<p>Hey guys, I'm a junior from Puerto Rico that is currently interested in applying to Michigan to study International Relations. Here are some of my basic stats:</p>
<p>School: Small private school that is considered the most competitive in the island.</p>
<p>GPA: unweighted around 3.7/3.8, weighted prob at around 4.3/4.2</p>
<p>Class Rank: not offered to Juniors, but college counselor told me I'm amongst the top students out of a competitive class of 38.</p>
<p>Freshman year, A/A- average:
World History 1
English 9th (all classes except Spanish are taught in English, so this is the equivalent to a US high school English class)
Honors Geometry
Physics
Spanish 9th (Spanish equivalent to an English lit class)
Health
French II</p>
<p>Sophomore year, A/A+ average:
World History II (straight A+ in this class, outstanding achievement)
Chemistry (outstanding achievement award)*
Honors Algebra II
English 10th
Spanish 10th*
French III (outstanding effort)
AP Psychology (5, outstanding achievement)
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<p>Junior year, A-/A average:
Biology (my class can't take the AP, ever, long story)
Spanish 11th*
English 11th*
AP French language (A-, 4 on mock AP test)
AP US (A-, 5 on mock AP test)
AP Human Geo (A+, 5 on mock AP test)
Honors Pre-Calculus</p>
<p>Senior year course load (if schedule permits):
Environmental Sciences
AP English lit
AP Calculus AB (Want to take BC test, can I do that?)
AP Spanish lit*
Puerto Rican History
AP European History*</p>
<p>Standardized Tests
PSAT - 208
SAT - Waiting for results of March SAT
SAT II's - Physics (620, fail), Chemistry (630, another fail), World History (750, yay?), Spanish (800, lols I finished in 15 min., don't really expect any college to take this seriously). In May I'm taking Math Level l and English Lit. In June I'm taking Bio Molecular and US History.*
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EC's:
Model UN club - since 8th grade, third year going to NAIMUN and will prob be VP next year
Youth in Action (community service club) - since 9th, VP in 10th, Pres this year and prob the next
Film Club - since 9th, VP this year*
Environmental Awareness Club - 10th/11th member *
Project H2O - water crisis awareness club
Oratoria (Forensics in Spanish) - 10th
NHS - 11th, might run for board next year</p>
<p>High School Summers
2009 - CAA at Easton, Pennsylvania. Took Legal History of the US.
2010 - The Oxford Tradition, International Business as major with Literature and Psychology as minor. Also went to the Galapagos on an ecological project w/ a school group.
2011 - CTY Civic Leadership program in Johns Hopkins. *</p>
<p>In reality this is more of a "Am I on the right track?" post, given that I'm missing a lot of important info. Any advice on what to do to be a more competitive candidate and what similar schools to apply to would be very welcome. *
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