<p>I'm just a junior looking at some colleges and trying to get a realistic grasp on what my possibilities are. </p>
<p>I attend a small coed private school in southeastern Michigan that is well respected and known for it's tough curriculum and being a leading independent college prep schoool. </p>
<p>classes:
[ / = seperate semesters]</p>
<p>summer before 9th-
boundary waters trip ( 1/2 science credit)</p>
<p>9th-
spanish II honors
english 9
geometry + advanced algebra
honors biology
american govt. / civilizations</p>
<p>10th-
spanish III honors
english 10
honors algebra II + trig
honors chem
ap world history
drawing / figurative drawing</p>
<p>11th-
spanish IV honors
english 11 honors
honors precalculus
honors physics
ap us history
ap art studio
publications </p>
<p>and next year's schedule-
AP spanish
AP english lit
AP calculus
AP chemistry
AP biology
AP music theory
publications</p>
<p>i'm taking the toughest curriculum possible at my school</p>
<p>my overall gpa is about a 3.667 unweighted, possibly (hopefully) higher</p>
<p>i got a 5 on ap world history last year and i'm hoping for a 5 on ap us and a 4 on ap art studio</p>
<p>my act is 32, i'll be taking it one last time in june, but i am happy with that.</p>
<p>mother, aunts + uncles, grandfather all went to u of m</p>
<p>i'm a national merit commended scholar, possibly semi-finalist (it hasn't been announced yet)</p>
<p>E.Cs:</p>
<p>-tennis (10-12, varsity 10-12) , 3rd in state in 10th, captain 12th
-volleyball (10-12, varsity 12)
-soccer (10-11) jv captain 10th + 11th
-casa maria community service club (9-12) president in 12th
-math tutoring club (10-12) president in 12th
-yearbook (11-12) editor in 12th
-knightengales chorale group (11-12)
-musical (9)
-founder and member of Teen Advisery Board community service group @ library (11-12)
-athletic council (12)
-piano (13 years)
-published poet
-i'm going to spain this summer to study spanish @ university of salamanca</p>
<p>interests:
sciences + math in general
chemistry
engineering
business
pre-med</p>
<p>schools: </p>
<p>umich
northwestern
northeastern
boston college
kalamazoo
duke
vanderbilt
princeton
amherst
williams
swarthmore
miami of ohio
wash u
u penn
carnegie mellon
georgetown
george washington
columbia
nyu
loyola
skidmore
cornell</p>
<p>I know they're all over the place, and I know some are huge. big. big. reaches but I would appreciate the second opinion(s) nonetheless.</p>