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Do I have to take a SAT in order to go to college?

Would i be able to go to an ivy league school or a great college/university?

  • Im currently a sophmore in highschool and was really wondering in what college i can get into with my current situation and the situation i will be in when i graduate. My GPA is currently only a 3.2 because i screwed up last year when i switched schools, my grades dropped. So last year i had a B average. This year im working hard. If i finish this year wih three a's and a couple of b's what will i have to do in order to improve my situation for next year/ Im currently in honors chemistry,honors german 3, and honors global studies. I have regular classes for math, english, and gym. Im also taking an elective this year which is International Studies. Im trying to become a lawyer or some sort of high paying job that has to do with social studies. I know 3 languages fluently- russian, ukrainian, english.. and im currently half-fluent in german. Next year im looking forward to take chinese/ and or arabic. Im also on the varsity football team, creator of ukrainian/eastern european club at my school, and will be joining the varsity bowling team. Electives that i will take are- International studies, Law and government, Public speaking, and Digital Music. I have SAT tutoring aswell and my predicted score is 1800-2100...So if i have all that on my resume where will i stand? im also going to take AP European history next year, and in senior AP government, and was wondering if i should take a final year of math like calculus because i don't think ill need it for law. Im a year ahead in math then the sophomores in my school as well aswell as i go to a Ukrainian Heritage school saturdays which gets me 6 college credits im looking for specifics.Im looking to take AP european history and AP psychology.. how do i look like for law? Im fluent in ukrainian, russian and english and semi fluent in german.. how do i stack up? and i live in PA looking for a school in a big city on the eastern border from new york down to miami.

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    Ivy League schools are overrated and even more overpriced. I'm sure with your grades, work ethic, and your AP classes, and activities, you'll make it to a good college. The only other deciding factor is what you get on the ACT or SAT. You'll definitely make it to a great college and university. You don't need to attend Harvard to be good at what you do. Good luck!

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You are not competitive for Ivy league. The very best student in your school may not get into an Ivy. There are plenty of good colleges around. Be realistic and look for a good (not Ivy league) college

You should look at good state colleges or some of the private colleges ($$$), typically the religious colleges have lower requirements than colleges like USC, Stanford, etc. Look on college websites for their admitted freshmen profiles to see the average stats. Your stats and extracurriculars are not what you need for admission to an Ivy or top college. 85% of Ivy applicants are highly qualified (GPA 4.0, 2250+ SAT, 5 to 15 AP's all 5's, SAT II 750+, amazing extracurriculars), but only 6% to 10%, a bit more for the lesser Ivies, are admitted. (My dh participates in the admissions process for his Ivy alma mater, so I know how it works.) You'd be competing with kids who attend schools with extremely rigorous curriculum, where taking AP Calculus AB in 9th grade is common, kids who have major national awards. Work on getting all A's or as close as possible, admissions are now very competitive for good colleges. The big bucks in law are only for a few, look into the stats of how many law school grads can't find decent law jobs now, lots of articles online. Only a very few top ranked students from the very top law schools get biglaw jobs. While a big city biglaw 1st year may make $160,000 + bonus, most law school grads would be very lucky to find a $50,000 a year job -- not enough to pay back college and law school student loans. Partners at biglaw (8+ years experience) are still paying on student loans. To get into a top law school (basically the only way to make big bucks later unless one is a world class rainmaker/salesperson, in that case, skip law school and sell), one must attend a top college, get great grades, and a great LSAT score. Working at biglaw means 60 hours or more a week for years, if you're lucky (that means the firm has work). Young high paid attorneys don't have time for a personal life. Take lots of literature and history classes in college if you want to practice law, you'll need it in your legal writing. Being an attorney, even a litigator, means mostly reading, writing, writing, writing, reading, writing, writing writing, etc. Hopefully by the time you're ready to practice law the job situation will be better, but don't expect a huge change. Good luck!

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