Am I heading in the right direction?

ShoutenM
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:23:15 +0000

Hey! I’m creating a thread to see how far I’m progressing towards college. Hopefully you can tell me what I’m doing right and what I need to improve on. Your input is very much appreciated!
Currently I’m a High School Junior at a well renowned public high school in the area. Here are my current courses: [ul][]AP Physics B []World History Honors []Japanese 3[]Computer Graphics[]AP Computer Science []English 11 Honors []AP Calculus BC [/ul]
Here’s what I’ll be taking as a senior(so far):
[ul][li]Computer Science, []AP Literature, []AP Japanese, []AP Statistics. [/ul][/li]Also my school requires for seniors to do an RP Project, which is basically a science project where we work with mentors and scientists outside of school in labs and such. After it is completed our projects will compete Internationally. I’ve also taken Engineering 1 and Engineering 2 Freshman and Sophomore year. I plan to either score a 2100 or 2200 on the SAT, though my Sophomore PSAT was a 1650(didn’t study for it lol)

For extracurricular activities I have a number of things: I’m a member of the Japanese National Honor Society, Anime/Japan Club, Robotics Team(We go into national competitions and things), Ultimate Frisbee Team, and I may do Track and Field senior year. Also I volunteer for the Town’s non profit cable station. I go around during community events recording shows, political meetings, anything that’s happening in the city to bring awareness to the people. I also edit the videos myself. An example, for Christmas we went to two hospitals and recorded their Christmas events(face painting, caricatures, and other things) and televised them.

My Unweighted GPA is: 3.2, Weighted: 3.9, I used the UC Calculator and got a 4.1

Right now I decided it’s time to look into colleges and focus on SATs. I decided to apply to 1 or 2 stretch schools, some good engineering schools, and my state school as a safe(it’s also a ranked engineering school). Here are the schools:
[ul][]Cornell University []UCLA []University of Maryland: College Park(My State School)[]UC:Berkley[]Boston University []University of Florida [/ul]

How am I doing so far to achieve my goal?