Hey guys, first post…
I’m<em>a 16 year old junior at a</em>competitive<em>high ranking</em>Missouri<em>high school. I’ve spent a lot of time recently trying to</em>gauge*admission odds at different schools, as I’m hopping to go to college in the fall of 2014.
In particular, I’m obsessed with McGill university. I love the french language, and that school would allow me to<em>pursue</em>passions in the sciences and math while developing greater fluency in the language of the city.I would really appreciate a personal<em>assessment</em>of my chances of getting in, given my nontraditional academic history.
McGill excludes freshman grades in their<em>addition</em>process, which gives me a 3.67 after last<em>semester</em> and a 4.0 after weighing APs (biology chemistry and psychology). I spent my<em>sophomore</em>year in Berlin Germany at a public “gymnasium” (academically<em>advanced high school), but only</em>received<em>pass/fail credit although I took standardized tests for their school system</em>receiving<em>a B+/A- overall. my only ACT scored a 29 (30 writing, 35 math, 28 science, 23 reading, 9 essay) which is not what I was hoping for, but I feel like my score will improve after another try (I had something of a panic attack during the reading section)</em>especially*after a superscore calculation.
I’ve also taken classes at Washington university and gotten only As
my problems arise in my plans to leave my current high school, and move to New<em>Orleans</em>with a good friend of mine. I’ve saved a lot of money over the years doing street performance and working for various circuses as an acrobat, so I’ll be able to afford classes at a<em>community</em>college (Delgado<em>community</em>college) while<em>finishing</em>high school online. I plan on taking AP courses through a program called K12, but I’m afraid it might look<em>weird</em>on an application.
Will this<em>sabotage</em>my image? with other<em>interesting</em>qualities I’ve got (leader of FRC robotics club, member of a rocketry club, various<em>entrepreneurial</em>projects…), can I overcome the lack of a normal high school diploma?
