I’m currently a sophomore and have already pretty much made up my mind about my top choice schools (BU and NYU). I was hoping someone could tell me if, with what I’ve accomplished so far, I’m on a good track to get in to either school.
-GPA: 3.938 (unweighted), by the end of this school year I should have around a 4.1, weighted
-Top 20% of my high school class. I attend a notoriously rigorous arts magnet school in Atlanta, so I was wondering if colleges will take this into consideration when looking at my class rank and GPA.
-No SAT and ACT scores yet
-I plan to have taken 7 or 8 of the 8 AP classes available to me by the time I graduate
-School Year Extracurricular:
-Mock trial 9-12th, 6 hrs a week, 5 months out of the school year
-Fall, winter, and spring school theatre productions + thespian activities 9-12th, 3 and a half hours a week
-Gay Straight Alliance- 9-12th, 1 hr and a half each week
-newsaper, 9th only, I was elected by the club as editor beginning my sophomore year, but the club was disbanded and made a class instead by my principal.
-SGA (elected as treasurer of my class)- 10th-?, 1 hr a week
-screenwriting + running my film blog- 10th-12th, 1 to 2 hrs a week, could I even include this? It’s something I’m very passionate about and enjoy doing
-church youth group/choir- 9-12th, 4 hrs a week
-more minor things- social media club, beta club, history club (all 30 min a week)
Summer activities
-3 week choir intensive, 9 and 10th grade, 6 hour days
-pool management (payed job) 15 hrs a week, all summer
-this upcoming summer I will hopefully be attending a 4 week social studies program I was nominated for that takes place at Valdosta State University as a part of “Governor’s Honors Program” It is highly selective, so I have my fingers crossed
-interning for my dad at Crazy Legs Production Company, 10 hrs a week (nonfiction tv company)
-working at Regal Theaters (15 hrs a week, preferably)
Please tell me what you think!
FYI: other schools I’m considering include USC, DePaul, and Emerson, so if you know anything about their stats too, let me know!