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Can I make it to the IVY LEAGUE?? please help?

I am a sophmore. Captain of JV Tennis. Captain of Debating Team and qualified for National Forensic League Tournament. National Honor Society (treasurer). President of Sophmore class. JV Basketball team. Had a summer internship with a cardiac surgeon and helped out hospitals in Albania over the summer with patients. Taking 2 AP courses this year (Psychology and English) with plans of getting much more. Took college courses at Macomb Community College and Oakland Community College for Psychology, Biology, and Statistics. Eventually going to enroll in the ICAE which is an advanced center that offers courses on computers, physics, math, etc. Already over 200 hours of community service. Submit articles to local newspaper and have won numerous local and regional writing contests.
GPA weighted: 4.8
GPA unweighted: 4.0.
Class Rank: 1 out of 386
PSAT: 230

I think you have a good shot at those schools – you certainly are the type of student they are after. But schools like that are iffy. Guys with your grades get rejected all the time.

The following will help in presenting your application in the best light:
http://www.enotalone.com/article/18690.h…

The best advice I have heard is to apply to a number of highly prestigious schools rather than putting your hopes in one or two. Evidently that increases your chances of getting accepted to at least one. But even then I don’t think anyone would say you, or anyone else for that matter, are a shoe in.

The other thing to do is have backup second choices for schools that still provide a good education but are not quite so difficult to get in. Schools like Pitzer and Carleton. Still not easy mind you, because they are very good highly ranked schools that a lot of people want to go to. Check out:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/educat…

Then have some schools as third choices that will still provide a good education – schools like Wooster college – that you will almost certainly get accepted at.

In your case I don’t think third choices are really necessary – you will get into a good school for sure – but better to be safe than sorry,

Thanks
Bill

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