<p>Hello and thank you to everyone who bothered to read this. I am a freshman, and i would like to know if anyone could tell me what i hould be doing now in order to get in to a fantastic univercity. my mom and dad both went to jr. college, so they arn't the most help on this subject. I have a 4.0 gpa, and i already took the SAT's once, i took it in order to try to go to a john hopkins summer program. I got a 570 math. I don't really know what else to say, i am involved with my church, and i am on the leadership of the christian club at my school. I will be taking algerbra II my freshman year along with honors physics, latin I, honors english, and another elective, it will probably be web page design. is there anything else i should do? please give me some tips, and thank you</p>
<p>Congrats on your efforts to start looking into this process early! Among the Ivies, I got into Columbia, Brown, Penn, and Cornell; I'd say just do the things you really love doing (college adcoms love seeing applicants with a passion), get your SAT scores up, take challenging courses, and keep your grades up. You've probably heard this before, or maybe not. Good luck!</p>
<p>No offense, but start with learning to spell. Seriously. arn't ... algerbra ... univercity.</p>
<p>As the other poster said, get good grades and get a good SAT score and do activities and you'll be fine.</p>
<p>I just finished my freshman year in high school. Few people in my grade are thinking about college, though I am. It's surprising to see a lot of the kids in my grade slack off. Anyway, I'd get into a lot of clubs, play a sport, get good grades, get involved, etc. If you feel worried about the SAT's you could get a tutor now, but it's not necessary. My sister was personally tutored right before the SAT's and she received high scores. Don't get into the mindset that you have the rest of high school left to improve on everything, because before you know it, high school will be over. A lot of seniors told me this. Find your talents and develop them. Devote this summer to something worthwhile. I've been reading dozens of books. Don't let college take over your eyesight though. Just have fun and do what you're interested in. I don't have the right to say any more because I'm only going to be a sophomore this year, that's just what I've heard. Good luck your freshman year. Hopefully it won't be as hectic as mine.</p>
<p>um... i'd consider any freshmans to not spend time on the board and just have fun. I mean still work hard w/ your grades and study, but don't get all crazed up with SATs until summer of sophomore year. Or else you'll get burnt out even before junior year and that's not good.</p>