A dream deferred?

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>You are absolutely right.</p>

<p>My EC list was indeed shallow. I placed all too much listing on relationships. I was hoping for them to develop into something more, but until that happens they don’t belong there.</p>

<p>And you were right about my grades and “humbling” part. As I reconstruct my study habits that don’t work into something that does, I myst accept that Yale will not do my humbling for me.
As beforementioned, I am looking at the local state school system and CUNY. I will attept totransfer to Yale once I have rebuilt myself and enhanced my academics, or stay if I like my environment.</p>

<p>And thanks for being clear.</p>

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<p>Do the ACT, just because you’re not doing good at the SAT doesn’t mean you’re automatically denied at Yale. Honestly those are some great ECs, you need to stop with the negativity. Also, just because you don’t go to Yale or Harvard or Princeton doesn’t mean you can’t get a good job. I have my doubts about that article, it says nobody cares about Dartmouth and MIT, ***!? you know there are people who turn down Harvard for MIT? Still apply to Yale, and look at other safeties/matches, you don’t need to believe everything you see on the internet.</p>

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<p>saminator,
thanks! well, intparent was right. I did have my head in the clouds a bit.</p>

<p>THIS is what I should’ve put:</p>

<p>WGPA: 3.88</p>

<p>Freshman:
All A’s.</p>

<p>Sophomore:
Speech and Debate: A
Spanish: B
Chemistry: A
Symph Band: A
APWH: B (school bumps AP grades up, so its an A when factored into GPA). I got a 3 on the exam.
Eng: A
Precalc: A</p>

<p>Took Comsci course at local JC, got A.</p>

<p>Junior grades as of now:
AP English: A
Physics: B
AP Calc: B
Journalism: A
APUSH: B, can count on great letter of rec from the teacher.
Robotics: A
Band: A
Spanish: B</p>

<p>Marketable skills in real world: Good at communication, writing and verbal. Good at money management, studied business management and entrepreneurship.</p>

<p>(reformed list of) ECs / Experiences
Played Clarinet with HS Symphonic band since 8th grade, been to several regional bands
Cofounder and Vice President of Model UN: have been recognized/awarded in each conference (my studies in real political strategy pays off).
Invited to Academy of Political Science, a think tank where membership is normally for graduate students and professors, for my work in the social sciences
Invited to Commonwealth Club of California, nation’s oldest public forum, for my work in the social sciences
Offered internship to Wall Street Journal by its CEO. I got interviewed. Am looking at internship at San Francisco offices this summer.
Work closely with Mayor of my town, advising on economic and political strategy
Have relationship with local libertarian think-tank and economics publisher- Independent Institute. They know me well, and I could get an internship if WSJ falls through
Met with the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; trying to negotiate internship.
Submitting project to ISEF-affiliatied fair: Using Differential Calculus to Predict World Petroleum production
Council on Foreign Relations: I wrote to a the President Emeritus of this very influential think-tank, and got a one year free subscription to their publication, which is the most widely respected by policymakers. I am hoping to somehow develop this contact further by correspondence and possible internship.
Business manager and columnist for school newspaper. First business manager in school history to break-even on the paper.
Experienced in generating profits with stock market (maybe I can help increase the school’s endowment? )
And if it means anything, i am a book collector, with 300 books dedicated to my autodicdact learning.</p>

<p>The WSJ is the most sure intership right now.</p>

<p>This is the CUNY thread I put in the Chances section: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1429235-cuny-school-best-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1429235-cuny-school-best-me.html&lt;/a&gt; I want to maky CUNY a match or high reach</p>