A Synopsis of a (Confused) Future College Applicant...

@mehirv , I would also suggest you take either the ACT or SAT before the end of the school year or you will have way too much pressure next fall with all the apps and waiting for scores, etc… I suggest taking the ACT in April.

For APs senior year, get rid of 2 (Geography & Gov- if Science is your focus) and add some English electives you will enjoy. Forget the dual enrollment English. If you are REALLY interested in the Virginia Aerospace thing, do it.

What should you do to be more appealing? Not sure - I can tell you what you shouldn’t do. You shouldn’t let your GPA drop, and you shouldn’t take courses for the sake of your resume (which will result in drop of GPA, lack of sleep, bad ACTs, and boring applications). You shouldn’t start or join any more clubs, but should participate fully in the ones you like.

" I was able to take a slew of classes in hopes of discovering what I want to do. I would like to be a business man at some tech firm or investment banking firm but I would love to work on airplanes and space shuttles. I honestly do not know what I want to do and I think that we sometimes never find our true calling."

I don’t think you mentioned, in your long post, what classes you actually enjoyed in school. Think about that. You don’t have to have your life figured out before applying to college… perhaps you slow down and enjoy your high school courses, friends, activities and maybe things will present themselves to you. Seems like you are in the rat race right now, and you may crash and burn like so many others on this site. Junior year will catch up to you if you don’t slow down. The standardized tests and application process will quickly become your new obsession. So PLEASE, leave time in your school so you can devote the time those things require.