<p>Hey guys I will keep this post as short as possible. My grades have been steadily rising through high school and I had a really good last tri of junior year, but did terrible in Algebra 2(got B, C and B-); how does this affect my chances? I honestly did not know how college admissions worked until 2nd tri of junior year (I thought we applied at the end of senior year), should I explain this in my essay?</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): NA
[</em>] ACT:30
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3 slight upward trend, will have a 3.8+ gpa last tri of senior year. Does this help? Last tri of Junior year I got a 3.56 because of that B-(had 4 A-'s and 1 A)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): IDK but probably lower than top 25%</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): Took 5 or 6 Aps. Did not take tests</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Course Load: 3 Aps 1 Honors(senior), I always had at least 3/6 honors or AP classes and I think the max is 4. I didn't have more because of scheduling issues with French</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Did not do anything with my school but I did stuff on my own. </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: I started a business selling WOW and game gold in 9th grade and ran it until 10th grade. I made $300 but that helped fuel my passion for business. I have had a job since 11th grade working as a freelancer doing Reputation Management and have made 1k+ for myself. Recently started my own Reputation Management company am on track to generate $30k a year</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 0
[</em>] Summer Activities: Went to Togo for 2 months
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both teachers liked me. 1 from Honors and 1 from Geometry teacher
[li] Counselor Rec: Do I need one? If so, probably generic</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MN
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public, Average
[</em>] Ethnicity: Black born in Togo
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: Probably less than $40k for family of 6
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Strengths: I am really passionate about business and money but I didn't always make school my top priority. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Most of it was because I didn't know how important grades were and did not make the best use of my resources. I thought just get As and Bs and I would be OK. I didn't know that a B- was different from a B+ GPA wise.</p>