Suggestions on Improving my Stats?

AliBubble
Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:28:23 +0000

I’m in the middle of my junior year, so I still have stuff coming, but thus far this is what it looks like.

Student:

Gender: M
Location: Wisconsin
College Class Year: 2014
High School: Public
High School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes

Academics:

GPA - Unweighted: 3.97
School does not weight.
Class Rank: top 5 students (2nd)
Class Size: 97

Scores:

ACT: 30

E 34 M 25 R 32 S 29

SAT I: Will take in March
SAT II: Will take Lit., Math II, and Probably U.S. History in June

Extracurriculars:

Significant Extracurriculars:

Band (Concert, Pep, Jazz, Pit)
Forensics
Yearbook
Key Club
Student Council
Musical
FBLA (Now Disbanded Don’t know whether I’ll even put it on an application)

Leadership positions:

Treasurer, Conference Rep - Student Council (One Year)
President - Class Officer (One Year)
Vice President - FBLA (One Year)
Business Admin - Yearbook (One Year)
Lead Role - Musical (Two Years)

Athletic Status:

Cross Country - Varsity (Honorable Mention All-Conference) (Three Years)
Track - Junior Varsity (Three Years)

Volunteer/Service Work: 25 Hours (Will Work On)

Honors and Awards:
Kiwanis Award (Five Years)
Academic Letter
What else could I put on here? Honor roll?

Class Rigor:

Most Rigorous
One AP this year, but I’m self-studying three others. I plan on at least three next year (all that is offered at my school) and taking at least one college course probably in writing.

I plan on a summer course in Arabic (Accelerated Language), but it might not work out.

Desired College Characteristics:

Location type: Small City
Size: Medium (5,000 - 10,000)

Area: East Coast, West Coast, Midwest
Importance of cost: Secondary

So what else should I do? What tier schools do you think I am looking at?