<p>I appreciate it guys. Thank you .</p>
<p>GPA= 3.7-- It was a 3.63 at the start of Junior Year, so it was a challenge bringing it up, but I did! I'm also expecting a 3.75 by end of senior year.
4.5 Weighted--- Expecting a 4.8 by end of senior year. </p>
<p>Courses:
Freshmen Year: all general courses-- no ap courses are available for freshmen</p>
<p>Sophomore Year:
AP European History --- received a 4 (No one really takes AP Euro their sophomore year and it's the only AP class offered as a sophomore).
Honors Chemistry
Honors American Lit.
Honors Spanish
Honors Geometry
Music
PE</p>
<p>I had B's in both AP Euro and Chemistry.</p>
<p>Junior Year:
AP US History (AP score will be available next month)
AP Environmental Science (AP score will be available next month)
Honors Physics
Honors British Lit
Honors Spanish
Honors Advanced Algebra with Trig</p>
<p>I had a B in Adv Alg Trig and in both AP courses for my first semester.. but I brought those up to A's for the second semester. </p>
<p>This summer:
-Taking Honors Pre-Calculus at my school (no one does this either, but it's an accelerated course and it lasts 5 weeks while the year-long course is 40 weeks).
-Taking 3 college courses @ a local university
-Tennis Camp
-Job
-Volunteering at a hospital (about 150 hours)</p>
<p>Senior Year:
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics
AP US Government and Politics
AP English Language and Composition
AP Chemistry
Honors Spanish
Honors Calculus</p>
<p>Test Scores:
ACT= 29 I just re-took it so i'm expecting much higher (like a 31-33)
E= 30, M= 29, R= 32, S= 24 (lol, yeah science sucks =D).
Taking 2 SAT II's in October</p>
<p>Rank: HS doesn't rank. Competitive public high school in Chicago. sends most kids to top schools. Most likely in top 10% or top 15%, though. </p>
<p>Extracurricular:
-Varsity Tennis-- playing since young age
-Varsity Bowling- bowling since 6 years old
-President of Greek Culture Club (and founder)
-Volunteer @ local park district-- tutor kids
-Student Council --- 4 years-- president of Membership for 1 year, advisory representative for 2 years, general member for my freshmen year
-Freshmen Mentoring Program-- 3 years
-African American Culture Club
-Building with Books organization
-Students Against Drunk Drivers
-Scholastic Bowl Member for 11th and 12th grades</p>
<p>Awards:
-4 year Honor Roll/ Principals Scholar
-Science Fair
-Hispanic Heritage Essay Contest winner (yay!)</p>
<p>Extras:
-First Generation College Student
-Turkish and Greek--- will that help? probably not
-Recommendations will be really great, I think.</p>
<p>PS --thanks for reading!</p>
<p>I forgot to mention that I'll be applying for finaid, and that i'm planning to major in american studies/ political economy. </p>
<p>Also, should I show lots of interest in the school?</p>