My county regards Spanish and World Geography(classes I took in middle school) as high school classes, and I got a B in Spanish 1, C in Spanish 2, and C in World Geography. That gave me a 2.3 GPA coming into high school. My freshmen year was a bit rough as well, I took one AP class (World History), got a C in it, and my overall GPA for freshmen year was a 2.66. My sophomore year I took AP Biology and got a B+ in the class, my overall GPA was a 3.58 for that year. I am currently a junior and I'm taking 3 AP classes (U.S. History, English Lang & Comp, Spanish 5) My first semester plus third quarter average is an 89 in History, 94 in English, and 91 in Spanish. I have an A average in all my other classes except Algebra 2. That gives me a 4.1-4.2 GPA for my junior year if I maintain those grades. Unfortunately, that only brings up my overall weighted GPA to a 3.33-3.37.
I haven't taken the SAT/ACT yet. But I'm signed up to take the US History subject test on May 3rd. I received something in the 150s on my PSAT, 51-53 in Writing, 62-64 in CR, and 38 in Math(it's my absolute weakest subject, and the only thing keeping me away from a higher score). I took a practice ACT and received a 27 on reading, 24 on writing, 25 on science, and I have yet to take the math part but out of the 16 questions I've done I've gotten 15 right. My ACT practice score (minus math) is a 25 so far. I believe that after practice and possibly a math tutor I can get my SAT score to 1700+ and my ACT to 27+.
Because of my upward trend and my okay SAT scores (hopefully), what types of colleges should I be looking at? Should I be looking at colleges that accept in my GPA range or some a bit higher? I'm also a minority, I heard that helps too?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you!
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