<p>I am a rising senior this year and want to apply early to the majors colleges I am interested in! so here are my stats</p>
<p>-NC resident
-50% arabic 50% english ( i have a "rare" last name)
-3.43 unweighted GPA ( Ouch! bad sophomore year, made all but 2 A's my freshman and junior year
-28 ACT (took SAT and did way worse on it, but plan to take both again this fall)
-varsity and captain of Track and Cross country at my high school
-part time job since sophomore year
-part of a club that gets young kids interested in distance running (running is a big part of my life!)
-Created and manage a small business
-National Honor Society
-Selected to be an intern for the county I go to school at that maintains and repairs the networks and computers of my high school. Was selected because of my great scores in my technology classes! ( I believe this is my best EC!)
-Foreign Exchange student for half a month in europe
-Parents have some college but never received traditional 4 year degrees (does this make a difference?) </p>
<p>INTENDED SCHOOLS
-UNC ( my first choice but not the hardest to get into on my list)
-Wake Forest ( probably my second choice, like the location, the ranking of the school,and the small class sizes, a close second to UNC for sure)
-Villanova
-Boston College
-Boston University
-Syracuse
-Vanderbilt (my reach)
-NC State (safety i think?)
-U of Miami (dont think my parents would want me to go here, but seems like a nice place to go to school, if you get some finical aid)
-I am also interested in some OOS publics, but I have been told since my stats are average and if I couldnt get into UNC i probably wouldnt get any aid even if i got accepted into schools like Clemson, U of Florida, Florida State, and Georgia Tech. Is that true? because I prefer them to some of the schools on my list!
-I am also in the process of applying for ROTC scholarships so if I do get one I will probably look more at the OOS public schools I listed!</p>
<p>Thanks for taking the time to read all this and give me your input. If you provide a link I will gladly chance back!</p>