I am a rising senior and go to a Title I High School in South Florida. I plan on applying to Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern, Tufts, Florida State University, and University of Florida. My safety schools are University of Central Florida and University of South Florida.
Grades: 3.913 UW GPA. 4.913 W GPA. Rank 3/538. If i get Straight A’s in all my courses the first semester I have a chance of moving to #2, although I do not know how likely this is.
Classes (AP/AICE Scores in parenthesis):
-Freshman: AP Human Geo (2) and mostly honors level classes. Sidenote: I got my only B’s this year, 4 of them, one in Spanish II, two in AP Human, and one in Gym
-Sophomore: AP Capstone Seminar (3), AICE Intl History (D), AICE General Papers (D) and again the rest of my classes were mostly honors
-Junior: AP Bio (4), AP Psych (4), AP US Hist (4), AP Studio/2D (4), AICE English Lang, AICE Thinking Skills (haven’t gotten AICE Scores yet) and my only non AICE/AP course this year was Pre-calc honors.
Senior year schedule: AP Physics, AP US Gov/ Honors Econ (my school doesn’t offer an AP Econ), AP Capstone Research, AP Calc AB, AICE Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology Honors, and I’m taking AP Lit on FLVS
By the time I graduate the only AP Class I won’t have taken that my school offers is AP Stats, and only about three AICE Classes.
Scores:
ACT: Writing (23), English (25), Math (27), Science (30) Composite (26) Essay (27). I don’t plan on sending or retaking the ACT because I prefer the SAT. Please let me know if I should reconsider.
SAT (New): 1st sitting: Math (560) CRW (640) Composite (1200) It was a school day test so there was no essay.
2nd sitting: Math (680) CRW (660) Composite (1340) Essay (7/6/6 or 19)
I plan on sitting for it one more time in October.
SAT II: Biology - Molecular (710), US History (700)
Extracurriculars: I’ve been playing volleyball since freshman year, and have been on varsity since sophomore year and I am the Co-captain.
-Vice President of National Honor Society
-Vice President and Co-founder of National English Honor Society
-Member of National Art Honor Society
-Member of Science National Honor Society, though I may run for an officer position.
-Link Crew leader. This is a program at my school where upperclassmen help incoming freshman over the summer to get ready for high school.
-Additionally, I am also trying to found a habitat for humanity club at my school, I have a core group of students and an interested teacher to be the sponsor so hopefully it pans out. I also am the captain of my own walk to end Alzheimer’s team and am trying to raise money (my late grandfather had Alzheimer’s). I currently only have about $70, I know it’s not much but I have plans shortly to fundraise a bit more.
I’m not sure if it matters but I currently have over 200 Community service hours.
Awards/Honors:
-Freshman: Honor Roll 1st and 2nd semester. Top 5% of Class of 2017
-Sophomore: Honor Roll 1st and 2nd Semester. Top 5% of Class of 2017. Academic Excellence in Algebra II Honors
-Junior: Honor both semester. Ranked in the top 10 of class of 2017. Outstanding Performance in AP Psych. I’m also pretty sure that my AP Scores after this year will make me an AP Scholar With Distinctions. College Board hasn’t released this yet though.
Additional Info: White male. First generation college student. Income: $60,000< I know that I qualify for ACT/SAT Fee Waivers and free/reduced lunch
I expect to have very good teacher recommendations, and I’ve been told that I am a good writer so my college essay probably won’t be bad.
If it matters, I plan on majoring in Psychology with a likely minor in biology, and will follow a pre-medical route. I aspire to be a Psychiatrist.
Thank you for any help and insight that is given, I really appreciate it