Being the first one in my family to go to university, I need some help creating a realistic list of colleges, especially with the application fees.
Here are my stats:
Freshman year:
Honor-English: Semester 1&2: A and A
Honors-Human Geo: Semester 1&2: A and A
Honors-Physics: Semester 1&2: B and A
Honors-Geometry: Semester 1&2: A and A
Regular-Art: Semester 1&2: A and A
Regular-Spanish: Semester 1&2: A and A
Regular-PE: Semester 1&2: A and B
Sophomore year:
Honors-English: Semester 1&2: A and A
Honors-Spanish: Semester 1&2: A and A
Regular-PE: Semester 1&2: A and A
Regular French: Semester 1&2: A and A
Honors-Chemistry: Semester 1&2: A and A
Honors-History:Semester 1&2: A and A
Honors-Algebra: Semester 1&2: B and B
Honors- Adv Algebra with Trig: A
(Drivers ED: A) If that’s included in GPA…
Junior Year-Full IB Diploma Program (Current):
HL Art: Semester 1: A
SL Biology: Semester 1: B
HL History: Semester 1: A
HL English: Semester 1: A
IB TOK: Semester 1: A
SL Statistics: Semester 1: B
HL (switched to SL by school) Spanish: A
This semester I’m hoping for straight A’s.
EC:
Part-time job----Self-studying French and Japanese (took a college course for Japanese 101, got an A)----Been writing a novel since I was 12 if that counts, lol. I’m joining book club this year.
Summer activities are pretty much the same except I work full-time then, and plan to take another course for Japanese. I’m also going to a conference this summer for IB.
Other: I’m a Hispanic female, first gen, low-income. I suffer from Trichotillomania, and my parents are rather unsupportive of my asexuality. Ummm…here’s my college list I guess. I don’t need a ‘chancing’ rather than just a good slap to reality.
Harvard University (only because of the waiver, otherwise I will not apply)
Duke University
Fordham University
Boston University
Depaul University
U of I (not definitive)
Lawrence University (not definitive)
University of Chicago
Cornell University
Current rank: 6
Freshman+Sophomore GPA (definitely gone down due to Junior Semester 1’s 2 B’s) Weighted GPA: 4.4828////Unweighted: 3.8276
Please, I know a lot of my choices are reaches, so please be honest of my…chances and expectations. Thank you!