I’m a Junior
Looking to go to: George Washington, BC, BU, American(as a sort of safety?), UChicago (reach? I know their acceptance is pretty random due to the "uncommon application)
Stats:
GPA: ~3.5 unweighted, ~4.0 weighted, these will hopefully be a bit higher by the end of first semester Senior year.
PSAT: 130 on Math and Verbal overall, 66 on verbal, 64 on math (This was kind of rushed though, only taken for AP Lang as an assignment)
ACT: Taking in June
SAT: Taking in June
Classes this year:
AP Psychology (A’s)
AP US History (A’s)
AP English Language & Comp. (A’s)
Precalculus Honors (C’s - ouch)
Physics Honors (A’s and B’s)
Debate VI Honors (A’s)
Government Honors (A’s)
Extra-Curric:
Debate Team (~325 NFL Points…for those who know what those are), this is my passion, I’ve competed in 5 different event categories as well, and placed in 3 of them (Student Congres, Oral Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, Public Forum, Policy)
President of Debate
VP of Law Club
Mock Trial Team
Social Studies Honor Society
JETS
Community Service: Look to be a Counselor at local summer camp, should get ~100 Hours
Work: Public Library (20 Hours/Week)
Lineage: Cornell(Great Uncle), Georgetown(Grandfather and Uncle), Penn State(Great Uncle - head of Gerantology)
Background: Single-Parent Home, Dad pays no child support, etc. Roman Catholic, Irish-Italian, Public School in Florida
Looking to major: Poli. Sci., Government, Political Media
Minor: Journalism/Psych
Courses for Senior year:
AP Euro
AP US Gov
AP Microeconomics
AP Environmental Sci
AP Lit
AP Stats
Debate VIII Honors
Probably going to take AP World and Comparative Gov. exams for the heck of it as well
My top school is U of Chicago, but I don’t have that much of a shot, it’s clearly a long reach for me. I was curious though, since BC and Chicago have non-binding ED, or is it EA should I go for them, since they’re the toughest schools I’m applying to, or should I apply ED to GWU (where you’re locked in) which is my top school in a more realistic light, lol. Any help or insight on this matter would be greatly appreciated.