Ivy Capable???!!?

Good enough to get into an ivy school, such as Princeton, Yale, Harvard, Cornell, Dartmouth, or Brown? OR maybe even NYU??





GPA: 3.8- working on it





By the time high school ends, I will have taken these classes and have done these extracurrics for this many years….





8 AP classes


8 advanced classes


2 languages





~Varsity Golf team (4 years, but played for 7), and clinics, camps, and tournaments


~Martial arts black belt (4 years, but did for 7), 5 diff types of classes, each 2x a week


~JV Lacrosse (2 yrs)


~violin (4 years, but did for 9, over 17 concerts)


~piano lessons (2 yrs)


~college classes


~work experience


~a lot of volunteer work


~Latin Club (3 yrs)


~French Club (3 yrs)


~member of DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution, for 2.5 years)


~newspaper staff of school (2 yrs)





What do you think to tell the truth??? And any insight from a attendee or alumni of one of these schools would be great. Thanks to all!!

Ivy Capable???!!?
Hmm, well your resume sounds very nice, however, I'm not sure what your umweighted gpa is, aas long as its 3.6+ then you're in good shape. Also, you need to have atleast 2000s range on your SAT to be safe. However, having tons of clubs, good grades and bad essay or bad recommendations will limit your chances. So work hard on your essay and have have recommendations! Hmm, I wouldn't apply to Dartmouth if I were you, its not up to par as the others school eventhough its Ivy league. Why not Wash U St. Louis, or UC-Berkeley? Good luck
Reply:I think your extracurriculum is probably good enough, but what also counts is your SAT, GPA, and college admission essay and interview.


For Harvard, 95% of the student body is at the top 10 percent of their graduating class [College Board] (meaning 4.6 or higher --at my school at least), so you might need to improve more GPA wise.





But I still think you have a small chance since you have a lot of extra curricular activities to make up for it.
Reply:SAT? are your grades weighted?





i would bet youd get into at least one.. NYU is the easiest of them all, I believe