Hello-

I was wondering if I could get some advice on the likeliness of my acceptence into an ivy league school and what I can do during my transitional year to increase those chances. I have an unweighted class rank of 20/314, weighted class rank of 21/314, weighted GPA of 5.4, unweight GPA of 4.9. I graduated at 16 years old, which seems impressive to my family, but probably not in the larger pool of college applicants. I graduated with the class of 2008, but I opted to not apply to colleges this past fall in order to take a year off. I will be applying the Fall of ‘08, and I’ve got some time to find some extra curricular activities that could help outweigh any academic mishaps. I was a member of National Honor Society, Newspaper, Key Club, Students for a Better World, Mu Alpha Theta, Interact, French Honor Society, and Future Physicians of America, and I took leader roles as secretary and treasurer for FPA and treasurer for Key Club. I was a state qualifier for Review Writing. I was named an Illinois State Scholar. I took honor courses all four years, but only one AP Course, Lit, and I have not received my AP Test score yet. I have a become an avid traveler, causing me to miss quite a bit of school over the years, and I have visited 5 continents. I would like to double major in Biology and Journalism to become a science writer or medical correspondent.

I would appreciate any advice you may have.

How do these spoiled, never EARNED a dollar in their lives, PAY for their Ivy-League tuition?