What colleges will I get into?

masscatholicgirl
Wed, 27 May 2015 00:26:38 +0000

Hi guys! I’m new to CC and am at the end of my junior year at a public high school in Massachusetts. I’m looking into colleges and was wondering what I should aim for regarding safeties, reaches, etc. Here’s some of my statistics:

Ranked 43/958 students in my class
Not sure of my UW GPA, W is 4.217
Taking my SATs 6/6
Freshman year–all honors courses (highest available to a freshman) which were Geometry, Biology, World History, Freshman English, and Chinese II
Sophomore–all maximum level courses which were Algebra II, Chemistry, AP US History (only AP course sophomores can take), Sophomroe English, and Chinese III
Junior–Honors Precalculus, Honors Oceanography (was failing Physics due to some personal problems at home and it was too much for me), IB History: Communism in Crisis HL, IB Literature A1 HL, and IB Chinese SL
Senior year I plan to take–AP Statistics, Honors Ecology (or maybe Honors Physics if I feel that I can), IB History, IB English, IB Chinese, and Honors Business/Personal Law

Treasurer of National Honor Society
Sing at mass weekly
Altar server
Teacher of first grade religious ed
Teacher’s asst. for ninth and tenth grade religious ed
Was awarded the St. Timothy Award by the Archdiocese of Boston for exemplary service and character, highest award conferred to high school students

There’s a program at my school that I am in that allows typically-developing students to mentor and befriend atypically-developing students, been involved all four years of HS

I’ve been nominated to be a Posse Scholar as well

Puerto Rican
In foster care (ward of the state)

I want to study Econ and Chinese in college for a future either in law or something similar or a business career.

Although many schools don’t offer Chinese, UMass Amherst does and is my number one choice as of now, and I’m hoping to be selected for their Honors program

I’ve also looked at Stonehill College (no Chinese though), College of the Holy Cross, Florida State, and UHawaii at Manoa

I’m hoping that I will not only be admitted but be given aid to attend these schools as I will not be able to afford them because I have no parents that are able to support college. I’m very stressed out and hope that you guys can help me! What colleges should I look at? What ones am I missing? Should I not apply to any of the ones I listed? Let me know and thank you SO much

Gabby C.