<p>Hi!
So I was just calculating my GPA for this year, and when I saw it my heart stopped. I do a lot out of school, but my grades aren't all A's. I was wondering if any of you could give me a good idea if I'm striving too high or what I should do to improve to get into any of these schools. I'm stressing out because I feel like I'm slacking and I could be doing so much better and I want to go to a school I would love.</p>
<p>I want to major in Bio-medical engineering and minor in psychology</p>
<p>The schools I was to apply to: Rice University, Carnegie Mellon, University of Michigan, UC Berkeley (<-Top choice), Purdue University, UConn, UC San Diego, NYU, Syracuse Univ.</p>
<p>Some of these are my strive schools, but I'm hoping that by the end of junior year and I can get into some of them. UC Berkeley is my top and dream school, and after that comes NYU and UMich.</p>
<p>My Grades:</p>
<p>9th:
Java/ntwking (Reg): B
World Hist (H): A-
Alg II (H): B+
Geometry (H): B
Biology (H): A-
English (H): A-
Drawing&Painting (Reg): A-
Latin 2 (Reg): B</p>
<p>According to my school, my unweighted gpa that year was 3.54 and weighted was 3.84</p>
<p>10th:
CAD&Web Design (Reg): A
European History (AP):B
Pre Calculus (H):B
Chemistry (H):B
Biology (AP):A-
English (H):A-
Latin 3 (H):B</p>
<p>I don't know what my gpa is this year, I'm hoping that the weighted is a bit over 4.0 though :/</p>
<p>Junior Year course load:</p>
<p>Advanced CAD
AP US Hist
Honors Calculus
Honors Physics
Honors English
AP Studio Art
Honors Latin 4
(AP Art History out of school)</p>
<p>AP Exams I plan to take:
AP Bio: (a 3 or 4 I think, results havent come yet)
AP Euro: (4 I think, results havent come yet)
APUSH (jr yr)
AP Art (jr yr)
AP Art History (out of school)
AP BC Calc (sr yr)
AP Literature (sr yr)
AP Gov (sr yr)
AP Latin (sr yr)</p>
<p>EC's (as of now)</p>
<p>Girls Varsity Basketball (2 yrs)
Latin Club (since 2009), 2nd Vice President (2013-2014), 1st Vice President (2014-2015) State Latin Club Treasurer (2014-2015)
Drama Crew (2013-2014)
ACYOA Youth Organization (since 2011)
I work as a Swim Instructor (2013-present)
I work at an Art Museum (2013-present)
I'm half way through writing a novel that I'd like to publish in the next year or so</p>
<p>Community Service:</p>
<p>54 hours at an Art Museum
Starting my own organization later this summer</p>
<p>Awards:
Magna Cum Laude on the National Latin Exam</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Middle Eastern-white</p>
<p>Potential Essay Topics:
Being an immigrant to the US
Tearing my Achilles tendon and MCL in freshman yr and how that affected me</p>
<p>PLEASE HELP A FELLOW STUDENT OUT HERE. I FEEL LIKE IM STRIVING TOO HIGH AND I WANT TO BE REALISTIC. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I NEED TO IMPROVE ON.</p>