<p>Hi everybody-</p>
<p>I'm a sophomore in high school, and in our guidance class today we started to talk about colleges. While I feel that I have the major things covered (high scores on SAT I's and II's (Math level 2), music (select ensemble singer w/ gold at MICCA competition, 11th year of piano at a high performance level, participation in the Plugged In Band Program (A charital band organization)), and part of a very good lightweight rowing team (in terms of performance, I'm at the upper end of the spectrum for lightweight rowers my age)), but I am very concerned about some smaller, but still important items. To start, our school does not have a class rank, but percentile (by quarters). How does this hurt me in the application process, if I can only tell if I am in the top 100 students or so (I.E. top 25?%, 400 + kids in my class)? Will this hurt my application, because I do not know the number (while other schools have it?) Similarly, a few friends of mine made the French Honors Society (I had an A- first term)-- does it mean a lot? I am very dedicated to French (4th year straight, trying to take a year over the summer to do a double language next year but jump to French AP), but will this hurt my application/ help someone else? Finally, my school does not offer many AP's-- none can be taken (with the exception of CS, which has a prereq offered every other year based on a lottery system for slots) before junior year, at which only three are offered (Chem, Bio, and APUSH, excluding the extenuating circumstances of a language), and only a few more senior year. I see these "chance me" posts, talking about the amount of AP's taken, but my school does not offer that amount! How does that affect me in the college process?</p>
<p>Thank you so much,</p>
<p>LightweightDream</p>