<p>I am only a junior in high school, but I want to get an idea of what my chances are at particular schools so I have some information when I am applying as a senior. There of course will be more I plan on accomplishing the next 2 years, however I want to know my chances exactly as I stand now. I would like to know my chances for (from highest interest to lowest interest):</p>
<p>New York University
Boston University
Clark University
Suffolk University
University of New Hampshire</p>
<p>If anyone has any suggested schools that would be great as well :)</p>
<p>GPA: 93.051 unweighted
Rank: 69/412 (top 17%)</p>
<p>ECs:
- Select Vocal Ensemble
- volunteer French teacher at local elementary school
- Future Teachers of America
- Amnesty International
- Philosophy Club
- The Writing Center (student-run center which helps students with essays & creative writing)
- Piano Lessons
- Writing is published in school literary magazine
- Photography is published in school literary magazine
- Photography is published in school newspaper
- Enterprise Bank Photography Contest Winner
- volunteer at senior citizen housing</p>
<p>Useful Information:
- As a freshman, I was enrolled in all regular-leveled classes. A few of my teachers noticed my potential and recommended me for two accelerated/honors classes. As a sophomore, I was enrolled in Honors History and Honors English and remained in regular-leveled classes for math and science. Again a few of my teachers noticed my potential. As a Junior, I am enrolled in AP English, AP History (which I take at a local community college), Honors Science, and still level 1 math. My grades gradually became higher and my class rank gradually soared from 114th (freshman) to 69th (present). Long story short: my academic record demonstrates that each year I was ready for more challenging work, and each year I accomplished more.
- My school's AP courses are rather difficult to get into; you have to take tests for admittance and roughly 15 students are in each AP class. There is also only 1 AP class for each subject. I'm mentioning this because I spoke to an admissions person from NYU, and they made this seem important because each school has different standards for their AP & honors classes. He commented on how ours are hard to get into. AP classes are only offered for juniors and seniors, so I do not have a weighted GPA yet, and my class rank will most likely improve as well.
- I come from a lower-class, single-mother family with an income over less than $30,000 a year, thus I will need a lot of financial aid. My brother attends Suffolk University free of charge.
- I'm pretty sure I want to be an English teacher.
- I haven't taken the SATs/ACTs yet, however I plan to.
- My recommendations will be very good. I plan on asking teachers who have attended Harvard and Boston University, however I'm not sure if that even matters.</p>