Hello ! I am a freshmen in high school and i want to prepare for ivy league colleges. Any tips or advices?

Answered

So great job on getting started early a very catch all list for new high schoolers is

A: Have good grades a bad one can axe your chances

B: Have as much rigor as possible and you seem to be doing well in that regard. Try taking AP classes that are major related. Personally I’ll take an engineering class that isn’t AP but it is major related make sure to do it if available as you can see if you’d like that major. Rigor includes IB AP Honors.

C: Have meaningful ECs

Join apprx 2-5 ECs freshman year and if you don’t like one you can drop it. A lot of the most impactful ECs are at the age of 16.

D. Awards are overestimated unless it’s very competitive. ECs are king

E: Have a plan to balance coursework and personal activities. Mental health is important.

F: Do not neglect SAT/ACT prep start doing free review sophomore year and if at all possible take the PSAT.

G: Make sure to meet graduation requirements and not just take interesting classes and if different than high school requirements make sure to meet college admission requirements. In my state 3 years of math is required for graduation but my dream school requires 4 years. Also take a full course load that will help you latter down the line. If you want to go into economics take AP microeconomics over a music class as an example

Side note reach out to schools late sophomore year and y’all with admissions and or visit campuses you are interested to get a feel of student life and campus vibe.

Also great job at being invested in college early few do so. But make sure to apply yourself to school and not overestimate your grades. I unfortunately did so and had to pull them up last minute.

For ivies you should have 9ish ECs with leadership in 3-5. Have it be impactful so don’t be part of history but not DECA if you are a business major. Quantify it/ note achievements. Have it be meaningful not just 30 min meetings once a month.

Hope this helps and please comment if you need clarification as I’d be happy to help clarify!

PS: I answered a similiar question like a month ago and I saved it as it would be applicable to most circumstances so if something is unclear comment and I’d be happy to clarify for you.