Opinion, am I on the right path for these schools?

Am I on the right path? What is my outlook for these colleges? Opinions? I am really worried!?

I'm scared about my grades and future college!?!?

So currently I am a sophomore at a pretty good public high school. Here are my stats - note the individual class grades are not that good, and I am working on it. I blame it all on my laziness and nothing else...



8th grade

-Algebra 1 regular 98

-Earth science 95

-Spanish 1 100



Freshman year

Comp apps 100

Orchestra 100

Biology honors 94 (regents standardized exam 98)

Geometry honors 91 (regents standardized 96)

English 97

phys ed 96

Spanish honors 98

Global 1 96



summer

global 2 99 ( regents standardized exam 100)



sophomore year ( we are in our third quarter) so far:

AP Biology 89

Chem honors 93

Spanish honors 99

orchestra 99

Health 97

Algebra 3 honors 88

English honors 98

Gym 96



Next year courses include AP Physics, AP chem, APUSH, AP Lang, orch, Spanish 4 honors, Honors Calculus, gym...



My extracurriculars so farL

Volunteering at the Hospital ( almost 100 hours) I do it every weekend

Volunteering at the American Heart Association

Volunteering at the lib

Volunteering at a local nursing home

Mock Trial Lawyer since freshman year

Cross country 1 year

Spring track and field since freshman year

School play

Job at a local fast food restaurant

KEY club member

Won a few state level art competitions

Babysit three autistic children that need special care





I plan on joining more clubs junior year that involve philosophy...

I also plan to internship at a local doctors office and shadow a doctor





I took my SATS so far are a 2100 and I plan on working on it to get it as high as possible before junior year. I'll be taking the SAT II Bio and chem this june.



My schools ( reach) that I am aiming for are University of Chicago, Northwestern, Cornell, Brown, Emory, Carnegie, UCB, UCLA. University of Rochester, University of Pittsburgh, Emory, Vanderbilt, UNC, University of michigan



I don't think I am in the top 10% of my class, I am working on it this year, and next year...There are people with better stats , I think, i am not exactly sure..

Do you think I am on the right track , and if I work very hard this quarter to bring my chem, Algebra, and bio averages up, and I get more involved with leadership and NHS, I have a good chance for these schools?



Note This summer I am planning to volunteer more hours, Take extra summer classes for physics and sociology ( to help my GPA). I am also taking SAT prep classes in the summer..



Next summer I am going to try research... Apply for an internship, and shadow a local doctorOpinion, am I on the right path for these schools?
It's really great. And I like how you're not one of those kids with unattainable dreams, ie: "I wanna get into Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and I'm getting 80s with one extracurric"



Definitely go for research. If you're not in the top 10% of your class, that's crazy, considering you have a very high 90 average. Perhaps your school generally inflates their marks? 98 in English?



I'm not in the US so I have no idea about SAT.

Extracurrics are plenty, but remember, it's quality, not quantity. Pretty good though. Enter in a couple more contests, ones that count.

Have you tried starting a foundation or something; I personally know a handful of kids who have, and travelled abroad. They're doing great.



Good luck.Opinion, am I on the right path for these schools?
it looks overwhelmingly impressive



so i do and hope you will get into the college of your choice