do I have a shot at smith?

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<p>I got to a public high school, that usually sends maybe 2 or 3 kids to top schools every year.
My SAT scores are decent, but my math isn't great.
CR- 720
W- 630
M- 590
I definately plan on retaking them one more time and doing much better in writing and math.
On the ACT I got a 28. (also retaking for a 30+ hopefully)</p>

<p>freshman year
GPA- 3.8
weighted- 4.2</p>

<p>sophomore year
GPA- 3.8
weighted- 4.2</p>

<p>junior year
GPA- 4.0
weighted- 4.5
rank- 30ish out of 280 (it will improve after the first quarter of my senior year)</p>

<p>My one concern is that my school does not offer any honors courses and very few AP's, so my courseload isn't that challenging compared to other schools, but I did take every advanced course I could. (Trig, AP Euro, Spanish 4, etc.)
I took 3 AP tests, 2 were self studied.
Euro History- 3
American History- 3
U.S. government and politics- 4</p>

<p>I took two classes at wilkes university and I will be in dual enrollment during my senior year as well.
I took psychology and governments of the world and got a 4.0 in both.</p>

<p>EC's
I began and I am the president of the Young Democrats Club at my school.
Diversity Club
Newspaper columnist
Literary Magazine
Speech and Debate</p>

<p>other honors and activities:
member of the national junior honor society
AP scholar
organized a voter registration drive at my school
volunteer at my church all the time
volunteer at the library twice a week
etc.
I'm not going to list absolutely everything because I think you get the jist. I'm thinking of taking the politically active angle. I want to major in political science/international studies, so I wanted to emphasis how active I am in my community as far as campaigning for specific candidates and writing editorials.</p>

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<p>Go ahead and apply! While no one can predict admissions decisions, and I don’t know much about the Smith admissions process, IMO you look like a qualified and interesting applicant. </p>

<p>Smith no longer requires SAT or ACT scores for US applicants. If you apply online, it's free. Nothing to lose!</p>

<p>And, Smith is wonderful. Here are some facts: <a href="http://www.smith.edu/collegerelation...Smith-0414.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.smith.edu/collegerelation...Smith-0414.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Integrity- that link is no longer available on the smith website!</p>

<p>Claire- make sure you make good use of that optional supplement available on the common application. You can get a lot of that community involvement and maybe even a few editorial samples into that attachment.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Don't worry about not taking a lot of honors or AP courses if your school doesn't offer them. That's only a concern if your school did offer them and you didn't take advantage of them. You aren't penalized for going to a school without them.</p>

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<p>synergy928, thank you for pointing out the broken link. Here it is again:
<a href="http://www.smith.edu/collegerelations/SpeakingofSmith-0414.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.smith.edu/collegerelations/SpeakingofSmith-0414.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>