<p>I'm just a Junior, but I am starting to get into/worry about thinking about college and stuff. I havn't looked at too many colleges yet, but I'd like to get some opinions on what I have.</p>
<p>I go to a tiny private college prep school in Minnesota's suburbs. There's around 90 kids in the high school division of the building, 20 in my class. I would say I'm in the top quarter atm, but that's not saying much now is it?</p>
<p>Freshman year I didn't do so well in. I don't know my specs, but I had about a 75% grade average for that year.</p>
<p>Sophomore, was much of the same. I was starting to do better in alot of my classes, but Math brought me down so much that my other classes didn't get to be where they could have been(almost failing the whole way thru). </p>
<p>This year I'm beyond math, and things are starting to get interesting. We have elective classes now (in the first two years, it was just he standard math english science history language gym art music that everyone else took). We just got back the first term (of 3) grades:</p>
<p>Philosophy 93%
College Algebra 89%
AP British Lit 87%
AP US Government 88%
Astronomy 91%
AP Studio Art 91%
AP Spanish 67%
Music ~90%</p>
<p>Because Spanish brought me down so much, I had about an 84 average for this part of the year. This translates to a fourth of the Grade percentage for the entire year by our school's wiring. </p>
<p>I have not yet taken any APs, ACTs or SATs, but I took the PSAT. Top 92 percentile, mid-high 60s on all three subjects.</p>
<p>EC:
Pretty low here... Only started doing stuff last year, and they're not well listable.</p>
<p>Last year I singlehandedly organized a week long of Environmentally themed events for the whole school, including getting a local grocery chain to donate reusable bags for all of the students, a fundraiser to plant trees (got 1000$), a swapfest demonstrating reuse, selling sustainably grown wooden pencils, and eco tips on the announcements. </p>
<p>I went to Egypt for 2 weeks over the summer to an international leadership program.</p>
<p>I also ran the recycling program.</p>
<p>This year I'm doing
Concert choir
Show Choir
and I hold a position in the program in our school that manages all clubs, dances, newspapers, announcements programs, tutoring, and basically everything not done by the administration. That position is called Deputy Head of Management.
I am also working with the school to get them to start composting all of our cafeteria waste.</p>
<p>As you can see, I have a strong lead towards going into environmentalism. Also throughout my life, I've wanted to be an artist. So far, the only school i've truly looked at is RISD, and lesser so, Brown, in which the two do a 5 year dual degree program between eachother. (they also apparently have a great environmental program)</p>
<p>So...</p>
<p>RISD?
Brown? I know thats Ivy, gotta think about that alot more....
Just for fun right now, to get a taste...
Emory? (father went there)
State U of NY?
U of Penn?
U of Wisconsin?
U of SoCal?
U of Berkley?
Yale?
Boston U?</p>
<p>Any advice about colleges to think of, about my grades, or about my Ec will be great!</p>