Bad grades, what colleges should I apply to?

<p>Hi, I’m currently a junior in high school nearing the end of the year. My grades are horrible so I will give you my stats:
Grades:
Weighted gpa- 3.1
Uw gpa- idk I think maybe 2.8 ish
Sat scores:
Sat test- 2150
Sat subject test- i will be taking the U.S. history and math 2 tests at the beginning of senior year.
Extracurriculars: </p>

<p>Bpa(business professionals of America)- I placed 6th place in payroll accounting and placed for nationals, hopefully I will place.</p>

<p>Speech- I really haven’t won any awards. But my coach said I will be going to nationals next year with a friend( duo). It won’t be on my transcript though, it would be too late.</p>

<p>Theatre tech crew (fr/sr)- I do sound for all performances in the schools auditorium. I have over 150 hours working there. </p>

<p>Interact club(sr)- its community service.</p>

<p>Creative writing club(sr)- the name speaks for itself. Writing. </p>

<p>Spell bowl(sr)- spelling. No awards I’m a jr so haven’t participated in the competitions yet.</p>

<p>Science Olympiad(sr)- science stuff.</p>

<p>I will be getting a job over thhe summer.</p>

<p>I’m going to intern for a stock broker company which will show interest for my major business.</p>

<p>Lacrosse (sr) I would play with my dad George Washington division one player and my cousin a current d1 player. </p>

<p>Tennis(sr)- tennis! Varsity</p>

<p>Recs will be good. My bpa instructor/accounting teacher. And one from management from my internship.</p>

<p>My essay will be amazing. I will include my disorder. Nystagmus- an eye disorder that forces your eyes to bounce rapidly( can’t see). It occurs when I am stressed out, which is a lot, doing homework, studying, so it forces me to stay home or I will have a seizure. But I’m now working with a psychologist to relieve that stress. My parents were divorced, in freshmen year, which hit me pretty hard. </p>

<p>My favorites schools are:
Dream, Duke- super high reach. But stranger thing have happened right.</p>

<p>Nyu- high reach</p>

<p>Stanford- again super high reach </p>

<p>Indiana university- match I think</p>

<p>University of Michigan Ann Arbor- high reach</p>

<p>Notre dame- high reach</p>

<p>Boston university- reach </p>

<p>Northeastern university- reach</p>

<p>Boston college- reach</p>

<p>Northwestern- super high reach</p>

<p>Purdue- match</p>

<p>Please rate my chance of getting into any of these schools. My dreams are: nyu, northwestern, u of m, duke, and Stanford. Add some schools that have an amazing business school. </p>

<p>And I’d like to thanks in advance. And sorry for my grammar it is getting kind of late. If you have any questions about my transcript please ask.</p>

<p>Don’t go for all reach…your list should be composed of only a few reach, mostly match, and some safeties</p>

<p>Thanks, I really appreciate that. I will work on my colleges I will apply for.</p>

<p>If you guys could please answer and help me through the college process, as you can see I am completely ignorant on this subject.</p>

<p>Please take this as kind advice…your dream schools do not seem to be at all realistic. Unless you can convey why your grades are where they are (lots of kids have divorced parents) or you have some major hooks, please choose some more “good fit” schools and safeties to look at. Do you have a college counselor at your school that you can present this to?</p>