Best High School Schedule for Stanford/MIT/Harvard/NYU/University of Chicago?

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Hello! I am a current 7th grader who will be going into 8th grade next year. I play competitive tennis and my dream school is Stanford. I am talking to Stanford, MIT, Harvard, NYU and the University of Chicago at the moment. I love to plan ahead, so I am thinking about my high school schedule. Can anyone give me any advice on if this schedule is any good? Thank you. Also, I am looking to be challenged. I am taking 11 of the 16 APs and 2 of the 4 Post-APs that my school offers. Finally, I speak Japanese and Korean fluently, near fluent in Chinese, advanced in math and science, love STEM classes, Captain of Varsity Debate, won #2 State Singles in Tennis, I also have made a couple of Apps and I have had my essays published in many magazines. I competed in the State science fair as well. Finally, won the State Chinese Competition and have completed an array of Business management courses through resources like EDX and Coursera. Finally, I model for Guess,Ralph Lauren and other international brands. I have already taken SAT Chinese Subject test and took the SAT Math 1 Subject test. I got a 800 to both. Will I get in? What else do I need? Thank you for your help.

9th: ENGLISH I HONORS, Geometry Honors, Computer Science 1, MODERN WORLD/ HUMAN GEOGRAPHY AP: 1750 to the PRESENT and HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Combo, DIGITAL ARTS I / DIGITAL ARTS II, PHYSICS HONORS, CHINESE III HONORS.

10th: ENGLISH II HONORS, Pre-Calculus Honors, Computer Science A AP, GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS: UNITED STATES AP, CHEMISTRY HONORS COMBO with SCI321H BIOLOGY HONORS, CHINESE IV HONORS

11th: ENGLISH III HONORS, Calculus AB AP, Foundations of Engineering Design, PSYCHOLOGY AP, MICROECONOMICS AP/MACROECONOMICS AP, WORLD HISTORY AP, CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE AP

12th: ENGLISH IV HONORS, Calculus BC AP, Statistics AP, SEMINAR IN PSYCHOLOGY POST-AP OR: AP Capstone in Data Structures (Post-AP), SEMINAR IN ECONOMICS POST-AP, UNITED STATES HISTORY HONORS, SCIENCE RESEARCH HONORS

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First, I admire your determination to succeed in high school, and it is very good to plan ahead. However, you have to consider that high school is much harder and different than middle school. Try not to get ahead of yourself. I can tell that you are an outstanding student, but rather than thinking exactly what the “perfect” application is or what colleges want from students, I would focus more on what you really enjoy and your interests. Your schedule looks good, but I would definitely alter anything that needs adjustment after you’ve really experienced high school through ninth grade. Definitely do a lot of volunteer or community services in high school, many students forget to do this and having a substantial amount of community service will allow you to stand out. In order to get into those top schools like Stanford, especially since you want to do science will be very hard. Therefore, you must be VERY outstanding, which I can already see that you are!! :slight_smile: Keep up the hard work!! Remember that Stanford and the other schools really care about your Stats as well so make sure to get a high ACT/SAT score. EC’s are also definitely going to let you stand out from the others. Good luck!

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minphia is right; just take the classes that interest and challenge you. You might not be able to fit all of those classes in your schedule, and you might find that a certain set of classes is too hard or too easy.

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Relax about college. You never know where life is going to take you. Don’t plan ahead. Be a kid for once! It is obvious that you have every qualification to be among those students one day. Just keep it up! One thing I do suggest though is to find activities that all link and relate to your future career. Also make sure you stay committed to one thing for all four years. I had a Buddy who was a complete over achiever, did tons of activities but rotated each year. Then I had a friend who stuck with debate for four years and did just debate and policy related things and is on a full ride to one of those schools

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And even if you may get into those colleges, they’re so expensive! You have to go to the highest bidder

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Even if you get a 4.0 GPA in High School, 1600 on the new SAT, you STILL might not get in, just because they’re very competitive and will be so much more competitive when it is time for you to apply.
Course rigor is definitely good as you are taking the majority of the AP’s and other challenging class that your school offers.
But dang, you have done a lot of stuff before high school. That is a TON of outstanding EC’s. I would certainly put my money on you getting into a top 10 college if you can continue all that throughout high school.