Messed up junior year... want some advice please

Denebel
Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:36:03 +0000

Hi guys, I am new to CC so I’m not sure if this is in the right category. I want some advice as to what to do with my life right now… I just finished my junior year of high school (moving to senior year next year) and I did poorly during junior year- B’s & 1 C for my APUSH class, B’s & 1 C for my physics class, and 2 B’s & 2 A’s for my AP English Language class. My results for the AP Exam were also not spectacular: I got a 4 on the AP English exam and a 2 for my APUSH exam. I have a 3.7 weighted gpa right now, (rank 30 / 311).
I scored horribly (in the 500-600s) on my SAT II Math Level 2 and Physics exam.

I scored mediocre on the SAT I (1800s), and I plan on taking it again in October (hopefully will score 2100+)

For senior year, I plan on taking AP Calculus AB, and regular everything else… I took Senior Social Studies as an online course over the summer, so I can pick another course to take. I think I want to TA in place of that, so my senior schedule would look something like this:

AP Calculus
English 12
Engineering [course]
Japanese 2
TA
TA
I would have two TA classes. I am wondering should I should take Chemistry or Physics at a community college? (I do not want to take AP Chem at my school because our science department is very weak, so I would risk getting a low grade on the AP exams, and our school does not offer AP Physics)

I’m in Robotics which takes up a lot of my time. However, I only hold small leadership positions like being team leader (of subgroups), not team captain. Can I actually write this on college applications, or should I ignore writing down any leadership role in general?
I’m also wondering does National Honor Society mean anything to colleges? It sounds nice, but does it carry any worth?
I am very depressed right now… any insightful advice will be appreciated =]
I hope to go Carnegie Mellon and major in electrical engineering.