<p>I warn you all, I am not Evan O'Dorney or anyone of that caliber, so my application isn't the best. I have had several financial situations along with family issues get in my way of achieving anything remotely significant. So shall we start with where I currently stand?
The Past/More Present</p>
<p>Freshmen Courseload:
Honors Biology
Honors English
Honors World Cultures
Algebra 1
Spanish 2
Repertory Company</p>
<p>Sophomore Courseload:
AP US History Part 1
Honors English
Honors Chemistry
Honors Algebra 2
Spanish 3
Plane Geometry</p>
<p>GPA: 3.6 (W) / 3.317 (UW)</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Mock Trial (2 years): Tried to fit it into my schedule, but only while I was in between jobs. I almost secured lawyer spots as a freshman & sophomore, however I had to quit sophomore year due to a job at an IHOP in another state....
Anime Club (2 years): My Wednesdays were mostly free, but I had to work directly after/during the club
Math Team (2 years): I don't know if this even counts. I have scored straight 0's (except for ONE score of 1) for the last 2 years...During the last few competitions, I started to understand the mathematics and my answers started to make more sense.
IHOP Job (freshman year): I eventually had to end it because I found another, legal job... This was under table since I was too young to work at the time
Current Job: I pretty much work 6 hours during the weekdays and more during the weekends; I work pretty much whenever my boss wants me to. However, he has notified me of potential job cuts and I now need to find a second job since...I need to pay for more bills and for standardized testing</p>
<p>Other stuff:
I currently self study Hebrew, Russian, French, Spanish (I learn it in school), Arabic (mostly working on writing and reading my parents' books), and Latin.
I self-study a lot of physics and pretty much use MIT OCW and an old book a physics teacher gave me</p>
<p>Plans/What I Have Done to "Fix" Things
I have finished all of my summer reading/assignments
Junior Courseload:
AP US History Part 2
AP Statistics
AP Language & Composition
AP Physics 1
Honors Spanish 4
Honors Pre-Calculus
Poetry of Song
Word Derivation & Etymology</p>
<p>For junior year, I am currently reading & taking notes on the remaining half of my APUSH textbook, I am going ahead in Statistics, I have studied enough physics but I will review the AP Physics 1 new curriculum, I have read almost every book we will read in AP Lang, I am reviewing concepts for pre calc by taking notes and doing practice problems with the textbooks, and for Spanish I have been self-learning more concepts and reading the entire year's literature. I really want perfect grades....as you can tell...</p>
<p>I figured I would study everything so that the year is a bit easier & so that I can continue to study languages in an encouraging environment. </p>
<p>For ECs, I have to drop them all due to working more...so there goes that...but something tells me I will be happy with my languages....</p>
<p>So how can I improve my application if I am applying to:
Rutgers University
Local Community College
SUNY Binghamton
Penn State</p>
<p>That's pretty much it. My GC suggested QB, but I am extremely undecided and I don't know if I should even consider it given my stats. I want to try and get into the schools I have listed since I think that at this point, I have a fair shot at each school. Thanks for reading this and good luck with everything! :)</p>