Hi,
I’m a junior in High School. I have been home schooled since elementary. I take a few courses at the local community college and audit a class or two at a university near my house. At the community college I have a 3.2 GPA as a non-matriculated student. I took my junior year SATs and got a 1740 total (good in CR ok in Writing and not good in Math… though I am trying to improve my math scores). I am the editor of the community college newspaper and a member of a few clubs on campus. I have credits 29 (with 60 needed to graduate). I am an ethnic minority and will require a combination of grants/loans/work/scholarships where ever I apply. I recently applied for a topnotch summer program but was rejected so I plan on spending my summer trying to bolster my standardized test scores- perhaps the ACT? I also was an exchange student to China for 6 months earlier this year which messed up my timing for the PSAT.
I am not sure if I should apply as a transfer (which removes most of my HS transcript) or as a freshman to a 4-year school with my college courses giving me a complete(ish) HS transcript. What are my chances at schools in the Northeast or California? I’ve been aiming for Smith, Mount Holyoke, Trinity, Barnard, UCONN, UMASS Amherst or Cambridge, Wesleyan, Syracuse University, Loyola, a UC, Emerson. What are other good options? Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.