<p>Hello, I am a sophomore in High School, and I was wondering about my chances to make it into Duke, Washington University in St. Louis, and Columbia, as well as other top schools.</p>
<p>I'm planning on going into pre-med, if that's any help.</p>
<p>Details below.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure I won't get a scholarship (I'll list details below), but I might get financial aid since my parents are divorced and I live with a single mother. I'm not quite sure about this stuff, though, and I don't want to end up paying hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of interest later on.</p>
<p>About me:</p>
<p>I'm a sophomore. Our superintendent is a fat self-indulgent twit who needs to die slowly and painfully in a food processor/blender. She doesn't weight our grades. As such, my GPA is around 3.5-6 and I'm ranked about 250 in a class of 1000 (I go to Carmel High School, the largest high school in Indiana. Apparently colleges know about Carmel, but I think that's what the teachers feed to us. Opiate of the masses, eh?).</p>
<p>I play the piano quite well, and the following is a list of the results of piano competitions I've been in since 2000.</p>
<p>(2000) North Carolina Music Teachers Association Junior B Superior
(2002) North Carolina Music Teachers Association Senior A Superior
(2003) CYO First Place
(2003) Carmel Arts Piano Competition Junior Division Honorable Mention
(2004) CYO First Place
(2004) Midwest Conservatory Piano Competition Level 2 Third Place
(2004) Hoosier Audition Junior Division C Regional Second Place
(2004) Carmel Arts Piano Competition Senior Division Third Place
(2004) Matinee Musicale Piano Competition Junior Division Winner
(2004) National Guild Auditions National Ranking
(2004) World Piano Competition (AMSA) Level 8 Third Place
(2005) Matinee Musicale Piano Competition Senior Division Winner
(2005) World Piano Competition (AMSA) Level 10 Solo Honorable Mention
(2005) Hoosier Audition Senior Division C Regional First Place
(2005) National Guild Auditions National Ranking
(2006) Midwest Conservatory Piano Competition Level 3 First Place
(2006) Carmel Arts Piano Competiton - Senior Division - First Place
(2006) Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Competition - Finalist
(2006) IPTA - Second Place
(2006) Matinee Musicale - First place</p>
<p>I'm doing Guild, World Piano Competition, IPTA, etc. again this year. I expect to do well. Guild - Nationals, World Piano Competition (I'm competing in a field of three, so I'll get at least third place) and all the local ones in which I'll get first or second. I don't think the local competition really matters, but the most important ones are Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition and World Piano Competition. I've performed in Carnegie Hall twice as a part of the prize of placing in that.</p>
<p>My schedule/transcript:</p>
<p>Freshman year 1st semester:</p>
<p>H. Algebra II - B-
H. Eng - B
H. Biology - A
Orchestra - A
French II - A-
Health (mandatory) - A
AP. World History - B</p>
<p>GPA: 3.4762</p>
<p>Second semester:</p>
<p>H. Algebra II - B-
H. Eng - B
H. Biology - B+
Orchestra - A
French II - A
PE (mandatory) - A
AP World History - A-</p>
<p>GPA: 3.4872</p>
<p>Sophomore Year first semester:</p>
<p>H. Pre-Calc - B+
H. Eng/Speech - A
H. Chemistry - A
Orchestra - A
French III - A
AP Euro. History - B
AP Computer Science - B+</p>
<p>GPA: 3.6667-</p>
<p>Second semester projected:</p>
<p>H. Pre-Calc - B
H. Eng - B+
H. Chemistry - A-
Orchestra - A
French III - A
AP Euro. History - B+
AP Computer Science - A</p>
<p>Junior Year (full year)</p>
<p>AP Calc BC
AP Eng. Lit.
AP US. History
AP Chemistry
Orchestra
French IV
Biology II: Human Anatomy/Physiology</p>
<p>Senior Year (full year)</p>
<p>Multivariable Calculus (third semester college calculus)
AP Eng
AP Psychology
AP Biology
Orchestra
French V
[no clue]</p>
<p>I'm in French Honor Society as well, not that it matters.</p>
<p>AP Test Scores:</p>
<p>AP World History - 5
AP European History - [4 or 5...took it today and I thought it was pretty easy]</p>
<p>At school, I'm in Science Olympiad, but I haven't really done anything. I suppose I could try to actually do something next year, but oh well.</p>
<p>Projected SATs:</p>
<p>Eng - 750??
Math - 800??
Writing - 750??</p>
<p>I'm not sure which SAT IIs to take.</p>
<p>Anyway, I was just wondering if colleges would get put off by m low GPA. If I were at another school (I would be at East Chapel Hill High School if I didn't move), I would have one of the highest GPAs. But thanks to *****era Underwhore, I'm pretty much screwed in that regard.</p>
<p>Also, can I still send last year's AP exam grades to a different school?</p>
<p>Thanks for reading my post, and thank you in advance.</p>