Help me pick some good schools!!!

HisGraceFillsMe
Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:45:24 +0000

Ok, so I’ve been talking with some people in the forums, and apparently a lot of the schools I’ve been planning on applying to are “safeties” for my stats. Based on said stats, what do you guys think would be good schools for me?

Class: 2008
Sex: Female
Location: California
Class Rank: 31 out of about 800 (top 5% easily)

Classes/Grades:
9th grade
Choir: A/A
Algebra I: B/B
SS&C 1-2: A/A
Health/Geography: A/A
English 1-2 Acc: A/A
Golf: A/A

10th Grade
Geometry: A/B
English 3-4 ACC: A/A
SS&C 3-4: A/A
Choir: A/A
Modern World History: A/A
Spanish 1-2: A/A
Golf: A (dropped 2nd semester because I didn’t have enough time for it with all my extracurriculars)

11th Grade
0 Period Choir: A/A
SS&C 5-6 Honors: B/B
English 5-6 Honors: A/A
APUSH: C/C (2 on the test)
Choir: A/A
Spanish 3-4: A/A
Algebra 2: C/C
Golf: A (Again, dropped second semester for EC’s)

12th grade (planned courses):
Bible as Literature
Government/Economics International Negotiations
Intro to Philosophy/Ethics
Choir
Hopefully I’ll make 0 period choir again (it’s the top choir at my school made up of only 18-20 people so needless to say you have to audition for it)
Teacher’s Aide
I chose a lighter course-load this year so I can really focus on my EC’s and because I may not be taking a whole lot of courses but they’re really good/interesting courses.

I’ve attended a few summer leadership programs, such as the National Young Leaders’ Conference and a LeadAmerica Conference on Forensic Science. I participate in a lot of extracurriculars and I have about 93 hours of Community Service…it’s likely that I’ll have about 130 by graduation.

I scored a 1670 on the SAT I with an 8 on the essay (My math score really killed me, as I knew it would, math is definitely not my strong point). I scored 470 on the Math section, 580 on Critical Reading and 620 on Writing.

I also took Literature, Math II and Chemistry subject tests and scored 470 on Math (again, math is nowhere near my strong point), 540 on Literature and 450 on Chemistry.

For the volunteer work that I have logged: I was a teacher’s aide in summer school, which got me 73 hours. I was also a teacher’s aide during the regular school year but did not receive credit and chose instead to receive community service hours, which got me 20 hours. However, I also have several hours I have not logged including singing for the Most Inspiring Student Dinner Awards in my city and doing various performances (with a group) for small children.

As for EC’s:
-I was a member of the Women’s Varsity golf team for 3 years
-I have been singing for school for the past 9 years and with my church for 3 years. I am involved in the top choir at my school and we have traveled to San Francisco State for a festival and to Jamestown with other choirs from my District for the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Jamestown.
-I have been involved in musical theatre for 7 years
-I am a Co-Chair for the club at my school called GirlsTalk, a club for girls (obviously) to discuss various issues from current events to safe weight loss/gain to pregnancy…pretty much everything under the sun.
-I have been on the Cultural Assembly Committee for 2 years
-I participated in the Invisible Children Club this year (Invisible Children is an organization helping to resolve the issue of child soldiers in Northern Uganda)

That’s all the EC’s that come to mind.

Oh. I’ve also received several academic and other awards, including:
-Medal of Merit Nomination (English)
-3 Science Awards of varying levels (Meteor, Comet, Nova)…there are 6 possible awards that can be earned
-Most Dedicated Player (golf team)
-Junior Varsity and Varsity golf letters
-Choir letter
-Outstanding English Student
-Outstanding Modern World History Student

I’m hoping to be a High School science teacher, so obviously I need schools with good teaching programs. What do you guys think? Thanks for the help!!