[edwin012290]

so this is what i have so far for h.s. im gonna be a junior in september. i go to bx h.s. of science.
freshman year:
english-92,93
global-93,93
honors geo-90,92
bio-93,91
spanish-96,93
music and art-92,98
health-95

soph year(1st semester):
honors english-90
global-92
honors trig-88
chem honors-80!!!!!!
spanish-88
biology intel projects-88

cumulative avg:91.63%
extracurricular: red cross club secretary, key club, fencing club, fencing varsity, community newspaper, kumdo, hospital community service, ymca community service.

i know i did bad my 1st term of soph.....
exactly what are my chances at schools like ivy, nyu, and johns hopkins? and will that bad chem grade matter alot to colleges? i hear they look at soph/junior years more than fresh.

[The_Jin]

It looks like your Chem Honors class is fairly low relative to the rest of your grades, but in all honesty that is still pretty good. Sure, it's lower, but I think you've shown (thus far) that you can do well in your classes. You are very well-rounded, which is good because that will up your chances of getting into a college that you want. Good work! And keep it up!

[Childlike Faith]

Your grades are pretty much like mine. Except I'm getting two C's this year. Heh, but you seem very well rounded. And basically, they mostly just look at the soph/junior years. I think fresh year doesn't even count? o_O

But good essay writing is really important for college and stuff, and SATs score. I'm not sure, but if you do well on your SATs and with a not so GPA, it's really okay.

[edwin012290]

but will my grades and extracurr. be able to cut it into a top tier school?
like lets say i do good on sats also

[KISSY*]

^ yeah, if u do really well on SAT (2200+), i'm sure you'll have a good chance at ur dream schools, esp. nyu.

[kuku]

Lookin good...
but


no AP's or IB'S?

[slimjim]

how tough are ur classmates? to be honest, that's a bit too many Bs in sophomore year. you do have a ton of activities, though. junior year is the most important year. if you can pull off all honors and APs w/ 3.8, i think gpa-wise ur set for ivy.

[edwin012290]

so this is what i have so far for h.s. im gonna be a junior in september. i go to bx h.s. of science.
freshman year:
english-92,93
global-93,93
honors geo-90,92
bio-93,91
spanish-96,93
music and art-92,98
health-95

soph year(1st semester):
honors english-90
global-92
honors trig-88
chem honors-80!!!!!!
spanish-88
biology intel projects-88

cumulative avg:91.63%
extracurricular: red cross club secretary, key club, fencing club, fencing varsity, community newspaper, kumdo, hospital community service, ymca community service.

i know i did bad my 1st term of soph.....
exactly what are my chances at schools like ivy, nyu, and johns hopkins? and will that bad chem grade matter alot to colleges? i hear they look at soph/junior years more than fresh.

now my second semester grades for soph:
honors english- 92
Global-96
honors trig-88
chem honors-88
spanish-85
bio intel projects-93
cumulative unweighted avg: 92.6something%

what are my chances, exactly, for schools like columbia, cornell, and johns hopkins?
my school is a very competitive school too...

[flyaway]

no ap's??...
your gpa is pretty good but no ap's...eh it mite harm you there

[RACH___ON]

hey if you're gonna be a junior, still lots of time to raise that gpa, even at bronx science.


columbia might be a reach because of gpa so make sure you have some more extracurriculars that say something about you, what you're into.


yeah i don't think you should be worried about nyu x]

[cyberfruit]

no ap's??...
your gpa is pretty good but no ap's...eh it mite harm you there

Many schools don't allow sophomores to take AP classes until Junior year.

I'd say that NYU is a good choice for now. If you raise up your GPA next year then you can start looking at the Ivies.

[edwin012290]

thanks for your responses. i forgot cornell though...what about cornell? for my intel project, my mentor is from the cornell medical college...so how would my possibilities there be? ah. and at my school the only aps offered were ap world and euro. for junior year, im taking all honors, ap bio and ap american 2yr.
thanks again for all your help!