<p>Hi guys, I posted a thread about a year ago but now I have some updated stats and stuff. The colleges I'm looking at are:
-Johns Hopkins
-University of Chicago
-George Washington University
-William and Mary
-Pomona
-Middlebury
-OSU honors college
-perhaps an Ivy or something, just to see</p>
<p>My intended major is international relations and possibly economics. If any of you have suggestions for other colleges with a good international relations program, please do suggest it.</p>
<p>-Rank: 1/524 or around there after this year.</p>
<p>-Weighted GPA: 4.417</p>
<p>-Unweighted GPA: 4.0</p>
<p>-ACT: 32 composite; 34 english, 31 math, 32 reading, 29 science</p>
<p>-SATII: 710 literature (low i know but i dont have to send it); planning on taking 1 or 2 more</p>
<p>-PSAT: 206..not much, guessing commended</p>
<p>-Awards: nothing significant
honor roll (9-11), academic letter (9-11), junior academic achievement award (11), character counts award (11), departmental awards for all subjects (9-11), 2nd place state novice debate tournament, 9th top speaker (11), solo and ensemble award for band: excellent rating (9), rookie of the year for a summer swim team (9), runner of the week for cross country (11). Lots of these are trivial that I will not bother putting on my app.
--The major one that I just got was the Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange Scholarship to study abroad in Germany for a year.</p>
<p>-Volunteer/ Community Service: Hospital Volunteer 12 hours a month (11), teen court (11); yeah kinda lacking in this department</p>
<p>-Extra Curriculars:
--Marching band (9-11): Section leader and squad leader
--Private cello lessons (5-11)
--Class Executive Committee (10,11): secretary
--JV soccer (9,10)
--Cross Country (11)
--Speech and Debate (11): state varsity tournament qualifier</p>
<p>--will be attending Buckeye Boys State this summer.</p>
<p>-Freshman Schedule
--Honors English: A
--Honors Geometry: A
--American History: A
--Band: A
--German: A
--Japanese: A
--Earth, Space Science, Physical Science:A</p>
<p>-Sophomore Schedule:
--Honors Algebra 2: A
--Honors Biology: A
--Honors English: A
--Honors World History: A
--Band: A
--German 2: A
--Health (1 semester): A
--Trig (1 semester): A
--Soccer/Basketball (1 semester): A
--Principles of Economics (1 semester): A</p>
<p>-Junior Schedule
--AP Econ
--AP Stats
--Pre-AP English
--Honors Chemistry
--Band
--Physics
--Calculus with Precalculus I and II (at a local university)
--Elementary Spanish 1 (at said university, spring semester)</p>
<p>-Work Experience
--panera around 10 or (a little) more hours a week.</p>
<p>Besides telling me my chances at these schools, can you guys also tell me if I should stay to continue my academic career at my high school, or take the opportunity to study abroad my senior year? Thanks a lot.</p>