<p>I am a sophomore in High School and my guidance counselor told me to start looking this summer.
I have a 96.5 GPA, which will definitely go up next year a lot.
I have been in all honors classes so far and my schedule for next year is AP History, AP English, AP Psychology, Honors Constitutional Law, Honors Spanish, Honors PreCalc, and Physics.
I am in Current Events Club, Science Club, 3D Design Club, and have played volleyball as a freshman and sophomore.
Volunteer: I volunteer at Ramapo College of New Jersey by working in their gardens, I volunteer at the center for food action, and starting next year I am doing "homework helpers" at my public library for at least 3 hours/week.</p>
<p>I want to be an American history teacher (my favorite is colonial history) and here are some of the colleges I have shown interest in...
The College of William and Mary
American University
Carnegie Mellon
University of Delaware
George Mason
George Washington University
Gettysburg College
James Madison University
Johns Hopkins University
Lafayette
Lehigh
University of Mary Washington
Messiah College
Penn State
University of Richmond
Roanoke College
SUNY Stony Brook
Union College
Washington and Lee University
(Please tell me which would be good for me, which are too hard/easy to get into)</p>
<p>Until you get your SAT/ACT scores it is hard to make a real college list. For now what you have certainly looks reasonable. But with Penn State (huge state school) to GW (urban) to Union (small LAC) you really have a wide range of types of schools on your list, which is fine for now. But if you do look at colleges this summer (I prefer to look at schools while they are in session), I’d focus in more on the type of school you might like (large/small, rural/urban etc.) more than anything else and then you can focus in more on specific schools when you get your standardized test scores back. Good luck.</p>
<p>Yes, I completely understand what you are saying. I would love to go to a college that has the country-feel, but I feel like DC would provide so many great opportunities. With small schools, I really like being known by name, but again, large school provide more opportunities, so as of right now, I am very flexible with my choices.</p>
<p>Checking to see which colleges offer teaching certification in history is a good place to start. I’m fairly certain Hopkins doesn’t, and some of the others may not either.</p>
<p>I’m not sure where you could or couldn’t get in, but I’d rule out colleges that don’t fit your major. For example, Lehigh is known first for engineering, then for business, so you might want to cross it out. Carnegie Mellon doesn’t seem to be big in teaching/history either, as their most competitive program is the School of Computer Science, followed probably by musical theater. My friend wants to be a teacher and people have told her that Millersville turns out lots of teachers–probably at least half of the students there want to teach something. I don’t know what the requirements are there, but it might help you to check them out.</p>
<p>Thank you so much! Many of the most famous schools are not known for their history programs specifically, so is it better to go to a well-known school, or one that specializes in history?</p>