Hi! I’m a junior in high school and I’ve made my list of schools that I will be applying to in my home state of Virginia:
Virginia Tech
University of Virginia
University of Mary Washington
George Mason University
James Madison University
Washington and Lee University
Radford University (safe school)
College of William and Mary
I currently have a 3.86 GPA, but I’m expecting to graduate with a 3.9 at the very least. I’m also in the top 10% of my class. I’m actually taking the SAT tomorrow, so I obviously don’t have any scores yet on those.
Here are the classes I have taken so far and the classes I will take senior year:
Freshman year:
Latin I
Algebra II
English 9 Honors
Earth Science Honors
World History I Honors
Art I
PE 9
Econ and Per Finance
Sophomore year:
Latin II
Trigonometry Honors
World History II Honors
Art II
Graphic Design
English 10 Honors
Biology Honors
PE 10
Junior year:
AP Literature
AP US History
Art III
Latin III
Photography
Chemistry Honors
Senior year:
DE English
DE Government
Physics Honors
The second semester of senior year, I will be enrolled in a program called First College, where I take classes at my local community college and earn transferable credits.
Extracurriculars, Activities, etc.:
Residential Governor’s School (A summer state program that selects 200 students in Virginia to attend Radford University for a month and take classes. It’s very selective and, as my counselor told me, very prestigious.)
National Honor Society
National English Honor Society
National Art Honor Society
Placed 2nd in the Virginia High School League Film Festival in both 2015 and 2016
Animation Club (2 years)
P.A.W.S Club (A club that helps cats, dogs, and other domestic animals) (3 years)
Recycling Club (3 years)
Junior Marshal (A privilege that is rewarded to juniors with a 3.5 GPA or above)
Artwork published in the Virginia Art Education Association magazine Winter 2017 edition
Currently serving on the 2018 class committee (I help coordinate graduation and prom)
Artwork submitted at the Hampton Roads Student Gallery, which received an honorary mention out of 400 other submissions and was put on display at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art.
Volunteer work at my local elementary school.
I feel as if my GPA is decent, but I’m extremely concerned with my classes. My school offers three AP classes and I only take two. Calculus would’ve been disastrous for me, considering I earned a C+ in Trigonometry, which still haunts me to this day. That single grade alone is what is giving me worries about schools accepting me, even though I’m going to major in Political Science with a minor in History. So I definitely won’t be going into any math-related fields. I’ve made all A’s and B’s in my other classes though. To me, it seems as if UVA and William and Mary are stretch schools, and William and Mary is on the bottom of my list. I absolutely love Virginia Tech and it’s by far my most favorite out of those on my list. Same goes for Mary Washington, James Madison, and UVA.
Thoughts?