Do I still have the chance to go either on Stanford or USC with these grades and not being involved?

Question

I'm a sophomore student in Nevada and in the future, I want to go to either Stanford or USC School of pharmacy. On my freshman year, I got all A’s except for Algebra for the first semester (I got a B), second semester I got all A’s. I took Spanish I,Health/Study Skills, Biology H, Algebra H and English H.My GPA was 3.9 something for the non-weighted on, for the weighted one I got 4.0 I think, and I believe that is a good GPA. however, I was not involved in any sports I guess since I’m not really athletic, and even if I want to I can’t, I don’t know any sports LOL, (my old school outside the country didn’t have any sports or whatever).
Now, I am sophomore year, and I am taking 4 honors classes, one AP,and art class.So far for the first semester I got all A’s, a B on Geometry H, but on my midterms I got 3 C’s, my question is, do you think based on my grades and my non-involvement, (but I will do community service in my junior year) I still have the chance to go either of those school?

Answer 1

Both schools will take you if you have enough money.

Answer 2

It will be quite difficult to get into Stanford with those Bs, but USC will be a little easier. You need to get those grades up to As, and keep As for the rest of the year as well as next year. Do well on the SAT or ACT, study for them or maybe take a sylvan class or something, join activities, do a lot of community service, and just try to be a good student in school. I've found that being a "nice" student in school will get you some awards that you wouldn't get otherwise, as well as you could get some good letters of recommendation. Join some academic activities in school maybe, knowledge bowl? speech? debate? stuff like that. Join some clubs, even clubs such as 4-H, anything that can get you more involved and show some leadership (student council, NHS if possible). Just work hard, focus on your future, and you will have a shot at both schools.

Answer 3

Realistically, you haven't got a chance at Stanford. With no involvement in anything, you've just taken yourself out of the running. However, you're still only a sophomore. If you start getting involved NOW, you can start having some extra currics on your resume.

Stanford requires you to be exceptional in at least one extra curric. Just being a president or a member of a club for a number of years won't cut it. You've got to do that stuff, and then organize a big citywide charity drive or something amazing (for a high schooler) like that.

USC is easier (but still not easy). You've still got a shot at their 6 year pharm program, but get those grades up. Especially work on getting A's in science courses if you want into their pharm program. And get involved this year. Waiting until junior year shows you didn't do crap until the last minute cuz you knew you'd look retarded with no involvement in anything.

Answer 4

All this is left to do is to advance that SAT score. by using lots. different than your mediocre score, i might say that your credentials are mind-blowing. you have no longer purely been lively, you have had management roles. So i did no longer hardship to study verbatim the chew you secure decrease than your resume. looked like some sort of Myspace or eHarmony blurb. ...How did you locate the money for human beings to human beings in case you're "low-income"? exciting. And as "no u" so frankly positioned it, being black is a plus. As for why the SATs seem important....I have not have been given any clue. that's a dumb try.

Answer 5

Well first you should look at the school's websites. They will give you the average gpa and act/sat scores for students that attend that school as freshman. You still haven't taken your act/sat either, which is a part of their admitance process. It is also more difficult to get into to a public school out of state, because they need to accept so many in state students to receive state funding. Your grades seem good enough to get into both schools. I would apply as early as possible. You have a much better shot at getting in that way. And make sure you do well on your act/sat tests.