<p>Hi! I know there are college search engines out there about this, but I really wanted a personal opinion. I'm in 11th grade and starting to seriously consider the list of colleges I am thinking about applying to. I wanted to see if other people's recommendations matched up with my school ideas. This is really long, so its ok if you ignore this post, this was mostly for me to write out my own information haha</p>
<p>I have a 3.65 unweighted GPA consisting of my academic classes the past three years, and a 4.27 weighted GPA including all of my courses.
Freshman year (transferred schools 3 weeks in, they didn't let me take more than two honors courses):
90 in Biology
89 in English I Honors
86 in Geometry Honors
94 in Global Civilizations
94 in Spanish II
95 in Journalism
Sophomore Year:
87 in Algebra II Honors
91 in Chemistry Honors
91 in English II Honors
99 in Graphic Design
84 in Spanish III Honors
93 in US History I Honors
Junior Year (First Half of the Year):
93 in AP Lit
94 in AP World
85 in Physics Honors
91 in Precalculus
95 in Spanish IV
95 in US History II Honors</p>
<p>Senior Year Schedule: SUPA English Composition (Dual Enrollment at Syracuse University), AP US History, AP Psychology, AP Macroeconomics, AP Environmental Science, and Calculus</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: (with projected membership and leadership positions)
Key Club: 9th/10th (75 hours of community service)
Mock Trial: 9th (witness), 10th (attorney), 11th (attorney) and 12th (attorney)
Drama Club: 9th/10th/11th (Student Assistant Director) and 12th (Vice President) - Member of the International Thespian Society for 3 years
Social Justice Club: 10th, 11th (Vice President), 12th (President)
Gay-Straight Alliance: 10th, 11th (President), 12th (President)
Peer Leader: 10th, 11th, 12th
National Honor Society: 11th and 12th (Secretary)</p>
<p>Other Activities:
Weekly Internship with State Senator (11th-12th)</p>
<p>Volunteer Work: Consistent work with local organization that uses gardening as a therapy for autistic children; I garden with them and help fix up the home they are renovating for autistic adults (10th grade-12th)</p>
<p>Summer:
2011: 3 College Credits for Georgetown University Fundamentals of Law Course, 4.0 GPA
2012: NJ SCHOLARS (13% acceptance rate)</p>
<p>My recommendations will be a huge part of my application, as my guidance counselor has that my recommendations for the summer programs are two of the best she has ever read. One will be a sophomore year and senior year history teacher and mock trial coach, the other will be a junior year english teacher
I am also very close to my guidance counselor and I expect a great recommendation from her</p>
<p>My SAT Score in March was a 2060 (710 Cr/690 M/660 W) and I plan on increasing it dramatically
I will also be taking the ACT and SAT IIs in Literature, Math II and World History</p>
<p>I'm a white girl from New Jersey, so I have absolutely no ethnic diversity to offer haha</p>
<p>I want to major in Political Science and minor in Economics, or major in Political Economy if the major is available. I also plan on applying to law school.</p>
<p>Thank you if you have actually taken the time to read this entire thing, it is very much appreciated!</p>