<p>I'm still a junior in high school and my freshman and sophmore years weren't too great. I started out my freshman year with all regular classes, and no honors</p>
<p>R= Regular
H = Honors</p>
<p>ENGLISH 9R: 91
Social Study 9R: 93
Math B-1: 91
Earth Science R: 93
Spanish II: 86
PC/A Cert.: 92
Health 9: 86</p>
<p>Sophomore year I moved up to honors, and that had a devastating effect:</p>
<p>English 10H: 86
Social Study 9R: 95
Math B-II H: 85
Biology H: 81 (guess science isnt my thing)
Research Mthds: 88
Spanish III: 88
Career/Finance: 95
Business/Marketing Planning: 94</p>
<p>Cumulative GPA up to this point: 89.3</p>
<p>However, this year (junior) not only has my course load been heavy, but I've shown improvements in all of my subjects. Keep in mind these are only for the 1st two quarters.</p>
<p>AP Eng: A-
AP U.S.: A-
PreCalc H: A
Chemistry R: A
Spanish IV: A
Ceramics: A
College Marketing: A+ (final) ½ year course
Photo: A- (final) ½ year course
Health 11: A+ (final) ½ year course</p>
<p>I'm hoping to get A's/A+'s in my classes in all of my classes by the end of the year, and if i do that, my average will raise to about a 90-91. And I know that senior year grades dont count in the overall GPA/average, but lets just say I continue to excel in my classes and get A's/B+'s in all of them:</p>
<p>AP Calc AB
AP Economics
AP Psych
AP Science (havent decided yet)
English: Creative Writing/Shakespear (½ year Electives)
Language: I'll have taken the Spanish regents by the end of junior year, so would I be better off continuing to take an advanced Spanish course or start a different language course like Chinese?</p>
<p>SAT I: 2250
SAT II: Bio - 660, Math II - 740</p>
<p>EC's:
- Varsity Football Captain
- Varsity Spring/Winter Track Captain
- Volunteer at Hospital 100+ Hours
- Church Volunteer since 8th grade :Youth Group Pres., head of altar serving
- Volunteer Work at charity organization
- Student Council BCG Representative
- Clubs: Key Club
- Work Experience: Tutoring since 10th grade
- I'm also planning to take part in a missions trip with my church</p>
<p>Awards:
- School Quality of Life Award
- Church Grant/Scholarship (for active participation)</p>
<p>Assuming that I write good essays (I've been told by many that my essays were good) and I already have an idea of which teachers I will be asking to write my recommendations because they have been known to write very good ones, what are my chances of getting accepted into my reach schools of BC, UPenn, and Dartmouth? </p>
<p>I know that even if i do get that 90-91 by the end of this year, my GPA will not be as high as it should be but would the fact that I improved tremendously SOMEWHAT "offset" the fact that I didn't do as well freshman/sophomore year? I've really gotten into the right mindset and have gotten serious about my studies. Also, could this potentially be a good essay topic in your opinion?</p>