So, I am a rising senior, this year in Virginia and its currently summer break, and the whole college application process has really had me stressing out for the past month, and I was looking up schools for my intended major, Political Science and a minor in International affairs (If possible), and found some great schools, Princeton (obviously), Georgetown, Hampden Sydney, Michigan State, University of Richmond, and like 5 other smaller schools as like backups, but I would really like to get into Georgetown, to be honest, or Princeton but that is very unlikely.
But I am looking at the normal like Sat scores and GPA, and mine is not high enough, Like AT ALL. ESPECIALLY for Princeton. SO I am putting most of my time into Georgetown.
The main question I have for people on here is, DO YOU THINK, I can either be accepted into Georgetown or honestly any other school listed,
I am literally freaking out and this probably will make me worry even more but, I need to know from people who have gone through the college application process,
I will be the first in my family to go to college, so I have what the internet tells about the whole process.
I am currently 16 (I started one year ahead of the national average), I have a 3.78 GPA weighted, and 1060 sat score ( i know its low, I have bad test anxiety am retaking it in August)
I have taken Advanced classes along with AP’s ever since sophomore year. but only got 2s and like two threes on the exams but A’s and B’s in the class
I am also continuing to take 3 ap classes and one DE class this upcoming year
I have accumulated over 300 community service hours from freshman year,
I’m involved with 5 clubs but have been in 8 all throughout the school year, these are the ones I have stuck with
including
FBLA - Vice president Junior and Senior year ( we do elections before school ends that why I’m still VP next year)
German Club
National Honor Society
Red Cross
and Model UN
I have also been a football player all four years varsity my junior and senior year
I have also done community service with my local House Delegate “Bobby Orrock”
And have competed in the FBLA STates all three years
And will have 3 teacher recomendations, and trying to get one from Bobby Orrock, and I also have ties to the Governor of Virginia ( deceased Grandfathers Friend) but unlikely I will receive a letter from him
I attended Boys State at Radford two months ago as well
I have also traveled overseas with People to People student ambassadors twice, and once with EF tours with my school
I know I don’t have the best test scores and grades but I do have the determination to get better, overall my test scores have been rising since freshman year (due to me studying harder and harder) but it still seems I am below what these schools normally take so any input you would have on things I can do or the college application process at all would REALLY!!! help.