<p>I’m coming to the end of my junior year and I’ve put a fair amount of thought into colleges.
As for majors, I’m interested in Chemistry and Music, maybe double major or music minor. Career wise, I’m interested in either forensic chemistry or food chemistry. Very different, but both have chemistry foundations.
As for location, I’m interested in Maryland (Home), Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, or California. I have family near all of these places. </p>
<p>GPA (weighted) - 4.8
GPA (unweighted) - 3.9</p>
<p>So far, I’ve taken the following AP classes:
Sophomore year
AP World History (3 on exam)
AP Chemistry (4 on exam)</p>
<p>Junior Year (don’t have scores yet)
AP US History
AP Physics 1
AP Calculus AB
AP English</p>
<p>All of my other classes have been honors. My school will only allow you to take 4 AP classes per year. </p>
<p>My classes for next year are:
AP Government
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics C
AP Literature
MATLAB
Honors Music Theory </p>
<p>My current SAT scores are
Math- 760
Reading- 710
Writing- 680
I’m planning on studying more and retaking them in the fall.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars-
Section leader in school jazz band
100+ Community Service hours so far
Section leader in local youth orchestra
Volunteer at local flight museum
3rd place in county science fair this year
Went to state science fair, didn’t place </p>
<p>If I were to be applying right now, this would be my list:</p>
<p>UC Irvine, Penn State, George Mason University, UCSD, Occidental College, University of Maryland, Virginia Tech, Carnegie Mellon, RIT, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Drexel. </p>
<p>What are your thoughts on this? Do I have a good balance of safeties/ reaches? Anything I need to improve/ focus more on? Overall advice? Thanks!</p>