College Acceptance?

Currently a sophomore in high school





GPA- 3.8 (because at my school, a 90 is a B)


If my high school did 90 as an A, my GPA would be 4.1





Freshmen courses- english 9 honors, drawing/painting, german 2, bio honors, geometry honors, american studies cp





Sophomore courses- english 10 honors, trig/alg 3 honors, german 3, chem honors, anatomy honors, american studies 2 cp





[Planned] Junior courses- english 11 honors, calculus cp, physics cp, biology AP, german 4 honors, world studies honors, philosophy honors





[Planned] Senior courses- humanities honors (combined eng, history, and philosophy), german 5 AP, statistics AP, genetics





Extracurricular- National Honors Society, Debate Team, varsity tennis team





No SAT scores yet





I want to go into medicine (perhaps psychiatry or orthodontics.. or on my morbid days, coroner)





What colleges could I get into?

College Acceptance?
The first thing to do is become acquainted with some of the schools out there. For that check out:


http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/educat...





Now you have got a feel for some the schools go to:


http://www.collegeboard.com/student/csea...


Use it to find similar schools to those in the article above and ferret out more choices. Home in on a few schools that you like.





Go to those schools web sites and learn more about the schools. Once you know a bit about them drop a few of them (3 - 4) a line about getting admitted. Schools usually love it when you show an interest. Then simply do what they suggest. For example, it may come as a surprise, but schools often don't actually like AP - they prefer Honors classes. I see people taking heaps of AP - but it may actually be a turn off to schools. Experts who post a lot around here - like Neniaf - recon 3-4 AP is more than enough. Just one example of how getting in touch with schools can save you in counterproductive effort.





Ok now to the schools I like for you. With grades like that the ivies like Harvard are not out of the question. A tough ask, but I believe you have a shot. And Harvard for example only charges 10% if you earn under 180K and zero if you earn under 60K. NYU is also a possibility. To maximize your chances there check out:


http://www.enotalone.com/article/18690.h...


That would be the higher range type schools. Overseas universities have different entrance requirements. My understanding is that HS in the US is generally not good enough to get in - so Oxford may be out.





For middle choices consider schools like Pitzer and Carleton. I believe you have a good chance of getting into such schools. As a safety look into Wooster.





Thanks


Bill

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