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Health Science Major Jmu

Posted in Uncategorized | August 27th, 2011

Do I have a shot at a nice college?

I am a 16 year old male, currently attending Perry Hall High School.
I live in Baltimore, Maryland.
I am extremely social, intellectual in sciences and mathematics.
My current GPA is 3.0 and my weighted GPA is 3.7
I am very well rounded:
Marching Band
Orchestra
JV Baseball
Varsity Track and Field
School Plays
Senate
English Honor Society
Math Honor Society
Music Honor Society
My current schedule is :
G&T Music, Honors English, Honors Physics, Health,SAT prep, Advanced Placement U.S. History,Honors Trigonometry,Honors College Algebra,
Next years schedule:
Honors English, AP Economics, AP Psychology, G&T Music, AP Calculus, AP Computer Science, AP Music Theory, AP Government

Financially speaking, i’m pretty weak. My father and mother are both unemployed, due to the economy.

My current major: Mathematics focus on Trig.

Schools I want to go to:
University of Maryland, College Park
Lehigh
JMU

GPA is okay but nothing special. When you get your SAT or ACT scores, find UMDCP on collegeboard.com and use the “How Do I Stack Up?” service to compare yourself to the most recent admitted class.

The great enhancements that you have listed::

team sports
marching band
orchestra
Class rigor – the AP and Honors courses are huge – keep up the good work

Why nothing about language? You need to have at least three years and preferably 4 in useful modern language. That would include Russian, Spanish, Hindi, Mandarin, or Portuguese/Brazilian.

If you can get application waivers to Lehigh, go ahead and apply when it is the right time. Otherwise, concentrate on MD schools. I don’t see any point in James Madison for you.

Also, if finances are tight consider going to the local CC for the first two years and finishing up at UMD.

Lastly – have you considered applying for a military scholarship? The ROTC scholarships are superb and you can go anywhere where they have the program. One of my students was in horrible financial situation, got a 4 year Navy ROTC scholarship and went to Rice.