<p>So Sophomore year, I had some issues at home that ended up with me getting all C's and 1 D at school. This brought down my GPA A LOT. I brought it up some this year, took summer school, and my counselor said we can send out my scores from 1st semester of senior year, but I'm still worried. I have a few solid schools on my list, but mostly they are all reaches - I know this. I'm looking to major in Bio, and I don't mind recommendations at all, they are WELCOME! Thank you SO MUCH!!</p>
<p>COLLEGE LIST:
Boston U
Illinois SU
Loyola U Chicago
New York U
Northern Illinois U
Penn State U Park
St Louis U
U Illinois Chicago
U Illinois Urbana
U Mass Amherst
U Mass Dartmouth</p>
<p>*feel free to ask for extra information!</p>
<p>Year Entering College: 2012
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: South Asian
Minority: Sindhi Speaker
Languages: English, Hindi, Sindhi</p>
<p>POTENTIAL MAJORS:
Biology/Biological Sciences, General
Human/Medical Genetics
Optometry (OD)
Pediatrics
Psychology, General</p>
<p>*side note: anyone have a good idea what careers I could go into with these? I'd like somewhere in Genetics, but I'm not sure what that would entail as I wouldn't want to be a researcher, I'd like human interaction/office kinda thing. </p>
<p>Class Rank: Top Half
Unweighted GPA: 2.72 (63.0%)
Weighted GPA: 3.09 (51.6%)
ACT*: [Composite: 27] [English: 28] [Math: 23] [Reading: 31] [Science: 26]
*re-taking in september</p>
<p>Public School
650 students per class year</p>
<p>AP's:
AP Lit & Comp (Junior): 3
AP Human Geography (Sophomore): 3
AP Bio: {not taken}
AP Pysch: {not taken}
AP Macro: {not taken}
AP Gov: {not taken}
AP Lang & Comp: {not taken}</p>
<p>JOBS:
Worked as Hostess at restaurant for 2 months (Aug-early December) of my Junior year.
8-9 weeks, 12 hours a week. </p>
<p>EC's and COMMUNITY SERVICE:</p>
<p>CAP: Mentor program for new freshman at school. Helped them during their study hall to become acclimated to high school. Was selected with other students out of the many that applied. (Junior year)</p>
<p>DANCE: for my religious organization every year since 4th grade. </p>
<p>YOUTH COORDINATOR: for my religious not-for-profit organization. Planned events for 30+ children at every event, and choreographed a dance with program coordinators for all age groups. Ran and was elected. (Junior year)</p>
<p>VOLUNTEERED: with my religious not-for-profit organization for a year before being elected youth coordinator. (Sophomore Year) </p>
<p>STUDENT COUNCIL: active member for 2 years, and then ran and was elected Membership Secretary. I manage all the points and paperwork for over 300+ members, including handing out varsity letters, awards, and planning for events like Senior Breakfast, ect. </p>
<p>SPORTS: Played for three years and am planning on playing for the fourth. JV player for two years, ranked 4 out of 10 in singles and number 2 doubles team out of 5. </p>
<p>COURSES:</p>
<p>Freshman Year:
World History
Honors Biology
Spanish 1 Enriched
Honors English
Algebra 1</p>
<p>Sophomore Year:
Chemistry
Honors English
Spanish 2
Health
AP Human
Geometry</p>
<p>Junior Year:
Spanish
AP English Lit & Comp
Algebra 2
Physics
U.S History
C.A.P / Study Hall</p>
<p>Senior Year:
Trig/Pre-calc
AP Bio
AP Psychology
AP Lit & Comp
AP Macro/Econ
Spanish 4</p>
<p>Thank you so much! All and any suggestions are welcome!</p>