<p>Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley, USC, Georgetown, and NYU (all business programs)</p>
<p>I am a junior in high school. Lets start with the good: My first SAT was a 2100 (800 math, 630 verbal) but my second one will most likely be above 2200 (Ive greatly improved my critical reading scores). My PSAT score was 223 which means almost definitely a national merit scholarship. I also an excellent essay writer, and have had to endure my share of challenges. Im also a minority. Ive done countless hours of volunteer work through church mission trips and boy scouts. I am currently working in a CPAs office doing basic accounting, and the CPA is lending me out to lawyers to do work for them. Im also a soccer letterman so playing soccer at a division II or III schools is an option.
The bad: The only bad is my grades. Im taking ALL honors classes (and the hardest honors classes and am an IB Diploma candidate). I will probably not be in the top 10% at my school, but definitely the top quarter (of a class of 1000+), my GPA is probably around 3.2-3.3ish unweighted (about 4.2 weighted) rigor is MOST rigorous. Do the goods outweigh the bads in this case and give me an alright shot at these schools? do you have suggestions for schools that i am better suited for or ways to beef up my chances?</p>