Chance me for Maryland- Business

<p>Chance me for Maryland-College Park </p>

<p>Gender: Male
Ethinicity: Black/African-American(Nigerian to be exact)
Income: Not too sure but I know my parents can pay full tuition
Major: Business</p>

<p>I currently attend the best public school in MD and it is also #56 in the nation (according to USNEWS). </p>

<p>VERY Competitive school</p>

<p>GPA: UW: 3.1 W: 3.5
Big upward trend 9th: 2.46 10th: 3.0 11th: 3.8</p>

<p>Freshman year- School I went to didn't offer honors courses for Freshmen</p>

<p>Sophomore year- 1st semester: 1 AP 2 Honors classes 2nd semester: 3 Honors classes</p>

<p>Junior year- 2 APs( AP psych(5) and AP Comparative Government(5)) 3 Honors classes.</p>

<p>Senior year schedule- APUSH, APES, AP Human Geography, Honors English 12, Honors French 3, Honors Calculus, Global Issues(elective)</p>

<p>SAT: 1680
ACT: 26</p>

<p>I honestly suck at standardized tests. </p>

<p>Recs: I'm sure they'll be good, idk if they really matter that much but my counselor said she would explain my freshman grades(I also explained them in my essays).</p>

<p>Essay:teachers and counselor said they were really good. </p>

<p>ECs-
Track and Field- 9/10/11/12
Tech Crew- 9
World Bank Teen Summer Internship Program- 11
Cornell Economics for Leadership program- 11
Muslim Student Alliance- 11/12
Black Student Alliance- 10/11/12
Rockettree Club- 11
Sent Children's books to a school in Nigeria- 11
Volunteered at the Department of Health and Human Services of my County- 10. around 74 hours
Volunteered at Clothing center- 32 Hours
Tutored Middle Schoolers- 8 or 10 hours
Assisted in Elementary school basketball activities- Around 20 hours</p>

<p>I will probably have 150 hours+ when applying. </p>

<p>Awards-
Won a grade improvement/book award at my school(Kappa Alpha Psi book award, I got a kindle )- 11
Won an African American award (non-school)
Won $250 in scholarship money (African American award) also non-school based
I've won a few Track awards (I do triple jump, i'm not very competitive but I've still won a few awards in events)</p>

<p>I've already gotten into perfectly good business schools(Fisher-OSU Smeal- PSU) so be as harsh as you would like. I just want to know if I have some in-state security. Thanks and HAPPY NEW YEAR!</p>