<p>I thought I have been doing well in freshman and sophomore year but my current junior year has been a downfall, especially my first semester grades.
I am currently attending Whitney M. Young Magnet Highschool, which is considered one of the Top 3 highschools in Chicago so it is really stressful and full of overachievers....</p>
<p>Here are the stats:</p>
<p>Freshman:</p>
<p>Honors Biology- A/A
Honors Algebra I- B/A
Honors Japanese I- A/A
Honors Survey Lit- B/A
Advanced Orchestra- A/A
Physical Education - A/A</p>
<p>Sophomore:</p>
<p>Honors Geometry -B/A
Honors Chemistry-B/A
Honors World Studies-A/A
Honors American Lit-A/A
Honors Japanese II- A/A
Physical Education-A/A
H Philharmonic Orchestra-A/A</p>
<p>So far Unweighted GPA: 3.8 out of 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.8 out of 5.0</p>
<p>I thought 2 B's for first semester grades were already bad enough,
until Junior year hit me. I've never received such bad grades in my life.
These are my final first semester grades.</p>
<p>Junior:</p>
<p>Honors Trig- C
Honors Jap III- A
Honors Physics - B
AP Chemistry - B
Honors US history- B
Honors Brit Lit - B
Art - A</p>
<p>Current Unweighted: 3.75
Weighted: 4.65</p>
<p>I've lost all my hope for any prestigious colleges because of that C.
There are so many B's..... this is definitely a big dip in my report card..
Especially it's my junior year, do I even have any chances?</p>
<p>Extracurriculars </p>
<p>Clubs:
Habitat for Humanity (3 years)
Baking Club (2 years)
Key Club- Vice President Co Chair (4 years)
Polish Club (1 year)
National Honors Society (2 years)
Student Council (Div. rep) (1 year)</p>
<p>Community Service:
Rush University Hospital Volunteer (4 years)
Chicago Children's Museum @ Navy Pier Volunteer (3 years)
Teacher/ Assistant teacher for local Korean School (2 years)</p>
<p>Other
-2nd Chair for 1st Violin in Philharmonic Orchestra
-Member of Northside Youth Symphony Orchestra for 8 years, and WY Philharmonic Orchestra for 2 years
-Won awards in various orchestra performances
-100+ service horus
-Received "Principal Scholars" which are given to top academic students above the gpa of 4.0
- Much more I can't think at the top of my head</p>
<p>For Senior year, I programmed for these AP classes:
AP Lang (Comp)
AP Japanese
AP Psychology
AP 2D Studio Art</p>
<p>With AP chem this year, 5 AP's seem to be really few..but we barely had any options Freshmen/Soph year. Is it really not that much?</p>
<p>Fortunately, so far my 2nd semester grades are straight A's and two B's for Trig and Physics. If I bring them up, do I still have hope for any Ivy leagues?</p>
<p>My college priority is location, and I really want to live in California. It is perfect for me, the city/suburban life at the same time.
However this is a problem because I heard Cali rarely admits out of state schools.....IS THERE ANYHOPE FOR A CHICAGOAN?!
I know I want to major psychology, possibly minoring in Film. </p>
<p>Will these be reach schools if I raise my grades?</p>
<p>UC Berkeley
UC Los Angeles
USC
&Standford University (FOR THEIR LOCATION/PSYCH PROGRAM!!)
NYU
Cornell
Princeton
Brown
Dartmouth
Yale
Duke
or any other POSSIBLE Ivy reaches?! Recommendations please!</p>
<p>Oh also my expected ACT is a 30-32.</p>
thanks…</p>