School List

Hi! I am a current high school junior. Here is my list of schools I am interested in (not in order):

  1. Indiana University Bloomington
  2. University of Wisconsin Madison
  3. U of M Ann Arbor (instate, parent Alumni, sister there now)
  4. University of South Carolina Columbia
  5. Notre Dame University
  6. California Berkeley
  7. Michigan State University

What are my chances at these schools? Mainly concerned with ACT score.

Stats:
Freshman Year:
Chamber Winds Band: A
English 9: A
Spanish 2: A
Geophysical Science: A
Honors Geometry: A
World History: A

GPA: 4.0

Sophomore Year:
AP US History: A-
Honors Algebra 2 with trig: A/ A-
Honors Biology: A/A-
Spanish 3: A
Personal Fit/Health: A/A
American Literature: A

GPA: 4.1666

Junior Year (this yea, so no exact grades yet):
AP Microeconomics
AP Macroeconomics
AP Probability and Statistics
Honors Precalculus
Chemistry
Spanish 4
Advanced SciFi
Advanced Comp A

Senior Year Plan:
AP Psych
AP Calc BC
AP Spanish
Physics

Current GPA weighted: 4.08
Current GPA unweighted: 4.0

AP Exams:
AP US History: 5

ACT: 26 composite score:
8 on writing
30 English
27 Math
24 Reading
24 Science

I know the ACT isn’t great but I didn’t practice enough or prepare enough. Hopefully I can get it up to 30+. I plan to take SAT in the spring.

Extracurriculars:
Student Congress (group of 40 students): I have been in congress for two years, going into my third. Plan on 4 years. I ran for a board position but did not get it. I am one of two reps from our school’s congress and I meet with reps from other schools within our conference. I am also the chair for the school improvements committee this year.

Key Club: Going into third year, planning on four total. I have gained 40+ hours of community service through this club.

Unified Sports: help disabled kids play sports. I did it freshman and sophomore year, hoping to help this year.

NHS: applied this year, hope to get in.

Tennis: third year on team, second year on varsity
Golf: will be third year on team, played varsity sophomore year, voted most improved player sophomore year

Worked as a counselor at a camp for kids with muscular dystrophy for a week. I hope to do this again next year, it was a great, eye-opening experience. 144 hours of service

Planning on retaking for sure and putting some effort into scoring higher as I didn’t prepare much before ACT. I know this isn’t terrific but I hope to get up to the 30s. If anyone has any tips to help raise my score without taking a class or spending too much money:).

What kinds of chances do I have at these schools? Thanks!

Come back when you have junior year grades and ACT scores. That will change a lot! However with the track your on I can’t see you possibly getting denied by IU, South Carolina, and Michigan state. Keep up your grades, bump up your ACT and those are safeties for sure. The others will depend heavily by junior grades and final standardized test score

Can you afford out of state tuition for the colleges besides Michigan & Notre Dame? Agree that without a final ACT score, no one can really say. You won’t get into Michigan with a 26, even as a legacy.