<p>Hey, Im currently a junior in high school & I desperately want to go to an ivy league! Do you think i have a chance? </p>
<p>College Class Year: 2016
High School: Public
High School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 4.85
GPA - Weighted: 3.93
Class Rank: top 5%
Class Size: 120</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>SAT I Math: 740
SAT I Critical Reading: 720
SAT I Writing: 720
ACT: 34
SAT II World History: 700
SAT II Math Level 1 (IC): 740
SAT II Biology - M: 760
SAT II Biology - E: 720
SAT II Chemistry: 780
SAT II Latin: 760</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
Soccer
NHS
Brain Brawl
Life Smarts
Debate Team
Model UN
Taught English at Church</p>
<p>Leadership positions:
Student body president
NHS president
Captain of brain brawl team
Captain of life smarts
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Soccer - Varsity</p>
<p>Volunteer/Service Work: 800+ Museum of Science and History
80+ Hospital
50+ Teen Library Council
Founded a tutor program which increased a passing rate on tests</p>
<p>Honors and Awards: Student of the year: Latin
Student of the year: Chemistry
Student of the year: AP European History
Best Student Overall
AP Scholar
National Merit Semi Finalist</p>
<p>Wait sorry I am still confused (sorry), are you currently in high school or college (also if you are in high school do you have all of those scores or some of them estimates)?</p>
<p>Uh, I think you mean weighted is 4.85 and unweighted 3.93??? LOL
GPA is pretty good, so are test scores but I’d suggest retaking because you have 2180 and anything higher will help still. You have a year so keep at it :D</p>
<p>so I think it basically matters how you present your EC and make them look focused
remember the colleges looking at students on a national scale</p>
<p>best of luck
Ivies are hard to predict but I’d say Northwestern Cornell Duke UPenn slightly easier than the others</p>
<p>Lol, Im sorry, just registered and kinda rushed making this. You think if i raise it up to a 2200 will be enough? And what do you mean by presenting the EC? Thanks for replying!</p>
<p>Sorry I skimmed when I read your post and saw “college class of 2016” and got confused and did not see the part of you being in high school. Your numbers are good enough, you need to focus on the subjective components now like recs and essays.</p>
<p>So do many students. However, many students strive to attend an Ivy League school for only the prestige factor, not realizing that they might not even fit into the school. I’m not discouraging you, but there should be a very compelling reason to attend a particular school. The Ivy League schools are all different from each other.</p>
<p>PsychoDad10 has a point though… Ivies are very different from each other. They are different sizes, some are urban, others suburban, different atmospheres and students. You should figure out what you want in a college because you will probably not be equally happy at all of them.</p>
<p>That is also true. If I get accepted into more than one, then I’ll decide which one is suitable for me. But if I get into one out of the ten, I’ll stick with the one I get into. I honestly adapt to any environment quickly. Im sociable and dont worry much about the area the school is in.</p>
<p>Wow you’ve accomplished a lot before entering your junior year, and you’ve already taken your SAT and SAT IIs. You definitely have a strong chance for the Ivys</p>
<p>ILF7: your brand name obsession will come across in your personal statements. The fact that you can’t distinguish or discuss factors of each of those great schools will be patently obvious and be a serious hindrance to all your applications. </p>
<p>All you know of the schools is that they supposedly are good – based on stereotypes and hype and magazine rankings. Prestige-whores are a dime a dozen. You better figure a way to shed that mantle if you have any hope. You’re seriously on the wrong path.</p>
<p>T26E4 has hit it right on the head. The OP, while he/she may have a genuine interest in an Ivy League school, seems to be only interested in having the name tag “Ivy League grad” attached to a resume. IFL7, I hope that you have given thought to why you want to attend each Ivy League school, because it will really show in your essays if you don’t have a strong reason for attending the school. ADCOMS are pretty savvy about spotting a fake and generic essay.</p>
<p>OP has shown discernment - he left Dartmouth off his list. Or perhaps he thought there are only seven Ivy League members?</p>
<p>Does the statement that your high school rarely sends students to most selective universities mean that graudates have rarely applied, or are they typically rejected? If others are usually rejected, you will need to be sure that you are a stronger candidate. Even if the reason is that they have rarely applied, adcoms are likely to be unfamiliar with your high school and you will face an uphill battle.</p>
<p>Strive to be not only the strongest candidate in your class in high school, but the strongest candidate in recent history.</p>
<p>OP’s posts suggest he believes Duke, Chicago, Northwestern, and Stanford are members of the Ivy League. Even though he doesn’t know anything about any specific one of the league members, or even which schools actually constitute the fabled league, he blithely tells us he will make the decision as to which one, when he gets into some of the ten. La de da!!! Not only is he obsessed. He is uninformed. Oh, and he refuses to seriously consider any of the posters who have questioned him. </p>
<p>I never chance anyone. But I’ll chance this OP. Based upon his obtuseness at this point in his high school career, OP’s chances of getting into an Ivy League school (real and fakes): Zero!</p>
<p>@swingtime Are you seriously so delusional as to assume that the OP is as “uninformed” as you believe he is? OP merely expresses that he is interested in an Ivy League college, just like thousands of other students in the world. His posts in no way suggest that he “believes Duke, Chicago, Northwestern, and Stanford are members of the Ivy League,” since those non-Ivies were listed under “Colleges of Interest”, indicating that OP is interested in said colleges in addition to the Ivy league colleges he so much desires to attend. OP has an impressive application, and very likely will he receive acceptances from more than one Ivy League college, which for your information has happened before, and it’s nothing OP should be ashamed of. How would you possibly know how much OP knows about any specific one of the league members, when youre so incompetent to even understand his posts? Evidently you’re the obtuse one whos so much obsessed with his own jealousy, that you have to make a series ignorant accusations and assumptions about OP, someone clearly better than you, to make yourself feel better. Oh, and youre making a fool out of yourself.</p>
<p>I never chance anyone. But I’ll chance this buffoon. Based on his moronic accusations and inability to read, Swingtimes chances of accomplishing anything in his life(real and fakes): Zero!</p>
<p>Duke, Chicago, Northwestern, and Stanford are my sort of back up choices. Im not obsessed with going to an ivy league. If you look at the stat profiles on here, almost every person who applied to an ivy league put Duke, Chicago, Northwestern, and Stanford as a backup choice. I also forgot to add the University of Florida because I live Florida. I am not obsessed nor uninformed. I read about colleges at my spare time. I honestly don’t understand where you got that I’m obsessed, maybe I phrased myself wrong when I wrote this post. Either way, I already know what I’m going to write for my essay. All I wanted to know was if my scores, grades, courses I took (all IB), extracurriculars, volunteer services, and honors/awards were good or fit good with other applicants.</p>