Ok, so this may be a little long because there’s a lot of details involved, here it goes…
I am currently a junior in high school, and I am in-state. I attend a school that’s been nationally recognized by many college magazines and such, so I think it is safe to say that it’s top 10% in the country (at least that what’s our school says it is…).
In my freshmen year, I didn’t do so bad, nor did I excel in any field in particular. Here are my first semester grades:
Spanish II = B
English 9 = A
Honors Geometry = C
Physical Education (this was actually like a normal class because we had written tests and assignments, it wasn’t just running in the gym or anything) = A
Economics = A
Biology = A
AVID (A college-prep class) = A
Second Semester grades:
Spanish II= B
English 9: A
Honors Geometry = C
Entrepreneurship = A
Civics = A
Biology = A
AVID = A
As you can tell, my math grades were poor for both the first and second semester. I have never been good with math, and the same thing applied to geometry. I tried very hard, just couldn’t get a grasp on it.
Now, sophomore year, some personal things in my life started to come into effect. At the beginning of the year, I found out that I had an eating disorder. I’m not going to get into detail, but I’ll just say that I am all OK now. Thank goodness. However, because of this, my grades (in certain classes) dipped.
First semester (sophomore year)
Food prep = A
Honors American Literature = B
American History (AP) = A
AVID = A
Honors Chemistry = C
Honors Algebra II = D
Spanish III = D
I know. You’re probably looking at those grades and are probably chuckling, saying “ha, he’s cute… No way he’ll get into a top school like UM”. However, I cannot stress enough that the physical and mental problems I faced were very high. Now, as I mentioned earlier, I recovered from my sickness, i’d say in Early February. I’m glad I did, because my grades probably would’ve gotten worse. I took charge second semester and earned the following:
Semester 2:
Human Health and study of the organs = A
Honors American Lit = B
American History = A
Honors Algebra II = A
Spanish III = B
AVID = A
Honors Chem = B
I showed major improvement, really know doubt about it. As a junior now, here are my grades (so far):
Semester one:
AP US Government and Politics: A
AP World History: A
Honors World Literature: A
Intermediate programming (tested out of basic programming) : A
Pre Calc: B
Physics: B
Accounting/market business: A
I am very confident that these grades will stick until the end of the semester, which is in a month. For senior year, I project taking the following classes, at least for the first semester… Haven’t decided on second semester yet.
AP Computer science
AP English Literature
AP Environmental Science
AP Statistics
Global Studies of Gender
Points Of View (English Class)
Ok, so here are my extracurriculars:
Baseball: Freshmen and Junior Varsity (tried out for varsity, didn’t get in). I also play an intramural league in the summer
Track and Field: Varsity
Law club: Executive board member, serve as an attorney at a thing called “teen court”, which is a REAL court for teenagers convicted of a felony. I’d do some research on it because it’s pretty cool!
Spanish culture club: Member
Followers of Christ Club: Member
Volunteer: I have over 100 hours and counting at a food bank which serves homeless citizens of downtown Detroit. Doing this has taught me a lot about people, and most importantly, life.
I also assist in teaching First Holy Communion Class at my church. I’ve been doing this for about five years.
Test scores:
ACT: 30. Got this on my first attempt. Going for a 32+.
SAT: 2005. Not going to retake this unless I really feel the urge to. I’m happy with this score.
That wraps it up. I’m not going to start telling you how much I want to go to UM and all that crap… But all i’m going to say is that it’s my number one school. I have relatives who have gone there, but I am not a direct legacy child.
Thank you in advance!