My First Post- Where do i stand?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My name is Nick, I will be a junior next year. Its early, but I think I want to major in business or the humanities. Here are my grades: </p>

<p>(My school uses a 4.4 GPA scale)
My freshman year, my GPA was around a 3.8, and my sophomore year it was about a 4.0 (unweighted) or a 4.2 weighted. I took 2 AP's (AP Bio and AP World History)
I think that if i study hard, I will get a 4.1 unweighted next year, taking 3 AP's (AP English Lit, US and Euro) . Also, I am taking advanced math and science (not AP though)</p>

<p>I scored a 184 on the PSAT this year without studying, and I plan on studying very hard over the summer to get a 200+ on it this year and maybe being a National Merit Scholar. I will study A LOT for the SAT, I think I can get a 2100+. But dont pay too much attention to the test scores, everything is speculative at this point.</p>

<p>I am rich in EC's: I will be a VP of DECA (business club) next year, and almost certainly the club president in my senior year. I will run for County President next year; I think I can win. I finished 1st in the county and top-10 in the state for my DECA competition. I am also in Quizbowl and the Tri-M Music Honor Society. I plan on being in the National Honor Society and will likely have 60+ hours of community service by the time I graduate. I am also on Varsity Baseball and Volleyball, but I probably won't play a sport in college.</p>

<p>So, thats me! Where do you think I stand as far as what kinds of universities I can get in to?</p>

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<p>60 hours is barely above minimum community service. I wouldn’t over study for the SAT (and not study for the PSAT) and focus more on things like volunteering or playing sports. After you prepares certain amount for the SAT you start to plateau and it is only 1/6 of your college application. So I don’t think it is worth spending endless hours studying for it.</p>

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<p>just to add to the other post. I had average grades like i am talking anywhere from C to A-, mostly B’s and had almost 2000 hours of community service and I was accepted into completive schools. I was not accepted into every school that I applied to. BUt for the schools I was accepted to I was “below” average academically. I would try to get at least 150+ to be more competitive.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys, I will look to increase those hours.</p>