<p>Dear all CC'ers,</p>
<p>I have a question that really is causing me alot of stress, I do not know whether I should continue with the IB diploma and have 4 B's and 2 A's or take the American Diploma and get A's. In my school IB is not weighted junior year. Only HL are given one extra point during senior year. So all my 80's-89 are 3.0.</p>
<p>A little bit about me: American Natural Citizen (Virginia residency)
Race: Asian American
High school Junior at a Department of Defense School overseas. My current Junior Year GPA of 1st semester is: 3.3 This is coming from a student who had 3.9 GPA freshman and 3.77 GPA sophmore. But my GPA is 3.4 because of six IB classes and I am an IB diploma candidate.
English HL A
Arabic HL B+
Biology HL B+
Chemistry SL A
Math SL B
ITGS SL A</p>
<p>SAT:1720 Plan to retake in October </p>
<p>EC's:</p>
<p>-Eagle Scout</p>
<p>-National Honors Society three years</p>
<p>-Won First Place in the Arabic Poetry Competition for two consecutive years.</p>
<p>-Went to a leadership seminar known as International Student Leadership Institute (ISLI) </p>
<p>-Taking Arabic HL despite being non Arab.</p>
<p>-Fluent in Arabic, English, and Urdu (language of India)</p>
<p>-Model United Nations: 2 years in Virginia then I went to a Conference in Ireland and won most distinguished delegate award. </p>
<p>-Volunteering: 150 hours</p>
<p>-First Summer Job: Working on Navy Base overseas as Admin assistant, speaker, and Arabic Tutor. </p>
<p>Now with these attributes besides the SAT which I plan to improve, do you think I have a chance with the schools that I plan to apply to:</p>
<ol>
<li>University of Virginia </li>
<li>University of Michigan</li>
<li>Emory University</li>
<li>Virginia Tech </li>
<li>George Washington University </li>
<li>Cornell University </li>
</ol>
<p>Do they value and understand how rigorous this two year Holistic program is? I mean I could easily take a couple AP's such as AP calc and AP econ junior year and take IB certificates. Ultimately I am taking the IB diploma because I have the opportunity to, but then I feel like my american friends are going the american route with the American diploma so I am really confused. </p>
<p>Will the colleges I mentioned above accept me even with my low GPA due to the rigidness of my classes? Will my E-C's be factored in? </p>
<p>If you got this far, I salute you!
Thank you for devoting your time and effort in reading my post.</p>