<p>Currently a junior in Virginia at IB school</p>
<p>intended major: double major of journalism and either political science or business</p>
<p>GPA: 4.26 weighted, about 3.96 unweighted (4.0 scale)</p>
<p>Freshman/sophomore year: all honors, all A's plus one AP Gov course (5 on exam--only AP school offers)</p>
<p>Junior year: all A's first semester except A- in IB Math SL I. Not doing full IB diploma
Rest on schedule is:
IB HOA
IB English HL I
IB French I
IB Business and Management SL (will take IB exam in May)
IB Physics I
Journalism 3</p>
<p>Senior year courses:
IB 20th Century Topics HL
IB English HL II
IB French SL II
IB Math Studies SL
IB Business and Management HL
IB Biology SL
Journalism 4</p>
<p>SAT: 570 CR, 680 M and W (9 essay), retaking in March
ACT: took in February, will know results soon (projected 28-think I did better though)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Newspaper: all 4 years, held positions of staff writer (9), copy editor (10), opinion editor (11), and will be editor senior year (highest position)
NHS and French Honor Society member
Tutor elementary school every Saturday for two hours
Camp counselor every summer
Mentor to freshman once a month during school
Newseum Student Advisory Team Member (30 students selected via application, meet bi-monthly to provide input to improve museum experience for teens, also student ambassadors)
Won 1st place ribbon at school science fairs freshman/junior year (freshman year-advanced to regionals and received second place...junior year-regionals occur in 3 weeks, but was 2nd overall in group of 25 first place winners)</p>
<p>Schools:
UNC at Chapel Hill
Penn State-University Park
University of Texas at Austin
Virginia Tech
George Washington University
American University
James Madison University</p>
<p>Possibly University of Miami or UF too. Please give me other colleges to look into too! Thanks!</p>
answer me please!</p>