Chance Me and Advice! Columbia, Northeastern, UNC, Rutgers.

<p>Hey everyone! I am going into my sophmore year of highschool (10th grade) and am interested in majoring in business in college. I am extremely interested in Investment Banking, Fund Management, & Entrepreneurial Studies. Here's my stats as of freshman year.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.40 unweighted; 3.68 weighted (both will go up)</p>

<p>Took all possible honors classes.</p>

<p>My GPA is low because I got a C in honors Chemistry (my counselor recommended it for me; bombed the final). It was an honors sophmore class. <-- will this C affect my admissions?</p>

<p>I will be taking all honors classes sophmore year except for Biology, I will be taking regular in that.</p>

<p>I am an extremely good test taker. For TerraNova I always score in the 98 - 99 percential. (Private / Catholic school test)</p>

<p>E.C. -- </p>

<ul>
<li>Freshman Basketball Team (will do JV this year)</li>
<li>JV Golf Team (will do Varsity this year)</li>
<li>Future Business Leaders of America - Treasurer</li>
<li>French Club</li>
<li>40+ hours of random community service (will do 40+ again sophmore year)
-This summer I have done community service weekly at a local golf course to help children with mental/physical disabilities.</li>
<li>Played bass guitar for 4 years (continuing)</li>
</ul>

<p>My top 4 schools as of right now (no specific order) are Columbia, Rutgers, UNC, Northeastern (subject to change). I will be visiting colleges this upcomming year (sophmore).</p>

<p>I know it is hard to chance only after freshman year, but I would like to know what I can improve on and if I am on the right track to get into the schools of my choice. </p>

<p><em>Also if you have any recommendationd for schools that have good business (undergrad) programs that suit my grades please speak up!</em></p>

<p>Don’t make a thread like this until you have finished your junior year. Yes a C will hurt you, but it will not disqualify you.</p>

<p>TerraNova is so skewed. Almost half of my class got 99 percentile in Math/Reading…</p>

<p>Also your “weighted GPA” really isn’t worth mentioning. Most schools grade all classes besides APs on a 4.0 scale. Because GPA varies depending on the policy of the school, adcoms usually don’t formulate your GPA, they go through the letter grades you got in all your classes.</p>

<p>Get your GPA up and study for the SAT.</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>