Full ride to college?

It depends on where you want to go. If you go to a public, in-state college, you'd be in pretty good shape for a decent merit-based scholarship. If you go out-of-state, be prepared to be paying off loans for a loooong time.

My advice: Take the ACT and/or SAT in the spring. Keep retaking it through your junior and senior years.

You can play college golf, and the best way is to attend the IJGA, the International Junior Golf Academy in Hilton Head, SC which is in the same state in college you plan to attend. Hank Haney, Tiger's coach is the head instructor of the IJGA. It's a full academy with academics in Heritage Academy, which you can finish your high school, and you live in house dorms with roomates that are also students, and house parents. Students that attend the IJGA are all aspiring golfers who want to play college golf, and hopefully go pro. Students attend the IJGA for a full school year or semester, so you should try to go here next semester, and finish your high school there. In the academy, you work on your game by getting coached by Hank Haney and his instructors, and you play competitve tournaments with other students for the IJGT, the International Junior Golf Tour, and from that colleges see you for scholarships. Not everyone that goes to the IJGA gets scholarships, so if you don't, you can stay there for their post graduate program, which is the same, you improve in your game, go to school in the same time, and you can then go on and play college golf, and turn pro. There was a show on the Golf Channel which shows lives of students in the IJGA. It's School of Golf: Hilton Head Island, but the show just ended, but you can check your local listings when it's on, or watch videos like recaps online on their website. I highly recommend watching this show before considering going to the IJGA, but you should go to the IJGA, it's the best way you can play college golf. You should not miss out on this opportunity, you should try to attend the IJGA next semester and finish there, if you have the money and will, it's the best way. You have a better chance in playing college golf if you go to the IJGA rather than going to that school you get instruction. For more information about the IJGA, and the show School of Golf: Hilton Head Island, the websites are below in the sources.

Your chances are pretty good at getting in, but full ride scholarships are pretty rare nowadays. And prob even more rare by the time you graduate HS. If I were you I'd drop a few of the extra circulars to give you more time to keep your GPA up esp when you start the AP classes. A couple of them is okay on your college app, but too many just limits your time and kills your GPA, They aren't "worth" as much when applying to colleges as most people think. (less than 10%) The rest is GPA and admission test scores. 45% each, at least!

You won't get a full ride. If your mom makes a lot, you'll be lucky if you get any financial add whatsoever. I graduated top of my class, was involved in numerous activities, and took college classes while in high school. This being said, I graduated 2 years ago, and still cannot get into college. My parents make too much for me to qualify for financial aid even though I live on my own, and since i was not valedictorian or a volley ball star, i didn't qualify for enough scholarships. You may qualify for some scholarships and grants, but your most likely going to be stuck paying, but with your mother's income, she will qualify for parent plus loans, which will pay for your school.

As a teacher, I know many students who have GPAs that exceed 4.0.

If you go to an Ivy League School, your transcripts will be, at best, average. Medical schools receive an abundance of applicants who have 4.0 and above. If you get a full ride, it probably will not be from a first rank college, unless you also are a great athlete.

There are so many other factors you have to consider but right now your doing your part so you might get a lot of incentives if not a full ride.