<p>Guys I am a junior at a high school in MS. I am a minority and just arrived at US my sophomore year. I did not know a lot about AP classes and other stuffs from which i could get a scholarship. Now when I do its already late but i have told my counselor that I want to take AP classes my senior year. I want to go to a 4 year college with a scholarship. So could you guys please help me what i can improve in a year so that i would atleast get a scholarship.</p>
<p>Did you take any SAT/ACT?</p>
<p>I took ACT and since i didn’t know what it looked like I got a 24 which i later knew it is really not that good so i am working on it now…
What else should i do??</p>
<p>Any extra-curricular? Leadership positions? </p>
<p>Ask yourself, WHY should colleges give you scholarship over other admitted applicants.</p>
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<p>24 on ACT is pretty low btw.</p>
<p>Well until now I have a 4.0 GPA on a 4 scale which has only 1 accelerated class (ACC.) and I do play soccer. I have some amount of community service hours. I am destined to be a MS Scholar when i graduate in 2015… I have no in-school or out school suspensions if that counts and I don’t have a referral. I am ranked top 15 in my graduating class.</p>
<p>Gotta get those test scores up. If you have a low family income, scholarships should grow on trees for you.</p>
<p>@Mandalorian what would be the ideal score that I should be targeting…</p>
<p>Sat 2000+ act 30+</p>