<p>7 AP: Biology, Calculus AB, Spanish, Statistics, Environmental Science, US History, US Gov & Pol</p>
<p>SAT: 1890
I plan to take SAT Subject tests in Biology, Math I, and Spanish.</p>
<p>Student Council: Jr. Officer (I hope to become president).
Interact Club (service organization): I plan to have a leadership position next year.
Cross country running.
Volunteer at my local public library: 100-150 hours.
I tutor other students in Spanish (I don't have a log of hours)</p>
<p>I work around 10 hours a week in a part time job.</p>
<p>My school is very poor. It's in rural western North Carolina. My parents are divorced, and my mom who I live with has a very low income (under $10,000). There are not a lot of opportunities.</p>
<p>What do you think my chances are? Be honest! :)</p>
<p>Also, would it be a good idea to start a club at school? I was thinking about a Gay-Straight Alliance. LGBT students in my area are not accepted, including myself.</p>
<p>I agree that my school is very poor.
I made a 1710 on my SAT as a sophomore, and I managed to bring it up 180 points in one year. Is it possible that I could reach 2000 by next fall?</p>
<p>I feel like this is one of the major things that is holding me back.</p>
<p>Your rank is, of course, exceptional, and your AP load isn’t so bad considering the size of your school. I’d have a guidance counselor write a letter of rec explaining certain aspects of your financial situation and the lesser opportunities your school has provided you. The only blow is your SAT score, which is understandable since you describe a situation where its financial difficult to make stuff like SATs possible (just as a tip, many libraries have SAT/AP prep books).</p>
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<p>DO THIS. This will make an AWESOME essay and help with any cruel discrimination you and many others may face. I’d consider going online and finding other national organizations on LBGT rights and volunteering with them. This may be the thing that makes your app while further ‘advancing’ yourself in still conservative communities.</p>
<p>Thanks I contacted one of my favorite teachers today about starting the club, and I asked her if she would be a sponsor. She recognizes like I do that starting a club as controversial as a GSA in a deeply conservative area could start a fight with the administration, the school board, and the community.
She thinks that it would be a wonderful addition to our school, but she scared of the fallout that will certainly follow.
But isn’t that the best reason to start the club in the first place? To spread awareness and promote tolerance.</p>
<p>@fhm101
I think you should definitely start a GSA club at your school. Be warned though, for I’m also in North Carolina, and someone started a GSA at my school. Our community is mostly conservative, so things got completely out of control, with LGBT students getting threatened, the whole story appeared on the local news multiple times, and one student went as far as pulling down a GSA poster and then proceded to urinating on it.</p>
I contacted one of my favorite teachers today about starting the club, and I asked her if she would be a sponsor. She recognizes like I do that starting a club as controversial as a GSA in a deeply conservative area could start a fight with the administration, the school board, and the community.