College Search Help

John2018
Tue, 07 May 2013 17:12:01 +0000

Thank you for the insight, both of you. I assumed that Georgetown would be too much of a reach for it to be practical to apply to, and yes I can afford private schools. I’ll need to take out loans, but attending a good school is important to me and I’m willing to accept the responsibility of paying off loans for quite a while. I’m interested in political science or history as a major, but I would also like to dabble in ancient Latin and Greek languages.

As far as stats go:
GPA: My GPA for last semester was 100.786 weighted and around a 97 unw. I’ve maintained around a 95+ average for the past two years and my freshman grades were a bit on the lower side being around a 90, but since then it’s always been an upward trend. I’m unsure of my class rank as they haven’t been issued yet, but my last semester’s GPA ranks 17th of 540 kids.
SAT: I’ve yet to take a real one, but on my practice tests I’ve been receiving scores around 2150
Extracurriculars: They’re a bit weak, I’ve had 2 clubs one will be for 3 years and the other for 2. I plan to join more my senior year, but I doubt that helps on an application. I’m interning at a supreme court office this summer (not usually for high school students), and I volunteer at a hospital. I also plan to get involved in a soup kitchen, if I can find one this summer.
Classes: As far as they go I was in all normal classes freshman year, two honors sophomore, three honors two AP junior year, and next year I’ll have 1 college level, 4 AP, 1 honor, and I plan to self study two or three APs.

I hope this helps anyone who wishes to answer. Thank you very much for your time.