Hi, I’m currently a sophomore in high school and I got to a good public high school. There’s a lot of smart people in my high school and a lot of people here are distraught over anything less than a 4.0 GPA. I think the guy who’s most likely going to get valedictorian has a 4.5 GPA, or something in that area. I feel like I’m doing well everywhere except my GPA. I have a 3.65 GPA right now and I’m a sophomore at about the halfway point of my third quarter. Hopefully, I can bring it up to a 3.7 or maybe even a 3.8 by the end of Junior year. If I stay on my current math track, I’ll be taking Calculus 3 in college.
As a freshman I took:
Academic English I: 92=A-
Adolescent Issues: 95=A
Advanced Algebra II: 86=B
Business 21st Century: 92=A
Honors American Government: 87=B+
Latin II: 94=A
Personal Financial Mgmt (summer course taken summer after freshman year): 88=B+
Physical Education 9: 96=A
Physics I: 84=B
Orchestra: 96=A
Classes I’m taking now w/ midyear avg. (sophomore yr.)
Academic English II : B+ 89
Advanced Pre-Calculus: B 86
Business Org. & Management: A- 91
Driver Education (FINAL GRADE): A- 91
Honors Biology I: B+ 87
Honors Chemistry I: B 84
Honors Latin III: B- 82
Honors U.S. History: B+ 87
Physical Education 10: A 97
For Junior Year I’m currently enrolled in only 2 AP’s and 0 (or is it 1? I can’t remember) honors; however, that might change to 3 AP’s (w/ one AP weighted) and 1 or 2 honors depending on if I make the grade.
I have only taken the PSAT and I got a 196. I’m hoping to get above a 224 and get a national merit next year.
Extracurriculars:
Clubs= History club (yrs. 9 and 10), thinking of dropping bc I don’t really enjoy it that much anymore. Red Cross Club (yrs. 10). Thinking of doing Model UN next year and most likely doing photography club next year.
Sports= Play club soccer (yrs. 10), PADI certified SCUBA diver (idk if this counts?), also have a black belt in karate (doubt this counts, but I’m just throwing it out there). I have also played rec. soccer for all HS yrs. so far, but don’t plan on continuing. I do plan on continuing HS alternate league soccer; I did it in 9th grade (alt. league means players in grades 9-12 can make their own teams and play in a league)
Volunteering= Working with SONJ, township soccer program, and at libraries. Around 60 or 70 hours, and plan to get at least 100 hours.
I was wondering what my chances were for NYU, Rutgers, University of Michigan, Cornell, Northeastern, or Brown. I haven’t done that much research into colleges yet. I would appreciate people suggesting colleges in this range that I could also get into or good colleges that are in my range. I don’t plan on doing liberal arts.
I’m not really sure about the ivies though. I feel very confident about Rutgers though.
Would I be able to make it into colleges that are this range? What should I improve?