Asian Thread

I am a rising senior. I’ve done allright in 9th and 10th grade, but my junior year grades are pretty bad. I am so nervous about getting into colleges.

My stats

Location : Northern Virginia
School : competitive public high school
Race : Asian
Sex : Male
GPA : 3.56
CLASS RANK : NOT SURE BUT TOP 20-23%

SAT :
VERBAL : 600
MATH : 700
WRITING : 650

SAT2: NOT PLANNING TO TAKE THEM

Activities and honors
Varsity track and field (3 years)
FBLA
KEY CLUB
National Honor Society
Who’s who among american high school students
National Honor Roll
Most outstanding history student (9th grade)
History Fair - 2nd place (10th grade)
Student of the month (9th grade)
Pep award (it’s a school award that exemplifies a good student; 10th)
Coaches award (track and field 10th grade)
Elementary school tutoring (through national honor society)
Over 300 hrs of volunteering at major hospital center(300 in pharmacy department and some in other areas)

Part that makes me different from everyone- I came to the U.S. when I was a 8th grader and had to take ESL courses in middle school. In high school, I took all easy classes since it was my first year taking all regular courses.

My grades

9th grade

WORLD HISTORY : A
ENGLISH : B+
GEOMETRY : B+
EARTH SCIENCE : B+
SPANISH 1 : A
PE : A
BAND : A+

SUMMER ALGEBRA 2 : A

10TH GRADE

AP WORLD HISTORY : A
ENGLISH : A+
PRECALCULUS : C+
BIOLOGY : B
SPANISH 2: B+
PE : A
BAND : A+

11TH GRADE

AP US HISTORY : B
ENGLISH HONORS : B
AP CALCULUS AB : C
CHEMISTRY : C
SPANISH 3 : B
ADV. P.E. : A+
BAND : A

I KNOW MY GRADES DROPPED A LOT IN MY JUNIOR YEAR DUE TO HARD CLASSES THAN BEFORE.

HERE ARE SCHOOLS I’M CONSIDERING

COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY
VIRGINIA TECH
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
GEORGE MASON
GEORGETOWN
CORNELL
U. MICHIGAN
U. PITTSBURGH (I want to apply pre pharmacy for this one, but my chemistry grade is bad)
U. MARYLAND-college park
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

THANKS FOR READING. I HOPE I GET INTO SOME OF MY CHOICES.

<p>u hav to take at least 2 SAT2 for some of the schools u are thinking of, and i would say cornell mite be too big of a reach considering ur grades. just my opinion tho</p>

<p>Where Is Uva On Your List?</p>

<p>I think Cornell, Georgetown and NYU are all pretty big reaches. Even U. Mich is a reach.</p>

<p>take the sat 2's.. their ridiculously easy and their required by some schools..</p>

<p>i'm bangladeshi :)</p>

<p>cornell...it's going to be hard
so will be georgetown, NYU, Michigan, and probably William and Mary
Like a couple of people have said, take the SAT II's and you should be alright for some of the schools you're looking at...
Good Luck!</p>