<p>Hello~ This is my first post on this website at all, though I do often lurk around. I'm sorry if I'm not on the right board! I'm also sorry if I end up rambling. :( I'm looking for a college that would match me. I'm not actually sure what would be realistic for me and what would not. My mother thinks I should go to LSU - it's where she went and it's affordable. Which brings me to this point - I'm concerned about money. My mother makes a very good amount of money as a partner in her law firm, but she is the only person that works in our family of 7. My father is a now unemployed Navy veteran without a college degree. So I'd like somewhere affordable or at least a university that's good with aid. I'm a half Hispanic female from Texas. I'm listed as Hispanic.</p>
<p>I plan on majoring in Economics or Chinese. Possibly both, or just with a minor in Chinese? I want to attend law school. Right now, I'm a junior in high school but I started attending community college full time at the beginning of junior year. It's a program where I earn my high school diploma and associates degree simultaneously. It's hard, and I only ended up scraping two A's last semester (the rest were B's), earning 19 credit hours. I will earn around that each semester I'm here - will I be considered a transfer student? I had mono at the beginning of this semester and missed a lot of class. It's really hurt me so far, but hopefully this semester's grades will be better. I know junior year is important, and I hate that these are the kind of grades I've made. I'll be here senior year as well. </p>
<p>GPA total: 3.3 unweighted. 3.7 weighted.
- I moved around to four different high schools in my freshman and sophomore year. I took the hardest classes I could, and one AP sophomore year. I don't have the option to take those now, but I am in all dual credit classes currently as stated above. I struggled a lot with depression and anxiety 9th & 10th grade, as well as an eating disorder.
- My school does not rank.</p>
<p>SAT: 2120 (Reading: 720 Math: 680 Writing: 720)
- I am retaking.. I feel like I could do better. Should I also take the ACT?</p>
<p>As for EC's: I think I might be lacking (?). I have over 150 volunteer hours with various organizations and started my own involving nursing homes. I've been cheer leading for 8 years, and was on varsity my freshman and sophomore years before I came to my current school where I don't have the option to cheer lead. :( I'm still cheering competitively though and have earned over 25 national titles. I've received an offer to be on a show starting in the fall for the DFW area's top all-star level competitors, but is this a bad idea for college admissions? I've also been on newspaper staff since freshman year and currently the sports section editor at my college.</p>
<p>I'm okay with pretty much any size school, except for really small ones. I don't want to know everyone and I don't want everyone to know me. I just want Chinese/Economics to be offered and I'd like it to be affordable. Out of state should be fine, if I can convince my mom I'll be fine away from home with the whole eating disorder thing. A well ranked school WOULD be nice but I don't think that's happening with the grades I've earned. Any help is appreciated! Thank you for reading my long rambling post.</p>
Thank you for your reply!</p>