<p>So, this is my second post on this site, and I figure I may as well give this chance business a try. </p>
<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White/Jewish (born in soviet union, if that matters at all)
Location: Midwest
High school: Semi-competitive public school
Course load: rigorous</p>
<p>Academics:
GPA: 3.76 unweighted, 4.18 weighted
Class rank: 20-30/350
ACT: 31 (retaking in october, in hopes to make up for GPA)</p>
<p>Courses: (an H is generally 97+ percent. Awarded only in honors/ap courses)</p>
<p>Freshman year:
Band: A/A
PE/Drawing I: A/A
Honors American History:H/H
Honors Geometry: A/A
English I: A/A
Spanish II: A/A</p>
<p>weighted GPA: 4.28/4.28</p>
<p>Sophomore year:
Honors Algebra II/Trig: H/H
Biology II/Biology III: H/A
Honors World History: A/A
Honors English II: B/B
Spanish III: A/A
Health/Microsoft office pro: A/A
Honors Physics I/Drawing II: A/B (bah)</p>
<p>weighted GPA: 4.28/4.14</p>
<p>Junior year:
Architectural Drafting: H/H
AP composition/Trends in American Literature: B/B
Honors Precalculus/Calculus A: B/B
Honors Chemistry II/III: A/A
Spanish IV: H/H
Painting/Governmnet: A/A
AP European History: B/C (this is what kills me)</p>
<p>weighted GPA: 4.14/4.00</p>
<p>Senior courses- will ceratainly try to rebound from my rough junior year:
AP Biology
AP Calculus BC
AP Psychology
Honors Physics II/III
AP Spanish V
Masterpieces I/II (counts as an english course)
Honors Economics/PE</p>
<p>Brief overview of extracurriculars (not incredibly impressive):</p>
<p>Tennis team (9-12)- varsity from 10-12
International Club (9-12)- VP from 11-12
Key Club (9-12)- member of decision-making committee grade 12
Mu Alpha Theta (9-12)
JSU (9-10) (lost my faith a bit)
Marching band- only freshman year, so I don't know if it's even worth mentioning, but I put 150+ hours into it
Play table tennis recreationally
Worked a variety of jobs in the food industry on and off throughout junior and (probably) senior year.</p>
<p>Probably will have roughly 50-75 hours of community service through Key Club by time of application.</p>
<p>Nominated for summer leadership program and plan to attend: Missouri Boys State</p>
<p>I know that my weakest point is the downward trend in GPA, and I honestly have little explanation for it; my courses just got harder and it was difficult to keep up- I certainly did not get lazy. And I especially know that my C in Euro my second semester is going to end up killing me in the admissions process, but at the same time, I'm still in the top 10% of my class and (hopefully) will maintain a GPA over 3.75 next year.</p>
<p>And, finally, prospective schools. I know that most of these are reaches, but according to things like princeton review, I seem to fall in most of the ranges (concerning gpa, rank, and test scores). This is a pretty large list because I still remain somewhat undecided. Here it goes:</p>
<p>Northwestern University
Washington University in St. Louis
University of Rochester
Boston University
Tufts University
George Washington University
New York University
Johns Hopkins University
Cornell University
Carnegie Mellon University
Brandeis University</p>
<p>Also, because I am applying to mostly coastal schools, I was wondering how only a submission of the ACT exam would affect my chances at being admitted. My success is lower on the SAT, so I highly doubt that I will end up submitting it.</p>
<p>Sorry for the length, and thanks a lot.</p>