Black Man College?

Nomad04
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:19:34 +0000

So i’m a black guy and go to super competitive public high school and have always taken challenging courses but i’m a bit worried that my super rough freshman year is gonna screw me over.

GPA Unweighted:
9th-2.94
10th- 3.29
11th- 3.43

Unweighted Overall: 3.22
Overall Weighted may be 3.5-3.7 I’m not sure yet.

As for class rank, that’s what I’m freaking out about because since my high school is super competitive i might not make the top 50% mark so I may be slightly below that 50% mark.

Extra Curriculars:
*Student Government-3 years (Treasurer)
*Future Business Leaders of America-3 years
*Spanish Club-2 years
*Junior Statesmen of America- (Web Designer)
*Film Club- 3 years (President)
*Student Newspaper- 2 years (Editor and Writer)
*My County’s Film Festival- 2 years (Secretary )
*Amnesty International- 2 years
*Cross Country- 2 years
*Maryland Technology Honor Society- 2 years
*National Art Honor Society- 2 years

Summer Experience:
*Presidential Classroom- Stayed at Georgetown for a week for a course in Journalism/Communications
*Worked at my local Grocery Store

Other Awards Not Mentioned:
*Certificate of Achievement for successful completion of a
Presidential Classroom
*Certificate of Achievement by Council of Black Elders
*3rd place at FBLA State Leadership Conference for E-Business

7th place/Semi-finalist in my local Film Festival
*Certificate of Participation in Holocaust Remembrance Project
*Honor Roll

SATS: Haven’t taken them at yet but for prediction purposes let’s say at worst I get a 1800

Schools I’m Looking at:
Fordham, Syracuse, American, George Washington, Penn State: University Park, University of Delaware, University of Maryland College Park (In state advantage), and maybe University of Colorado Boulder

Safety Schools: UMBC, Catholic University

Thanks guys. Hopefully I’ll have chance somewhere

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