<p>It is early, I am well aware of that but this has been inhibiting my peace of mind for a while. Like some, I started out my freshmen year with not a concern for college. Semester 1: 3.5 and semester 2: 3.27. I basically received straight B's in my second semester. Now that this apathetic approach has depleted, concerns for college have risen; I received a 3.85 uw in my first semester of my sophomore year. If I show consistency of A's and a few A-'s through these next years, will this dilemma of B's not hurt me at the admissions office?</p>
<p>Classes I am taking next year: Ap bio (2 hours), ap lang, french IV, algebra II, World History (Ap or no?)</p>
<p>How important are the senior classes you take? Since usually the admissions office doesn't see your 7th semester.</p>
<p>EC question-
I play travel hockey and the season duration is from september to march which includes extended trips on the weekends. This limits clubs that I attend but I do volunteer 8 hours a week. Consequently, the list of EC's are limited, will this hurt my chances? Or will it improve since I put much time into one specific EC?</p>
<p>Schools that interest me: University of Michigan, Penn State, Loyola of Chicago, University of Illinois, and the dream school Northwestern.
Hoping to major in biology or something along the lines that fit in pre-med requirements. </p>
<p>Help is appreciated very much! (This is not a "chance me")</p>
<p>I am currently a sophomore and I listed at the bottom schools I am interested in. </p>
<p>For hockey, if I played AAA next year I probably could get to jr. A team after high school, then from there is where college recruiting comes into play. Even if I could make it to college hockey, I wouldn’t want to because I wouldn’t have the time for academics.</p>
<p>Hm. I see what you mean. I posted a thread on the admissions board earlier about whether a college would want a well-rounded student body or well-skewed, and it seems like a lot of people believe that it is better to be skewed. Like, a college wants a talented violinist, an athlete, an accomplished writer, etc. So it might not hurt you. But, then again, the whole athlete card might only work if you’re recruited. If I were you I would try to get involved in clubs that require less time but you’re passionate about. Btw - the community service looks great, IMO :)</p>
<p>Lots of school don’t even look at freshman grades when calculating your GPA and those that do, weight it less heavily, so don’t sweat it. You can’t do anything about it now anyway.</p>
<p>If you love hockey, do hockey even if you aren’t recruited. Just put some thought into what you like about it and how you can enhance your engagement: coaching a team of younger players, teaching it at summer camp, fund-raising to get equipment for a school that doesn’t otherwise have resources to play hockey, writing up your school teams’ games for the school paper, etc… If you have one or two more things you like to do, over the summer for example, put some effort into it, especially if it’s related to your interest in bio. Even independently studying some topic that fascinates you is good enough if you can show how you’ve developed your interest over time. That’s all you need.</p>