Help into getting into a good college w/ low income

I am extremely confused about your interests in correlation to your EC’s and classes (no offense, of course, but that is what I see). Your classes for next year are pretty standard (not a lot of students take Algebra II and Geometry concurrently but it’s sensible if you excel in math and/or want to hasten you math progression) but in 11th grade you take AP Art History seemingly out of the blue - no art-related EC’s and no prior art classes. An emphasis on ‘no prior art classes’ - you plan to take honors/reg biology/chem before taking their AP equivalent, but you take 0 art classes and take an AP art class. You also plan to take keyboard and a business classes in your last year - those are very clashing subjects. If you are genuinely interested in these subjects and you really want to take the classes then please do, but if I were an admissioner I would be extremely confused - keyboard, business, debate, chess, and art all in one transcript just seems like you are just trying to make yourself look well-rounded (which, in any case, does make you look so) but, in reality, it is perceived that your classes and EC’s are all over the place. Unless you are actually going into that field of study, then taking these classes are useless.

What do you plan to major in in college (if you have idea at all)? I’d say take EC’s in areas related to your interests and what you want to study and try to excel in them. Urge your math club to participate in competitions if they don’t already. Join competitions yourself and see if you can make it to any county/state level - that would look very attractive.

Self-study some AP’s if you can. It will make you app a lot more competitive.

My response was advice - you might get more traction for your question as to if you can make it into your dream college(s) in the [CC Chances Forum](Chance Me / Match Me! - College Confidential Forums).