<p>Hey guys, I really want to go to Harvard for biochemical engineering. I'm a freshman right now.</p>
<p>This year, I'm taking:
Honors Bio
Honors Eng
Honors Alg 3-4
Spanish 5-6 (no hon. available)
PE
Digital Media 1 / Health (required)</p>
<p>next year, i'm taking (10th grade)
AP Calc AB
AP Euro
AP Phys "c' Mech
AP Chem
Honors humanities (soph. form of honors english)
spanish 7-8 (again, no hon available)</p>
<p>im in:
JV swim 9th, varsity 10th
JV water polo 10th
Key Club, bulletin editor as 10th
science olympiad, treasurer as 10th
academic league coach / starting player
quiz bowl coach / starting player
california scholarship foundation
tutor hebrew at synagogue</p>
<p>is this enough to get in?? i know i have 3 more years ahead but am I on the right track?</p>
<p>*also i know that any ivy league college is a crapshoot, but how much of a chance do i have to not get rejected?</p>
<p>Looks like you’re on the right track at this point! Careful not to burn yourself out though. Keep up your extra curriculars and your grades. You need to be a well rounded applicant</p>
<p>Focus on ECs. My theory is that every student needs a strong schedule, but a masochistic schedule will not help you stand out. ECs and passion are what set a person way apart from the pack.</p>
<p>You should develop a passion. For example, if biochem engineering is your passion, try to get as many ECs as you can that focus on them. Try to be different. Math teams are great and all, but they don’t show the focus that colleges are impressed with and that will make you feel more fulfilled. Try for some research in a summer program. Volunteer at a lab. Intern somewhere. Participate in the DuPont Science Essay Challenge and write about a biochem engineering development. Compete in Intel and Siemens. Get your hands on every biochem engineering opportunity you can.</p>
<p>Your school really let you skip two years, my school only let me skip algebra 1…lucky you, I hope your school has some higher level courses for you to take after calc, because I’ve runout of math classes and am stuck my senior year XD!</p>
<p>Agreed with raiderade. If you can somehow get into something that shows focus, like research would probably be best, then you’re golden. You’re definitely on track as long as you don’t fall into the stock ECs.</p>
<p>Sounds like the schedule of a current Junior I know. He’s doing pretty well and I’m sure that you’ll do fine although the Phys “c” Mech is always hurts (unless you are a god of physics).</p>