<p>Hello, everyone on CC. I am a junior in high school and have been doing a search and research on colleges for the past month or two.Here are my stats so far:</p>
<p>G.P.A: 3.669 I know it really sucks. I'm trying my best to bring my grades up to some higher stats.</p>
<p>Courses: I have already taken AP U.S. History, and am currently taking honors and AP classes this year. </p>
<p>PSAT: I have low scores right now, so bare with me ( Reading: 520; Mathematics: 560; Writing 510) I know there terrible, but Ill try harder on the SAT and/or ACT.</p>
<p>Extracurricular: Here is where I know I fail. The only notable extracurricular I have taken are tennis and orchestra. I have a job after school(I work at Burger King) that I have to do and I have much time already taken up. Also, our school is not the best in funding at the moment( we may have to cut costs by firing some teachers; this means that AP classes can go from 20-30 people in classes an hour to 40-50. I'm so ****ed)</p>
<p>Honors/Awards:
A Honor Roll
Star Student in Human Medical Biology
Overall best student in French 2
Student of the trimester in French 3
(Not that much compared to most people, I know)</p>
<p>A little Bio: I am an African American who lives in Minnesota. My family is of low income( I live in single parent household with me, my mom, brother, and grandmother.) Also, I qualify for free lunch. The school I attend is not the worst, but in no way I would call it the best in academics( In sports, oh yeah, we rule My school doesn't have much clubs that I can join( maybe like less than 10 overall; not including sports). </p>
<p>One thing I have been trying to find are programs that could help me like upward bound. The problem is I am from a low income neighborhood and cant find alot of programs to get involved in. And I don't really want to go through the school because they don't have anything I'm interested in. </p>
<p>My overall goal is to get into a top school. I have been looking at top schools like Middlebury, Hamilton, and UChicago as well as lesser schools like Macalester, Lawrence, and Hendrix. </p>
<p>My question is if:
a. Does anyone know of national programs that I might be able to get into that DONT require money? Stuff that could help me develop leadership and other skills.
b. Do I have a shot at getting into any of my choices?</p>