UCLA, Princeton, STANFORD, YALE, USC, OR EVEN HARVERD?

Question

How much do I have to do to get into stanford or harverd, I scored a 2250 on my SATs! Over my years of highschool I have done AP World History, AP US History, AP Studio Art, AP Spanish IV, and all four years, (including now) AP English....Honors Biology, Honors Calculus, Honors Chemistry.....I have a 4.7, am getting A's in each of my classes. I did 100 hours of volunteer work, and am doing extra curriculum activities; I'm on the varsity ski team, and vasrsity Cross Country running. I attending Yale my Junior year summer; I was accepted because I started a club at my highschool that was not yet there, called JSA (Jouner states of ametica)-a political club. My 8th,9th, and 10 grade year I attending my local college to get credits....I'm am part of the Art Club, CSF(California Scholastic Federation), First Priority, and BLA (Business Leaders of America... WHAT MORE DO I NEED!!??

Answer 1

That sounds pretty good, although you have to realize that a 2250 at Harvard would be just average. One student I know who got into Harvard E.D. a few weeks ago had a 2400 and two 800s on advanced math SATs plus a bunch of other honors

Like other elite schools, Harvard, Stanford, Duke, etc get flooded with apps from kids who have great resumes. But they have to try to understand what a 4.7 means at your school. Some schools everybody takes AP and gets a way high GPA but when they take the AP tests, few of them pass. Other schools there are only a few AP classes and so kids rarely get GPAs over 4, but everyone gets 5 on the exam. So which is better?

I have heard quite a few admissions officers say, they want people who have done a great job in a few activities, not someone who who has had a lot of activities.

What National awards have you done? What have you done to win State honors? Soloist at your local professional symphony? Olympic team alternate? National Math team candidate? Sicence Olympiad National medal? US Amateur Sports national level competitor? Published author of a best seller.

What makes you better than the 10,000 other kids who have 4plus GPAs and their name listed in a lot of clubs in the yearbook?

Answer 2

Wow. You're busy. :)
Unfortunately, you're shooting for the most competitive schools in existence. The valedictorian of my class was denied acceptance into Harvard, despite what seemed like 1000 AP credits, straight A's, and extra-curricular activities. Plus, her father was an alum... which would usually greatly help someone's chances for admission.

I guess my advice to you would be to go as far as you can with the clubs you're involved in now. Leadership positions (Pres., V.P., etc..) help quite a bit. Annnnd don't forget about those admission essays. Very important.

Just keep doing what you're doing. Congrats on all that you've accomplished so far. And good luck!

Answer 3

Regardless of all your academic credits, Harverd is spelled Harvard, you better brush up on spelling 101.
And throwing Ivy League college and university names around
is not the smartest thing to do, and least impressive to me.

If you have a definite goal in mind, and you have determined
thats what you want, study it from soup to nuts, from A to Z to
determine any shortcomings or assets available, and then try
to adjust your way of thinking to how best you want to succeed
with getting what you want. Talk to others in that field, see what they say about it. Alumni especially.

Its not easy these days to gain admission to any prestigious college or university, and the yearly tuitions have increased with
the indexing to inflation, perhaps a little more.
You must enter and be a current member of any community service aimed at helping others in some way, recordings for the blind, sitting with a senior citizen, working with special education kids, volunteer work with the local Department of Veteran's Affairs, The American Heart Association, the American Lung Association, the American Diabetis Association, battered women
sanctuaries, rescue missions, Salvation Army, Project Hope,
all the Good Will stores, there is more.

You should also know your spelling and grammar could stand some improvement, take remedial courses in English if necessary, usually people who have to read your literary
turn-ins appreciate brevity and correct spelling and punctuation,
otherwise they will take a dim view of your requests.
If you get honors in all those academics you say you did, then
improving your grammatically correct skills should be a piece of cake.

And I don't think asking Yahoo Answers is the best method of looking for meaningful assistance, many of us who take the time to
go to Yahoo Answers do not have degrees in English Literature,
or advanced degrees in education.

I don't know how old you are or what your career goals are, you
want to be come a doctor, a lawyer, a business executive,
or other?
You must make a career choice, find out all you can about it, then determine university/college criteria, college curriculum,
if they have what you need, and like attending, and is affordable,
then you might bring up your chances of success, 100 fold.

Read the book "Choosing the Right College"
publishers: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Researched and written by the staff of the Intercollegiate Studies
Institute (ISI) T. Kenneth Cribbs Jr., President Copywrite @1998

The local library may have a copy to lend out, or available through
Amazon.com, book division or Barnes&Noble.com
Cost will be maybe $20.00 or so, maybe less.
The book covers many of America's top colleges and universities, and gives vital information about each.

Also any scholarship foundation should have some excellent
pointers toward directing you to the best milestone, but you must seek it out, its not going to come to you.

Thats my message, good luck.



Donald H. Sites
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Answer 4

Ohio

Answer 5

Im pretty sure all of that is enough and you shouldnt have much more to do. Good Luck!

Answer 6

you scored that high and do not know how to spell Harvard?