chance please! =]

<p>Rising Senior
White, Male.
From East Lansing, Michigan; Moved here during summer 2010, lived in Newtown, Connecticut for ten years before that
Newtown High School-CT(pretty highly rated public high school) 9th-10th Grades
Lansing Catholic High School-MI- 11th-12th Grades
ACT: 34 (35-science, 34-math, 34-reading, 31-english)
i took the SAT subject tests in Biology and Math 1 and im awaiting my results
GPA-4.0 (on a 4.0 scale)
Class Rank-1st out of about 120. (at my old high school i was about 4th out of 400)</p>

<p>Here are my classes/grades:
Note: My school doesn't give A+'s, but my average percentile score in all classes for the past three years is about a 97%
Freshman Year
Honors Western Studies 1&2 (A)
Honors Geometry (A)(I took Algebra 1 in 8th grade and also got an A)
Honors French 2 (A)(took french 1 in middle school and also got an A)
Honors Biology (A)
Business Education 1&2 (A)
PE/Health 9th (A)
Honors English 1 (A)
Honors Asian Studies (A)</p>

<p>Sophomore Year
Honors Algebra 2 (A)
Honors English 2 (A)
Honors Chemistry (A)
Honors Physics (A)
PE/Health 10th (A)
Weight Training (A)
Honors French 3 (A)
Honors Sociology (A)</p>

<p>Then I switched schools and there were alot of complications. My old school had about 20 AP's, i was going to take around 11 over junior and senior year(there were no sophomore AP's), but my new school only has 6 AP's total. and only 1 is offered to juniors. Also they don't have honors world language courses at my new school and now I have to take theology as well.</p>

<p>Junior Year
AP Biology-(A, still awaiting test results, I am fairly confident I got a 4/5)
French 3(A-I was forced to retake this because the new school doesnt have french 5 or AP french, and I wanted to take french every year in high school)
Church History(A)
Christian Justice (A)
Honors US History(A)
Speech (A-a required freshman level course I had to take)
Honors British Literature (A)
Honors Trigonometry/Precalculus(A)</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule
AP Calc (AB, all that's offered)
AP Gov
AP English Lit
Honors Philosophy and Theology
French 4
Intro to Art and Digital Photography(I had to take an art credit)</p>

<p>So out of the 6 AP's my school offers, one is Spanish which I don't have the option of taking, and the only one that I didn't take that I could have was AP Environmental. Science is my strongest interest and subject, even though I will not be able to take it senior year. I still have 4 full year science credits because sophomore year I doubled up.</p>

<p>EC's:
Volunteerism: 106 total volunteer hours during high school(so far), including helping at nursing homes, food drives, Relay for Life fundraising, and helping at school-sponsored events such as freshman orientation and at the school store.</p>

<p>Jobs: Paid tutoring, Server at a Restaurant, Unpaid Internship at the Michigan House of Representatives(this summer)</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities List:
• Freshman Class Vice President
• Freshman Boys Soccer Team
• Indoor Track Team (9th-10th Grades)
• High School Tennis Team (9th Grade)
• USTA tennis team and private tennis lessons (9th-10th Grades)
• School Store Employee at Newtown High School (10th Grade)
• Cross Country Team (11th-12th Grades)
• Winter Running Club (11th-12th Grades)
• Outdoor Track Team (11th-12th Grades)
• French Club (11th-12th Grades)
• Relay For Life Committee and Team Member (9th-12th Grades)
• Summer Running (9th-12th Grades)
• Babysitting (9th-12th Grades)
Student Senate President (12th Grade)
Special Awards:
Highest Grade in AP Biology, Theology, and Honors Precalc(all during 11th grade)
A bunch of academic all conference awards for track, xc, and tennis</p>

<p>I feel like my ECs are a little weak and I'm scared that transferring halfway through high school with the different class offerings and only taking 4 APs will hurt me.</p>

<p>You should have a solid application.
I posted on your other thread – now I see the entire picture.</p>

<p>Solid scores, Excellent grades.</p>

<p>One thing that you should discuss with your Guidance Counselor, is how to present the fact that you moved mid-year. Doing that and managing to keep up an excellent scholastic record is an accomplishment and should be highlighted by someone (I don’t know whether this is best from the GC or you in your essays).</p>

<p>ECs – probably won’t stand out much one way or the other. Is there one activity that is your passion in life. If so, it’s a good thing to write about.</p>

<p>APs – Don’t worry that you’ve only taken 4. You’ve taken a challenging course load throughout, you probably won’t be hurt here.</p>

<p>Overall – my (uninformed) guess is that you have a better than average shot.</p>

<p>Thanks! I was thinking about writing my essay about the struggles and benefits of moving halfway through high school (one of them being it gives a good essay topic lol). The only real EC i would call a passion right now is running, but I havn’t really gotten into it until junior year, even though I do care a lot about it, I don’t think it looks good to have a passion you only were seriously committed to during the second half of high school.</p>