High School Junior looking for advice

<p>Looking for info on whether I'm on a good track/what I can do to improve. I'd want to apply to SFS, although the college is also a possibility.</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: ~3.75
Weighted: ~4.35
Class Rank: First quintile, but system may be phased out (if I had to guess further, top 5%-10% out of a class of 185)</p>

<p>SAT I: Took it for the first time May sophomore year, got 2310 (800 CR/780 M/730 W)
SAT II: Math I--730
Math II--800
Bio--710
Planning on taking chem and US after AP Chem and APUSH this year.</p>

<p>Classes: All honors offered 9th/10th, then AP Chem, APUSH, AP Calc BC, AP Eng Lang, and Spanish 4H this year. Planning on taking AP Spanish, AP Lit, AP Stat, Honors Physics (school doesn't offer AP), AP GoPo and AP Comparative Politics
School: Very good public high school in Westchester County, NY. Not top top, but up there.</p>

<p>ECs:
Amnesty International club (9,10,11)
Academic Challenge club (9,10,11)
Math Team (9,10,11)
Columbia Science Honors Program (10)
Cross-Country team (9,10,11)
Bowling team (yes, we have a bowling team) (10, 11)
Spring Track team (10, prospective 11)
Member of Temple Youth program (9,10,11)</p>

<p>Work:
Day Camp counselor (kindergarten boys) at local day camp past two summers. Also worked in food services, which was simultaneously much more and much less important than it sounds (I didn't get free food, but I basically helped run the camp). Possible essay topic.</p>

<p>Applied for State Dept. Summer Clerical Program and to intern at USAID this summer, otherwise it's back to the day camp.</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
Won a State History Bee as part of the National History Bee
All-Tournament Team at regional academic competition</p>

<p>Recommendations:
I'm thinking my AP Eng Lang teacher and my APUSH teacher. I've "shown my best side" in both classes, and both are hyper-literate, excellent teachers who I know would give a great recommendation. </p>

<p>SFS is my 1a school (Brown and Columbia are 1b and 1c respectively), but I'm a double legacy at Brown, and I've heard that that will help a lot, but only if I apply ED. Consequently, and since GTown does not allow applying to ED schools while applying EA, I think I'd be applying RD.</p>

<p>Why apply ED to your second choice school? If you get in at Brown, then you are obligated by contract to attend.</p>

<p>Because the double legacy loses a lot of luster applying RD. If I were to get into any one of my top schools, I’d be elated. The a,b,c is just for if I’m lucky enough to get to choose between them.</p>

<p>Visit all three, if possible, and continue to research them. It’s possible that your a, b, and c will rearrange themselves so that an ED school is in first place before November 1 next year.</p>