<p>Hi everyone!
I am a rising junior at a very competitive NYC HS.
I started thinking about colleges and I am really interested in applying to Dartmouth.
This is what I have so far:
My unweighted GPA is a 3.88.
My school did not offer AP's in freshman year, so this was my course load starting with </p>
<p>Soph year:</p>
<p>AP Physics B
AP World
Honors Trig
Research Honors Chem
Junior Year Spanish
European Literature</p>
<p>Junior Year:
AP Chem
AP Spanish Language
AP US History
AP English Language
Molecular Bio (Honors)
Precalc</p>
<ul>
<li>I am taking the maximum number of AP's my school allows in junior year.</li>
</ul>
<p>Senior Year (Tentative):
AP Calc BC
AP Bio
AP English Literature
AP Spanish Literature
AP Gov</p>
<p>Scores on AP's, so far:
World: 5
Physics: 4 ( I was really sick that day :/ )</p>
<p>My projected SAT is 2200-2400.</p>
<p>My extracurriculars :
National Honor Society (the NHS at my school is very difficult to get into and only accepts upperclassmen)
Treasurer of a club from freshman year
Vice president of medical ethics club (started sophomore year)
Black belt in Tae Kwon Do
Member of Policy Debate Team</p>
<p>During my junior year, I hope to write for the student newspaper.
I am also aiming for the AP National Scholar award.</p>
<p>I also did two internships (one for a nonprofit) and I have roughly 50 hours with NHS.
I hope to volunteer at a hospital next summer to do maybe 150 community service hours.</p>
<p>How can I improve my app? I know my extracurriculars and GPA are not that great (I hope to get my GPA up to a 3.91 junior year --- not a significant difference).
Any tips/suggestions for the essays?</p>