Thinking about College Applications Already?

Question

Freshman year, my grade point average was 3.7 I think, with two honors classes, Spanish and speech class. I am now a sophomore and I am taking honors English, Honors Algebra 2, Geometry, Acting, honors Spanish 2, Intro to Digital Media Arts (which might be switched to mythology), and Chemistry 1 honors. I am in Montage (the school's magazine), Spanish club, acting, color guard and winter guard, Kid's club ( a big sis little sis type of program), I'm a tutor, I work at a camp over the summer, and I do other miscellaneous volunteer work. I go to the public school, Kings High School, and I have been in the accelerated program since the third grade. I know that I am only a sophomore, but I want to look at schools now because I need to know what classes to take next year and what I'll need on the SAT/ACT (which I am eligible to take this year). The schools I plan to apply to are Xavier in Ohio, Miami in Oxford, Columbia, Princeton, and Harvard. I plan to be a psychologist. Based on that alone, do you think I have any chance of getting into any of these schools? Do you know what the average student at an Ivy League school gets on their SAT/ACT? And any opinion on any of these schools is great. Thanks =]

Answer 1

The average student at Columbia has about a 3.7 or 3.8 and a 2100+ on their SAT's.

Answer 2

I would say you have pretty good chances.  These colleges look for students like you who excel and have lots of extracurriculars, and advanced courses and whatnot.

I would suggest seeing if you're school has any AP classes available.

Answer 3

Sounds like you are definitely on the right track so keep it up!

For you to determine what type of grades/test scores the colleges are looking for, I would suggest going to each school's website.  They always have freshmen indexes which give details about the average accepted freshman's scores, etc. This will give you a good idea of what you will need to match in order to have a decent shot at acceptance.