<p>I'm in the second semester of my Junior year. International student from south america (would this count as URM?).</p>
<p>My stats:
GPA: 3.6 (supposing I finalize my junior year and first semester senior year with a 4.0 GPA)
PSAT: 196
Haven't taken the SAT yet(lately, that is), but I am registered for the May date. I am expecting about 700-750 in each section, per the practice tests I've taken.</p>
<p>Courses and Grades:
Freshman (pretty standard course load, i.e. you can't take any "advanced/honors" courses until junior year):
History C-
Drama B+
English B+
Geometry (toughest math class available for freshmen) B-
Health/PE A+
Science B-
Multimedia A
Spanish C+
3.0 GPA</p>
<p>Sophomore:
Algebra II 95
Guitar 91
History 82
English 90
IB Biology (only advanced course available) 79
PE 97
Spanish 79
US history 91
3.4 GPA</p>
<p>Junior, first semester, all IB courseload:
IB English HL 94
IB Spanish HL 82
IB Math 93
IB Economics HL 90
PE 94
IB History 86
IB Bio 88
TOK 88</p>
<p>I hope to raise this semester all those Bs to finalize with straight As</p>
<p>Senior year (projected courseload):
IB English HL
IB Spanish HL<br>
IB Math<br>
IB Economics HL
French Beginners
IB History<br>
Digital Video
TOK </p>
<p>ECs:
I don't know if this counts, but I was admitted to John Hopkin's CTY (although I didn't have the money to afford it)
Website design for local companies
Security system/ Website for the building I live in
Student council representative freshman and junior year
MUN
Candidate to speech competition at English Speaking union (prestigious institution, final prize in competition is a trip to London meeting high representatives, etc...)
Community service:
Help impoverished community, helping students learn English
Built temporary houses at a site where a fire destroyed a whole community
Hope to advance in this impoverished community with more projects.</p>
<p>I know this is far from impressive, so I wanted some tips here on how to boost this up.</p>
<p>I want to major in Economics and possibly minor in entrepreneurship.</p>
<p>Colleges:
Boston University
Baruch (CUNY)
Georgetown</p>
<p>Reaches:
Columbia
U of Chicago</p>
<p>What do you guys think? Are my reaches really far? Are there any other colleges I should be considering? (I'm looking for something in Illinois, Mass., New York, DC but its location is not essential)</p>