<p>Hi guys!</p>
<p>I was just wondering if you guys could take a couple moments to reflect upon my current standing as a sophomore. My first quarter just ended, and I am fairly happy with the results.</p>
<p>Lit/Comp 2 (H): A
PE: A >.>
Spanish 2: A
Precalculus (H): A
AP Euro: A
Chemistry (H): A
GPA UW: 4.0
GPA W: 4.5 [AP Euro, Precal, and Chem are all weighted)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: NHS member (one of 8 sophomores in NHS), founder of a club at school, 2 year+ president of a teen group at the public library that promotes literary awareness and puts on events each weeks.</p>
<p>I have no SAT scores in, but from my one practice SAT last year, I didn't do so hot (as in, so bad that it was barely a 1700!)</p>
<p>But, yes.</p>
<p><------------- Chance forums are that way brah</p>
<p>^lmao.<br>
tsen char</p>
<p>Schedule looks good.</p>
<p>Prep for SAT.</p>
<p>One of only eight sophomores in NHS?! I’m sure Yale’s going to be astounded.</p>
<p>My suggestion would be to forget the whole idea of a “dream school.” You’re setting yourself up for a huge disappointment. The chances of your getting into one particular selective college are so much lower than your chances of getting into a great college if you will take the time to research a variety of schools at all levels of selectivity. The more you fixate on one, the less chance you give yourself to explore others that you might like equally, but that would be an more likely admit ( wouldn’t have a 7% admit rate.)</p>
<pre><code>Keep doing what your doing. Keep up your great grades and continue to participate in ECs that you enjoy- not ones that you hope will look good to Yale and others. (This is futile because you have no way of knowing what they are looking for from one year to the next.) Get to know your teachers and take a real interest in your classwork. Get to know your high school counselor- or rather help them get to know you.
Buy a good SAT prep book and work at the sections where you’re weak. Improve your vocabulary and make an effort to really understand your math. Read all kinds of things: Great literature, political commentary, scientific writing- anything that makes you think and stretches your mind.
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<p>Good luck to you, but don’t limit your sights. There are probably 50 schools out there that would be a good fit for you, but if you spend the next two years focusing on the most unobtainable, you’ll miss out on them.</p>
<p>Well said. I used to be the same way when I was younger. I was an Ivy/top university w.ho.re…(not literally, but you get the point). But now, as a senior, I realized how hilarious it is. Now, don’t get my wrong, I am applying to a couple ivies and I will definitely consider them if I get in, but they are really NOT all that they are cracked up to be. The mistake that most people make is adhering to the aura of ivies. that stigma that they all have. just really diversify your options. look at all different types of schools, you never know what you will find. Hell I am a good example, like I said.</p>
<p>Sophomore year colleges:
Harvard
Cornell
Yale
MIT
CalTech
Stanford
Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>Now, as a senior:
Oberlin
Ohio State
Cornell
Penn
Carnegie Mellon.</p>
<p>Who would think two years ago that I would be almost possitive on Oberlin. The most liberal school in the nation (I am a scarlet elephant). I know you probably don’t care about my life an ounce, and I don’t expect you to. I just want to show you that you will probably end up at a different school than you think right now. You will probably have different interests. Two years in High school is a long time. Just put yourself in position for success now, and take advantage of it later. I hate long-winded posts just as much as the next guy, so I apologize.</p>