<p>I attend a public school in Troy, OH and isn't really known at all, unfortunately. It's not known for academics and barely known (if that) in sports.</p>
<p>I am currently a sophomore and I'm about to be a junior next year. </p>
<p>My GPA so far is a 4.0 UW and a 4.08 W.
Most likely ranked in top 10 students in my class which is the top 2-4%. (Officially ranked 13/351 after the first semester ended during my sophomore year which is the top 4%. I don't know the exact place I'm in as of right now, though and won't be able to learn that probably until next year.)</p>
<p>ECs: I have played baseball (freshman team and JV team) for the two years I've been in high school and am debating whether or not to tryout again next year, FBLA, National Honor Society, and then next year I'm going to be in Math Club and maybe Key Club along with the other clubs I'm still in. My senior year I look to stay in all of those clubs.I'm not very sure about holding any leadership positions. Now outside of school ECs I'm going to deal with in the next year to a year and a half or so. I have no information to give to you with that situation unfortunately.</p>
<p>Being in a public school that is virtually unknown to most people, the rigor of my curriculum can be possibly limited at times. But here is what I've taken/plan to take in my high school career.
Freshman Year-Worst of all. I just took extremely easy basic classes offered by the school. English 9, Spanish 1, Speech 1, a dang gym class, American History, Algebra I, a health class, an art class, and Physical Science. No classes were weighted, but I did get straight A's all year and that set my high school years to have a good GPA (assuming I don't bomb these next two years).
Sophomore-A little better. I took Geometry, English 10, Honors Algebra II, Spanish 2, Academic Biology I, and World Studies. One class that is weighted is Honors Algebra II. Doubled up on math (if that helps) along with taking an honors class. I received A's all year in each one of these classes.
Junior-A lot better. I've signed up to take AP Stats, English 11, Honors Pre-Calculus, Spanish 3, ACP Chemistry, and AP US History. All classes are weighted except for Spanish 3 and English 11.
Senior-Calculus BC, maybe Honors/AP English 12, an art class (we have to get two semesters worth of fine arts), AP Physics (not sure if it has the title of being an AP class, but I would imagine so), AP Government, probably a semester's worth of a business class, and either a year's worth of two business classes, Spanish 4, or economics.
About the curriculum I encountered in my freshman and sophomore years, my school only has two honors classes for freshman (Honors English 9 and Honors Geometry) and only 2 for sophomores (Honors Algebra II and Honors English 10). So being in only one of those is alright, but I have no control of being in a bunch of other weighted classes for freshman and sophomores like some of the people can do on this website. </p>
<p>My community service is still limited (10 hours worth) just because I am a sophomore. I plan to gain at least 100 hours this summer, who knows how much during my junior year, a bunch the summer after my junior year, and an average amount before I submit in my applications in my senior year. My goal is to have 100s of hours (maybe up to 1000s) so that I can indirectly display the qualities and characteristics that I have as a person. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, I haven't taken any standardized tests yet. I have taken the PLAN test which is a start. Unfortunately me, the night before I was excited to take the test (yeah, I know, that's kind of weird) and sat in my bed waiting to go to sleep until about 1 in the morning and I only had 4 hours of sleep that night. I ended up scoring a 23/32 (projected 25-29 score on the real ACT). I also had not practiced at all before simply because I wanted to know where I stood without any practice and I wanted to see how much work I have to put into it. I also had to undergo a series of tests in Ohio (called the OGTs) that we have to take and pass in order to graduate high school. The passing grade was scoring a proficient which is two sections away from advanced. I received advanced in all of them except for writing and science. Those two I received accelerated. I missed scoring advanced in science by 3 points which is literally one multiple choice question that I marked incorrectly. But I'm probably wasting my time telling you guys these scores because colleges don't care about these scores whatsoever. Anyways, I actually have a seminar that I'm attending through my school that helps us to increase our ACT scores. Along with that, I plan to study and practice as hard as possible throughout the time period before I take the ACT. Hoping for an early bed time the night before I take the ACT and hours and hours and hours of practice and preparations, my goal is to score at least a 30-31. For the SAT, I also plan on doing the same things I did to prepare myself for the ACT. I'm taking the PSAT in the fall of next year and also studying. Any AP exams I have to take in the next two years I have no information to tell you at all. </p>
<p>I think that's enough information. So am I on track for Emory University?</p>