<p>I'm in a bit of a sticky situation, so it's probably worth asking now as a sophomore while there's still time.</p>
<p>(This may be a bit hard to read--I'm struggling to keep my eyes open)</p>
<p>School: West Hawaii Explorations Academy (PBL charter, science based) and West Hawaii Community College (running start)</p>
<p>Classes: Currently in precal/trig. "Integrated" science and English from last year and half of this year (two half credits). US History. ENG100 (freshman comp) and PHIL110 (introduction to logic) at community college. One year of spanish. One year of chemistry.</p>
<p>Future classes: World History. Half credits of English and science, probably in senior year. Creative Writing, Physics, Intro to Soc, another science (possibly microbiology or chemistry) through community college. Calc AB and another math class (stats?) online. Civics and Modern Hawaiian History (req) senior year. Spanish II in the future. 2 community college classes per semester until graduation, possibly without 1 semester senior year.</p>
<p>Scores: 26 ACT in 7th grade, probably won't take again. 1960 SAT last year with no prep, expecting a solid 2100-2200 with prep. Currently studying for Math II, expecting 700-750. Physics SATII in the future, and possibly Hebrew (shouldn't be too difficult). GPA ~3.8-4. Top 1 in class, out of only ~30</p>
<p>ECs: very weak, due in part to the nature of the school. One season of botball. 20+ hours of volunteering in IT at a local hospital. 40+ hours of dryland forest restoration, 40+ hours of coral reef education, and 40+ hours of misc conservation work--all of this is through the school, during school hours, but by my own choice. Does that even count? By graduation I'll have 4 years of leadership, and 2 years of yearbook.</p>
<p>Hook: the charter school that I'm at requires huge quantities of writing--I've already written three 30-50pg research papers, plus dozens of shorter (but most still high quality), 4-8 page technical science papers.</p>
<p>Issues: my school does not offer any AP or Honors, and the community college here is very, very weak. Any AP that I do take will be online, or self studied alongside a community college class like physics. There are comparatively few opportunities for ECs at this school, because the two big HSs in the area host their own. Nearest local U is 2.5 hours away.</p>
<p>Let's say Berkeley, tentatively looking at computer science. I give myself a 50/50 if things go as planned--your thoughts?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
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I guess I should add, this summer I'm doing a full-summer conservation program--Hawaii Youth Conservation Corps (affiliated with Americorps)--that also gives me 3 college botany credits.</edit></p>