Question:What are the grade levels in NYC College Board Schools?

What are the grade levels in NYC College Board Schools?

NYC College Board Schools will serve students in grades 6-12. When a NYC College Board School opens, sixth and ninth grade students will be admitted for the first three years. Beginning in year four, only sixth grade students will be admitt...

Do I have any (and what are my) chances of getting into Harvard, UPenn, Yale, Stanford, or Columbia Univ.?

Q: Do I have any (and what are my) chances of getting into Harvard, UPenn Wharton, Johns Hopkins, Brown, NYU, MIT, Duke Yale, Stanford, CalTech, Babson College or Columbia Univ.? I know these are some of the nation's most competitive colleges, but I just want some advice and some knowledge on the position I hold as a "standout" applicant, or a Harvard applicant. Harvard has been my dream college for many years and I want to do as much as possible to increase my chances of admission into it. Also, I am not rich due to my parents being unemployed. So how will that affect me (positively or negatively)?I am currently a High School Junior (about to be a senior in Fall 2009). I am a Indian (Asian male born in US) attending HS in NYC. I know it's kind of late to ask this question now, but I want to pretty much see where I stand now as an applicant. My overall transcript GPA is a 94.50%.I have maintained all A's with the exception of 3 high B's ( AP US History which I am going up in for 2nd term, physical education and art) on my transcript.I just took my SAT's today and think I did pretty good in math (about 750), and I will have to improve my Critical Reading and writing score (a little bit).I took the Math 1 SAT II's and got a 660, and I will be taking 3-6 more in Fall 2009.My interested majors, in preferred order, are Neuroscience, Business/ Entrepreneurship, and Philosophy. I will go with any of these and would definitely love double majors if available. I continued studying at my JHS until 9th grade, and then I graduated from my JHS being the Salutatorian. My strong subjects are math and science, and have done very well on any standardized tests involving them. I have been a part of my school's yearbook committee, and have volunteered for above 100 hours in my school library and for above 700 hours at my local church/ temple. I have also received about 100+ hours from being a part of the ARISTA National Honor Society.I have done hospital rotations with the hospital associated with my school.I was part of a 10 week (once a week) gap year Medical Internship (called HPREP) at Weill Cornell Medical College in Manhattan, NY.I have taken a lot of college credit courses at CUNY Queens College and CUNY York College in Psychology, Sociology, Health (4 semester course), and Math Intro. to Probability and Statistics. I am also planning to take philosophy, writing, and maybe drama during the upcoming semesters. I have passed all of the classes I took with A's or B's. I have started working on my essays, and received some of my letters of recommendation (the recommendations are AMAZING!!)I have served in the Student Government of my school as Junior Grade Representative, and there's a 99% chance I'll be the Senior Grade Representative as well. For this Summer, I have applied for quite a few internships and will be doing math and/ or science [research] internships over the summer. My school doesn't offer many AP courses and doesn't offer any honors classes, but I am challenging myself with the toughest classes. This year I took AP US History, as that was the only one I could take. I will be taking AP Calculus, AP Physics, and AP English next year. I am not sure but I might being doing the Queens Bride to Medicine program, in which I will take college level classes in Calculus, English, and Chemistry without any college credit. I am also looking forward to the Youth Justice Board gap year internship which is basically like student government in schools but having a great effect on the city and dealing with state officials. Next year I also want to join the Big Brother Big Sister club, the debate team/ mock trials, Yearbook Committee, Library Community Service, Health and Wellness Club, and I am looking forward to being president of ARISTA National Honors Society. I am also going to start my own club based on Vedantic Philosophies, and create a STAND organization group which will help with the genocide in Darfur. Also, if this helps- 2 of my cousins go to/ graduated from Columbia University. I know this was a lot of information and kind of long, but please help me with this as I am worried night and day about my admission into one of these colleges (ESPECIALLY HARVARD!!)Thank you very much in Advance!

A: Of course, there is no for sure answer, but your credentials look pretty good. I'm really not sure what to write. It appears you've thought the whole process through, all the way down to the essay, which most people skirt through.I think you have a really, really good chance of getting into Wharton, NYU, Duke, and Babson, but you'll still want to apply to some safety schools. Best of luck.