<p>Today is my birthday! I'm now 17 :D Well anyways, here's all my info!</p>
<p>My Colleges (In order):</p>
<h1>1. Penn State-University Park</h1>
<p>Tied at #2:
University of Delaware
University of Maryland-College Park</p>
<h1>3. UGA</h1>
<h1>4. Temple</h1>
<h1>5. UConn</h1>
<h1>6. University of Colorado-Boulder</h1>
<p>And possibly...
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p>
<p>PA Resident
Race: Black
Gender: Male</p>
<p>HS GPA: 3.1-3.4 (HUGE upward trend)
F-Year:2.7
S-Year: 3.4
J-Year: 3.6
HS Type: Academically excellent Catholic school in the Philly suburbs</p>
<p>SAT: 1430 Total (I'm going to retake it and try to get it up to at least a 1700)
M: 440
CR:480
W:510</p>
<p>EC's
-Marching Band
-Drumline
-Percussion Ensemble
-Drumming lessons every week
-Semi-pro Baseball
-Wells Fargo College Bound group since 8th grade
-National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine (Summer 2011)
...and possibly Mock Trial, World Affairs club, and the School Newspaper this year</p>
<p>Things that might get counted against me:
-NO AP's or honors so far (I'm going to try to get as many as I can for my senior year, and I might do dual enrollment).
-I've been to 2 different high schools in three years, not because of discipline problems, but because of my mom's inability to pay for Catholic school (I went to Catholic school grades 9 and 11).</p>
<p>Reason for my low freshman year grades:
I was educated in the academically WORST school district in PA. Going from the worst school district to a challenging Catholic high school was a challenge to me, but I eventually adjusted. </p>
<p>How would my chances at these colleges improve if I raised my SAT score to at least a 1700 or 1800? Also, what if I filled my course load with all AP classes this year (or possibly dual enrollment)?</p>