Average Grades, but passion shown - should I still apply REA next year? Please help

Saintsmen
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:45:48 +0000

Hello everybody and thanks for reading this thread. I seem to be in this dilemma of whether should I apply REA next year or not. I have done OK on academics, but I think I have great EC’s. I founded and still manage an internet company which makes just above $3500 a month (SEO Service and making money from ads). I love making blogs and forums. I already own two forums (one football and the other basketball), and they are pretty large in terms of members and activity. I love blogging and writing about sports, especially about my favorite teams. One of my blogs (which is the only ‘real’ blog (not auto-typed or depends on rss feed)) is about a NBA basketball team. I personally blog about them and the blog receives decent amount of traffic (ranked third in the second page of the keyword). I am also on varsity track, cross country, and jv volleyball.

I have done over 400 service hours (Red Cross, Elementary school tutoring, assistant basketball coach at my junior high school, volunteered at the hospital). I am also a member of the Key Club and year Book Committee. My course load is some what “light” ( I know, I need to take a rigor schedule). I am Chaldean, attend an all-boys Catholic High School in San Diego, and family income of $110,000 +. Here are my grades:


Freshman

Western Civ. B/A
Algebra 1 - B/B
Religion - A/A
Spanish - C/C
PE - A/A
English 1 - B/B

Summer - Geometry B/A
Sophomore (Semester almost done and here is how it stands )

(Much better so far)
Religion - A
Algebra 2 - A
English 2 - A
Art - A
Biology - A
Spanish 2 - B (88%)

Took the SAT as a sophomore - 2060 ( planning to retake )
Haven’t taken any subject tests yet.

As you can see, I have yet to take an AP/Honors class. I am planning next year to stack up my schedule. My question is if I end the second semester strong, and stack up my schedule for next and perform well, should I apply for REA or wait for that extra semester to boost my gpa? Thanks in advance and good luck with your colleges! :)