AHHH!!! Unsure about my chances at ANY college!!! HELP

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Ok, so I'm a female, african american high school junior who is FLIPPING OUT!
I really want to get into a good college, but I'm afraid that my grades aren't good enough. Also, I'm new to all of this so I'm unsure of what all of the abbreviations are; ex, EC? UC? Alsoi how do you calculate a weighted grade? AHH I'm SO unsure!</p>

<p>Anyways:</p>

<p>Gender: Female
Ethnicity: African American
Age: 16 (high school junior)
GPA: 3.393 (1st quarter of school junior year)
Cumm GPA: 3.345 (cumm)
SAT: Verbal- 610 and Math- 700
Current classes: FST (Functions, Statistics, and Trig), English 11 (regular class), Spanish 4, Accelerated Physics, Speech, Gourmet Foods, Band</p>

<p>Past Classes (frosh and soph year): Biology, Chemistry, Geometry, Advanced Algebra (Algebra 2), English 9 (regular class), Honors English 10, Spanish 2, Spanish 3, Accelerated World History, US History, Gym, Health 9 and 10, Integrated Computer Applications, and Band</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Marching Band, Book Club, Speech and Debate, Open Forum (Secretary), Track, Volleyball (9th grade only), Spanish Club, S.A.D.D., Drama Club, Thespians</p>

<p>Volunteering: Every Sunday I teach Sunday School to 4,5,6 year olds and I do Relay for Life which raises money for cancer patients</p>

<p>Awards: 3rd, 4th, 5th place awards in Speech and Debate, Athlete Scholar Award (10th grade), Track Participation awards (9th and 10th), Volleyball Participation Award (9th), Varsity Letter in Speech and Debate, Varsity Letter in Track</p>

<p>Next Year Plans: I plan to take the following AP classes: Chemistry, Calc (BC), Spanish, and Spanish Literature</p>

<p>I really want to major in Business and go to a GREAT college like Emory. Do I have even the slightest chance of getting in??????</p>

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<p>I do not know what your chances are, but try to improve grades a bit (an upward trend is good). You do not need to be so worried about your this yet.</p>

<p>Terms to know on CC (college confidential):
EC- extracurricular activities
UC- University of California
GC- guidance counselor
OP- original poster
bump- bring up my post</p>

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<p>Also in regard to my GPA, I'm not sure if it's weighted or not... I'm just going off the one that I see on my report card (based off a 4.0 scale). Does the college look at the report card grade or the "weighted" grade? I do take some accelerated classes but I don't know how to calculate the "weighted" average...</p>

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<p>its only weighted if your school decides to add some value per accelerated class. if its based off a 4.0 scale, though, it seems to be unweighted. colleges look at the weighted grade if that is what your school offers, but then your school tells them how they weight it, so they can compare your score with other scores. If you can you should probably take a SAT course and start prepping for SAT IIs. Are you doing the new SAT? So far you look okay, just keep your grades up and you should be fine. Good luck, and calm down!</p>

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<p>I'd say so far, u look pretty good, if ur grades bump up a little you should be in great shape.</p>