I will be applying to college in the fall, and lately I’ve been thinking a lot about my resume. My gpa for freshman and sophomore year was a weighted 3.72, but it should be around a 3.87 by the end of this year because I have been working hard to get good grades. Throughout high school I’ve been taking all honors, and I’m taking AP computer science this year. I got a 1440 on the PSATs with a 215 NMCS index. I havent taken SATs yet, but I’m aiming for around a 2200. I got a 730 on the SAT chemistry test in sophomore, and plan on taking the math level II and the physics tests in June.
What I am worried about is my extracurriculars, because I’ve noticed a lot of people on here do A LOT. Since 6th grade I’ve been heavily involved in a pre-professional dance program at my local studio, and I have had experiences such as performing in dance shows in Boston, spending three summers at a dance program in New York City, and choreographing a dance for a group of dancers at my school. I also assist with a younger dance class every week. In total, I dance between 10-15 hours per week during the school year.
Aside from dance, I am involved in an afterschool tutoring program 1-2 hours per week at my town’s middle school and one of the elementary schools. I am an NHS member, and I also do choir at my school (its just a class at school though, not outside of school). I am also applying to the Girls Who Code summer program this summer, although I don’t know if I’ll get in. In terms of awards, I recieved a Student of the Quarter award from my chemistry teacher last year, but I don’t know of I’ll be able to put that on the common app/whether it holds any significance? Also: my high school (public) is very competitive, so I do not think I’m in the top 10% of my class, but I’m guessing the top 20%.
In college, I am hoping to study either computer science, applied math, economics, or business (probably some combination of a few of these).
And finally, here is a list of schools I’m thinking of applying to.
Stretch schools:
-Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)
-Georgia Tech
-Berkeley
Other schools:
-Northeastern
-Umass Amherst
-NYU
-Boston College
-Boston University
Do these colleges seem within reach? And does anyone have any advice/other school recs?