Help a sophomore out?

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>It's probably too early to make an actual "chance me" thread, but I just want to make sure that I'm taking the right steps.</p>

<p>Schools:
George Washington (ED)
American
Columbia
NYU
Georgetown
Tufts
Boston U</p>

<p>Gender: Female
State: VA
Ethnicity: URM, African-American (Ethiopian)
GPA: 4.2
Rank: school doesn't rank underclassmen
High school: the one from "Remember the Titans"...yep, that's my school
Intended major: International Affairs, concentration/minor in Asian Studies where possible</p>

<p>Freshman year:
-Spanish 3
-Pre-AP (Honors) World Civilizations
-English 9 Honors
-Art 1
-Geometry
-Chemistry
-Chinese 2</p>

<p>Sophomore year:
-English 10 Honors
-AP World History
-AP Spanish 5
-Algebra 2/Trig
-Chinese 3
-German 1
-Biology Honors
-25th Hour PE/Drivers' Ed (Driver's Ed was taken early in the morning, Health is online, we're given a heart rate monitor for PE and we have to exercise on our own time)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-Modern dance (since 2001)
-Secretary of Superintendent's Student Leadership Committee (9, 10)
-Model UN (10)
-German Club (10)
-Confucius Institute Chinese Summer Bridge program (summer 2011)
-Junior Science and Humanities Symposium at Georgetown University (9)</p>

<p>Misc.:
-Speaks Amharic, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese (working on German; self-studying Swedish)
-Extensive travel experience; visited South Africa, Germany, China, Sweden, UAE, Lesotho, Thailand, Spain, Netherlands, Ethiopia, among others</p>

<p>**My school doesn't let freshmen take any AP classes, and sophomores can only take one AP class (I was able to skip Spanish 4 because I've taken Spanish classes since kindergarten). Freshmen couldn't participate in most non-athletic activities; the SSLC was one of the few exceptions.</p>

<p>Not sure whether I would be a first-generation college student, as my mum went to college but my dad didn't.</p>

<p>I know I probably won't get into Tufts/NYU/Columbia/Boston/GTown but it's nice to try, I guess...(but not very nice to read all the rejection letters...!)</p>

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<p>b-b-b-bump</p>

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<p>seriously?

  1. you can’t chance someone on less than half of their high school career. who knows what’ll happen
  2. you should clearly be aware that at this rate you’re fine, so quit showing off.
  3. your a sophomore, stop worrying.</p>
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<p>Well…I’m a sophmore too and you make me look like dumbass…anyway with all your courses and ect you can get in those schools easily. Keep doing what ur doing</p>

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<p>Hmmm… what frivolity is this?! Try again late junior year or senior year. ljn3110 is right, you’re doing fine. Stop being modest, it’s obvious that you have potential…</p>

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<p>@ljn3110: Note that I clearly stated at the top of my post, “It’s probably too early to make an actual “chance me” thread, but I just want to make sure that I’m taking the right steps.” This isn’t a “chance me”, it’s just “am I doing okay so far?” Also *you’re</p>

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<p>why are you taking 3 foreign languages lol</p>

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<p>@ibworldstudent: I like languages. Also, I want to work as a FSO so I need all the foreign language experience I can get.</p>

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<p>I’ve always wondered, does your football team still do the whole “we are the titans” thing? With the dance and everything? Is the film required viewing at your school?</p>

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<p>@watchmesoar: I don’t know if our team does it at games, because I don’t go to games. But we do it at pep-rallies and stuff, as far as I know. We even did it at VAMUN because we won Best Small Delegation, haha :smiley: And yes, the film is pretty much required viewing. Usually they show it in the middle schools. If a teacher was absent and didn’t leave any work, we ended up watching Remember The Titans. I’ve seen it over 25 times.</p>

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<p>OH.MY.GOSH. sophOmore*!</p>

<p>That happened about 897465456465 times in this thread.</p>

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<p>You’re looking great so far :)</p>