<p>I'm a junior now and I was wondering if the colleges I've picked out are realistic for my profile (this is going to be a long post! sorry, I labeled the sections so you can find the most important details quickly!)</p>
<p>Me:
-Male
-African-American
-my mom has the MS and my dad has the MD (in NY)
-I live with just my mom
-North Carolina
-I'm not sure how much my mom makes. Not a ton, but it's just 2 people so it's not very tight, but I think I would qualify for financial aid</p>
<p>School:
Freshman Year: (UW: 2.7; W: 3.3)
Honors Enriched World History B+
Honors Enriched Biology C
Honors Advanced Geometry C
German I A
Honors Advanced English I B+
Band C</p>
<p>Sophomore Year: (UW: 3.5; W: 4.1; UWC (cumulative): 3.12; WC: 3.7)
Honors College Level Civics and Economics A-
Honors Advanced Chemistry B+
Academic Algebra II B+
Honors Enriched English II B+
Honors German III A(+) (I don't remember if it was a 98 or 99)
Band A-</p>
<p>Junior Year: current grades (as of now UW: 3.73-3.8; W: 5.05-5.1 UWC: 3.3; WC: 4.1)
APUSH A-
Academic Advanced Functions and Modeling: B+
APES A-
AP Language A
AP German A
Band B+/A- (I should be able to get and keep this an A)</p>
<p>Planned Senior Year:
AP Euro
Healthful Living
Honors Pre-Calc
AP Literature
Honors German 5
AP Psychology or Honors Constitutional Issues</p>
<p>Here's my school profile with the school name removed: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3O...it?usp=sharing%5B/url%5D">https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3O...it?usp=sharing</a></p>
<p>Tests
SAT: CR 590, W 640 (essay 10), M 610 composite= 1840
This was my first time taking it and I'm going to buy the questions and answers to prepare to take it in March and then again in the fall of my senior year.
ACT: Everyone in my state, NC, has to take it to graduate. I may take it 1 or 2 more times outside of the school administered one (December/January or fall of my senior year)
SAT II: I plan to take US History and German w/o listening
APs: Gov (5), future: APUSH, APES, AP3, AP4, German, Pysch (maybe), Euro</p>
<p>ECs:
-German tutoring: for pay and for free (9,10,11)
-German Club (9,10,11)
-Student taskforce- we help to fight poverty and homelessness in our community (9,10,11)
-I volunteer with a program that brings food and school supplies to low income kids (I was also an intern here. I mostly did office and clerical work and helped with delivery)
-Mock Trial (10, 11)
-100 Black Men Saturday Academy- every few Saturdays we spend a few hours learning about real world things (bank accounts, taxes, politics) as well has how to be moral male adults and also what it means to be black in America (7,8,9,10,11)
-NC State German Club (10,11)
-Social Justice Club (11) we discuss current events and political issues Wed during lunch
-Tutoring Club (German) (11)</p>
<p>Leadership:
German Club: President (11)
Student Taskforce: Parliamentarian (11)
Mock Trial Team Captain (11)
NCCU Summer Youth Business and Entrepreneurship Academy Junior Student Mentor (11)</p>
<p>Volunteer Work:
I'll probably have ~125 hours when I graduate</p>
<p>Achievements:
-National German Exam Gold Honors (2nd in North Carolina Level II) (I expect similar for level III this year) (10)
-Tri-M Music Honor Society (11)
-I'll be in German Honor Society this year (I couldn't be in it last year b/c my GPA rose above 3.0 a few weeks after induction)
-Best Camper: Omega Psi Phi Boys Camp <a href="2012">over 200+ campers</a>
-NCSU Emerging Issues for Future Leaders Camp Competition: Winning Group, 2013
-Summer Youth Business and Entrepreneurship Academy: Business Plan Project, Winning Group, 2012
-National Bar Assn. Crump Law Camp Mock Trial Competition, Semi-finalist </p>
<p>Summer Programs:
-Duke Camp Med, 2012 (10)
-NCCU Summer Youth Business and Entrepreneurship Academy, 2012, 2013 (10,11)
-NCSU Emerging Issues for Future Leaders, 2013 (11)
-National Bar Association Crump Law Camp, 2013 (11)</p>
<p>Finally, here are the colleges I'm looking at
UNC CH (in-state)
University of Maryland, College Park
University of South Carolina
NC State University
UNC Charlotte
University of Virginia
East Carolina University
Prospective major: German and Operations/Supply Chain Management</p>
<p>So, are the colleges I'm looking at realistic? Will my freshman year weigh heavily? If I'm not on the right track for any one of them in particular, what would I need to get (GPA/SAT/ACT-wise) to get on track? </p>
<p>Thanks in advance!!</p>