What are my chances of getting into an ivy league school?

Take AP classes, and take the most challenging ones that your school offers. Colleges, especially Ivy Leagues, want to see you being challenged. In addition, make sure to do great on your SAT's (around 2200), and start preparing for SAT Subject Tests.

Do not just join extracurricular activities, but take leadership positions in them. They do not care that you are in many clubs; they want to see you being a leader. GPA is just one factor they look at, but it is an important one.

Make sure to keep your grades up.

Colleges ask for unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale. Even if you got all A's in every class and took the hardest classes, you'd still only be about an average applicant for an ivy. They take 8% of applicants.

You need all that, and then you need a lot more.

Martel - I'm sorry you didn't get in pal. Don't be jealous of your friend.

You should be fine. Remember, before you start a med. School program you need a bachelor's degree before worrying about that (unless you start in a nursing program).

They'll worry about what your college GPA is as opposed to HS. Just hit your deadlines and please, people think the more they do in HS, the "better" it will look for college. All they'll care about for extras is what you do in your INTENDED career field.

That's how they evaluate if you'll be successful in their programs. Obviously, a good GPA doesn't hurt, but it's not everything.

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