Hi! I am a rising junior and I want to know where I stand in terms of college admissions. I have looked at a few safeties and few really difficult schools but I am having a hard time determining if I have a chance at any those schools. Schools that I am interested are: Georgetown, Cornell, Princeton (long shot I know), Boston College, Boston University, George Washington University
BACKGROUND:
School: Private Day, about 15% of students go to Ivy League colleges or equivalent schools, located in NJ. (3 students went to Yale last year)
Race: Hispanic
AP’s offered: My school is a little strange with APs. All students take AP’s starting in their junior year. You need to take certain courses and certain grades (mainly A’s) to qualify for AP.
ECs:
President of the Junior Class (junior) and hopefully President of the Student Body (senior)
Selected for Essex County Honors Band
1st Tenor in the Jazz Band
Student Life Committee
Participate in various jazz ensembles outside of school - JHK Saxophone Ensemble, Saxophone Big Band
(played the tenor saxophone for 5 years)
Participate in a summer program where we play at Jazz @ Lincoln Center and a local Jazz Festival
Studied Molecular Biology at Columbia University during the summer going into junior year (grades coming back soon)
Will participate in Chilean Exchange Program next year (I am on track to graduate with Spanish V)
STEM Club - Participate annually in the Princeton Engineering Olympics
In the process of starting my school’s first FBLA chapter (Future Business Leaders of America) - will be Founder and Vice President
JV Tennis for 3 years - aiming on being captain next year or making Varsity
GRADES:
GPA (unweighted): 3.77
Freshmen Year (GPA: 3.73)
Biology 1 - A
GeometryH - A
EnglishH - A-
CivilizationsH - A-
Spanish II - B+
Sophomore Year: (3.79)
Chemistry 1H: A-
AlgebraIIH: B+
Spanish 3: A
RevolutionsH: A
EnglishIIH: A
Junior Year Courseload:
AP Biology
Physics 1H
AP English Language
Precalculus H
Spanish IV
US History H
Senior Year Predicted Courseload:
AP English Literature
AP Calculus AP (possibly) or Calculus H
AP Physics and / or AP Chemistry
Spanish V
Political Theory H
STANDARDIZED TESTING:
No scores yet, unfortunately
Will be taking the ACT and at least 2 SAT Subject Tests
NOTES:
Expecting my GPA to round off to at least a 3.8 by the time I apply
I am planning to do a lot of volunteer work starting this year - in the process of starting a Salvation Army sponsored food drive for my school
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Thank You.