<p>Hey All,</p>
<p>I was hoping to get some help from all of you awesome people. I am currently enjoying my summer between my sophomore and junior year of high school and I would like some help stacking up content for my college applications.</p>
<p>Now, a point of warning, I am going to be relatively picky with my colleges.
I've looked through information mainly through this forum and The Princeton Review and I will post my requirements for colleges and the colleges that look appealing to me thus far below. </p>
<p>If you have any opinions about the colleges I have posted or any suggestions about colleges I should attend, I would love you for three or four forevers if you could give me some advice. </p>
<p>Next, I will include below the main perks and downsides to my college application thus far and opportunities for improvement that I recognize. </p>
<p>College Requirements:
Instrumental Music Program
Aerospace Major with accompanying Major or Minor in Music</p>
<p>College Preferences:
Large, no religious affiliation
Competitive debate organization
Intramural Sports
Large to Full-Paid scholarship
Medical/Biochemical/Neuroscience Related clubs or departments</p>
<p>Colleges that look appealing:
Stanford, MIT, University of California LA, University of California SD, University of Colorado Boulder, Rice, Georgia Institute of Technology.</p>
<p>Highschool Background:</p>
<p>Mt Carmel Highschool. San Diego, California (9th Grade)
Intermediate-Level Classes. (Honors Alg II, Honors English, Biology, Etc) 3.7 Unweighted GPA</p>
<p>Dutchtown Highschool. Geismar, Louisiana (10th Grade)
High-Level Classes (All Honors, AP World History) 4.8 Weighted GPA, 4.0 Unweighted
33 Comp. ACT</p>
<p>Junior Year Schedule:
AP Biology
Ap Chemistry
Ap English (Eng and Comp)
Band
Honors U.S History (Dual Enrollment at SouthEastern Louisiana University)
Ap Calculus AB/BC Block</p>
<p>Ap Tests taken:</p>
<p>World History (No Score Yet)</p>
<p>Ap Tests to take before end of senior year:</p>
<p>11th: Biology, Chemistry, US History, English III, Calculus AB and BC, Spanish,
12th: Music Theory, Euro. History, Physics, English IIII, Psychology</p>
<p>Good Parts of Application:</p>
<p>-Debate Club participant freshman year at Mt Carmel, Debate Club Co-Founder at Dutchtown High School
- Drum Major for 150+ People marching band
- Head of Music Club
- Top 10% of Class
- Top 10% Allied Health (Separate program with more advanced English and Science, focusing on preparing students for the medical field)
-200+ Hospital Service Hours
- Vice President Mu Alpha Theta</p>
<p>Things I need to improve on:
- GPA, of course. My freshman GPA will weigh me down, but I am confident that I can maintain above a 3.8 weighted for the next two years
- Take the SAT. Which I will in November
- 34+ On ACT. Ill take the test three more times between now and graduation.
- Summer Programs. I will try for Telluride. I have very little chance at the science research ones unless I can get into contact with the professors at the local universities and get some lab experience. In progress.
- Some awards! I will try for Louisiana Student of the Year, Honors Society, and Debate Awards. Any other ideas?</p>
<p>Okay, so this post is becoming quite lengthy. If you have made it this far, you are officially an amazing person in my mind. Please help if you can.</p>
<p>Much Thanks,
Julian</p>