reporter, school VP, district VP)
Business Honor Society (Probably officer this year),
Debate (probable officer this year),
Social Studies Honor Society (probably officer next year),
gonna do NHS
hopefully Student government next year x)!
Tennis (will join this year),
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service:
About 200 hours so far, attending walkathons, helping out
with community service projects, helping out at school, etc. Started a community<br>
service project this year with FBLA that i will expand in the next 3 years (im excited<br>
:D!)
Summer Activities:
I took 2 university courses that interested me during the past summer</p>

<p>Other
Intended major? International Business and/or Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): FL
School Type: public magnet
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>

<p>Thnx for reading!</p>

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<p>Without scores, we can not even venture a guess. Your rank is solid and if you get competitive scores you’ll have a shot.</p>

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<p>Yeah i thought that would be a problem, right now i’m aiming and preparing for somewhere between 2200-2400 ( not so much the 2400 x] ). So, let’s say hypothetically, i get a 2300+ for SAT I and 700+ for all 3 SAT II tests ( i realize that’s a really steep assumption, but they’re excellent goals to have too :D!)</p>

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<p>^With scores like those, you’d be on track to wherever you want to go.</p>

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<p>Keep up the good record with classes and scores you have- most important thing is course selection (most rigorous you can succeed in) and how you preform in those courses. Make sure to keep those a priority. </p>

<p>However, my biggest advice is find what really interests you, something unique, and pursue that. Top universities see tons of applicants that are presidents of four clubs at their school. On top of the fact that everyone does it, it can rub off as lacking commitment and looks like you are just trying to build a resume. As I said, find what you enjoy, and dive into that. Remember, EC’s dont have to take place at your school.</p>

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<p>since you are a hispanic, you rate in the top 0.5% of that nationality. MIT/harvard for you 100% sure if you keep it up!</p>

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<p>^^ Do not take the above post literally.</p>

<p>No one has a 100% guarantee into MIT or Harvard. Unless your parents donated $100 million to the school or something crazy like that.</p>

<p>That being said, you do have a great shot if you keep it up. But not 100% ;)</p>

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<p>Thank you guys (:! feels really good to be on the right path, now to choose which SAT II tests to take, I was thinking Math II (cause i’m taking Pre-cal this year), World History (also taking AP world hist. this year and i like it), and Spanish (dunno if i should seeing how i’m Hispanic, but then again, why not play by my strengths?). Again, thhnx, and i’ll make sure to chance you all to the best of my abilities if you ever need it, just pm me :]!</p>

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<p>Taking the Spanish Subject Test would be a waste of your time and money.</p>