<p>I am currently a junior at a public high school in North Carolina.
Schools
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill ( In-State)
Boston University
University of Tennessee Knoxville
New York University
North Carolina State
Wake Forest
GPA
W 4.28
UW 3.9
Class Rank
8 out of 252
Top 3%
SAT
Math 620
Reading 590
Writing 530
AP Classes
Junior Year
AP World History
AP English Language and Composition
Senior Year
AP Calculus
AP English Literature and Composition
AP U.S. Government and Politics
AP Macro Economics
Extra-Curricular Activities
National Honors Society 4 years
Spanish Honors Club 3 years; sophomore, junior, and senior year
Varsity Soccer team 2 year; Junior and senior year
JV Soccer team 2 years; freshman and sophomore year
Work a part time job 3 days a week- 4 years
Relay for life participant 4 years
Former Boy Scout
Multiple years of private guitar lessons</p>
<p>Anyone out there…</p>
<p>You can’t be on NHS as a freshman…
Good scores and grades for the schools you applied to, but courseload doesn’t seem that challenging if you don’t consider your ECs. Former boy scout? As in, before high school? They don’t care… Were the guitar lessons in middle school too? You have a shot at all of them. NYU might be slim.</p>
<p>The reason for the lack of extra aps would be due to our high school only allowing juniors and seniors to take them. They also only allow you to take 2 advanced placement courses junior year and a max of 4 senior year, dumb I know. However I have taken honors programs in history, english, math, science, and Spanish all 3 years.</p>
<p>For the ec’s, In the county I reside in we had a form of nhs during middle school (beta) so the ones of us that were in it from junior high were placed in the chapter as like pledges so we participated in all the events. Also boy scouts went through sophomore year till my city’s so called chapter was dissolved due to lack of funds and participants and the closest troop was too far away or i would be a eagle most likely, so should I still include it? Also guitar began freshman year and I still take lessons weekly so should I include it as well?</p>
<p>That’s how the NHS at my school also worked. And I also went through the same problems of having a limitation as to how many AP courses I could take. Yes include boy scouts and whatever else you’ve participated in as long as it was during hs. Like I was in student gov for 9 and 10 but not for 11 and 12 but placed it on my app. I’m not sure about those specific schools, but the only thing holding you back in my opinion is you SAT scores. Good luck :)</p>
<p>If it was in high school, definitely include it!! Boy Scouts shows great leadership, and music shows that you’re well-rounded. I was just unclear on whether you’d done either in high school. And wow, that really sucks about the APs, I’m sorry… colleges will consider what you were able to take though…</p>
<p>Thank you both very much. I plan on studying for several weeks for my sat seeing as I only looked over the website practice the night before last time and had experienced a close family death several days before. I was also considering doing a self-study for 2 other ap exams senior year i’m sure i could pass, but was unsure if it would be to late for any real impact?</p>
<p>I mean it looks good. Colleges will be happy to see that you’re still attempting to challenge yourself rather than take easy classes to maintain your GPA</p>
<p>Also, try taking some of the SAT II Subject tests if you can.</p>