No junior year!? Going to hurt...or not?

<p>I am applying to Tufts for international relations but would like to know what people think of my chances at other schools.</p>

<p>STATISTICS:
Gender: Male
Race: White
Intended Major: International Relations/Spanish/Russian/anything international
Class Rank: 30-40/500
GPA OVERALL : 96% (3.6...seems low but the system in Texas is a bit different)
After Senior Year I am pretty sure I will be number 30/500</p>

<p>SAT : 1700
ACT: 26
(HAVE NOT taken the SAT/ACT...so I am setting them low until I do)</p>

<p>FRESHMAN
Pre AP English 9 A
Pre AP Geography A+
Spanish 2 B+
Algebra II A+
Pre AP Biology B+
Swimming A+
Journalism A</p>

<p>SOPHOMORE
Pre AP English 10 B+
AP World History A (3)
Spanish 3 B+
Algebra 2 A+
Chemistry B
Swimming A+
Technical Theatre A+</p>

<p>JUNIOR
Study Abroad to Chile
No grades/credit given. Only personal statement from school that said I attended 95% of class and participated.</p>

<p>Philosophy
Trig.
Physics
Biology
Chilean History
Taught English
Physical Education
Castellano (Spanish)
etc.</p>

<p>Senior Year Classes and Projected Grades</p>

<p>Health A+
Speech A+
AP Spanish IV A (4/5 on test)
AP US History A
AP Gov't A
AP English C/B
Geometry B+
IPC (Have to take to graduate because of exchange) A+
Economics A+</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS</p>

<p>Random ones
-Varsity Swimming 9/10/12 (Lettered Sophomore year by qualifying for regionals in the 500 yard freestyle)
-Student Council 9/10/12
-Committee Chair for Student Council (Maybe Community Service Sect...)
-Chairperson for Freshman Orientation/New Teacher Orientation (9/10)
-Elected Class Reporter (9)
-Spanish Club (12) Spanish Honor Society (12)
-National Honor Society (12)
-Rotary Youth Exchange Scholarship Recipient to Chile. Spent my junior year in a small agricultural town in central Chile.
-Founder of Model UN Club at my school.
-Various community service projects/translator for Spanish.
-Yearbook Staff (12)
Many other small things.</p>

<ul>
<li>Worked 10 hours a week at Pizza Place to raise money for Chile trip.</li>
</ul>

<p>Exchange Student Workshop at Oklahoma City University before 10th grade.</p>

<p>Summer Workshop at Stephen F. Austin University during summer before senior year. </p>

<p>Rotex Weekend for returned exchange students summer before senior year.</p>

<p>RYLA Santiago, Chile - 11th Grade</p>

<p>What are my chances for Tufts ED/Regular, Columbia, UT Austin (w/o top 10 rule), NYU, Georgetown, George Washington, and American University</p>

<p>I don't think it'd hurt at all to be gone your Junior year.
Especially since you're going into international relations...it could only help.</p>

<p>I know you haven't taken em, but aim higher on your tests and you should be fine.</p>

<p>I am aiming higher. It is going to be hard to score in the 2000 range. I just set them low to show the "worst possible scenario"... since I lack a few classes that most of my classmates took to prep for the SAT (and they scored 2000s)...</p>

<p>We'll see what happens. Thank you for your input!</p>