<p>Corinao, 4 math classes in a year?!</p>
<p>I think it's because in many colleges, math courses are a semester, trimester, or a quarter long. Differential equations and linear algebra in my university, for example, are only a quarter long; multivariable calculus two quarters, real analysis two quarters.</p>
<p>Also vegangirl, your stats look pretty good for Georgetown with good courses and excellent ECs - I think it can more accurately be called a fit. But take my words with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>Screen name:
Gender: Male
Location: Massachusetts
Preferred geographic location for college: Northeast
Any specific things looking for in a college (large, small, urban, etc.): Midsized, suburban or urban
Possible academic interests/majors: Chem E.
Schools you're interested in right now:Princeton! Dartmouth, Cornell, Amherst
Junior Year Courseload:
AP Lang + Comp, AP Bio, AP Euro, Precalc H, French III H, Band H, Instrumental Techniques
Rank/GPA: 2/170; 4.7W, 3.9UW
Most important EC's: Boy Scouts, Junior State of America, Academic Decathlon, Band (Clarinet), Junior Leadership Training Conference, hopefully NHS
Study Plans for PSAT/SAT/ACT: Taking the October 8th SAT (self-studied over the summer) and the PSAT in October also</p>
<p>hey simfish, thanks :) I'm a little obsessed with georgetown, so I hope I'll have a chance next year, but we'll see how it goes. I guess I need to survive jr year first! btw, your schedule is just wow- not for the weak of heart. you're a brave soul for taking on all those HL classes. but you seem like you're ready to handle it. good luck!</p>
<p>Actually, that was my original plan (I actually know people in my school with even more seemingly impossible course loads, who have 6 HL classes, as contrasted to my planned 5 HL classes). But an early entrance program accepted me so I've escapted that schedule.</p>
<p>For example, one of my classmates has this schedule:</p>
<p>IB Mathematics HL
IB Physics HL
IB Biology HL
IB Spanish HL
IB English HL
IB History of Americas HL
IB Chemistry SL
And I think she's also doing music too. Just...wow...</p>
<p>Good luck with Georgetown, vegangirl! Placing 3rd in National History Day is a very very impressive accomplishment and outgrowing your high school courses in math and having to take them at a community college is also impressive. Is history your passion? I think you can also be competitive at Ivy League (if you apply) but many universities have arbitrary admissions so that kind of hurts.</p>
<p>Screen name: bigchumpa
Gender: female
Preferred geographic location for college:north east, boston or new york
Any specific things looking for in a college (large, small, urban, etc.): biiig city, i guess medium sized, lots of resources but low student:teach ratio
Possible academic interests/majors: linguists or chemistry
Schools you're interested in right now:Boston University, NYU, Columbia, MIT, really, any college in NY or Boston
Junior Year Courseload:
AP Calc AB
AP Physics B
AP Chem
French 3
Chinese 1
American LIt
Civitas
Rank/GPA:At my old school, I wass 1st/4.00 GPA, but at my new school there's no ranking or GPA
Most important EC's: I guess... hmmm... Science Olympiad, cello, math league. I may do more, I donno yet.
Study Plans for PSAT/SAT/ACT: Oooooh no. I'm borrowing practice books from the library, don't know how much I'll study. prob a bit every other night? I'm soo lame-o and going to do sooo lame-o but oh well. I hope to get just high enough for teh scholarships but not ever so very high up in the sky. I'm no great person.</p>
<p>Screen name: calkidd23
Gender: Female
Location: California
Preferred geographic location for college: Somewhere on the east coast
Any specific things looking for in a college (large, small, urban, etc.): Medium to small sized (a large college on the small side is okay), strong theatre department, strong languages and international relations programs, study abroad opportunities.
Possible academic interests/majors: International Relations
Schools you're interested in right now: Georgetown, Tufts, Middlebury, American, George Washington, and some UCs
Junior Year Courseload: AP English Lang/Comp, AP US History, AP Chemistry, Pre-Calculus, Spanish 3, TA (I decided to take a "light" load and get straight As this year, haha)
Rank/GPA: 3.83UW, 39/665
Most important EC's: Theatre...it's a huge part of my life. Actually, it is my life. I think coming home after rehearsal is a waste of time. They ought to let me sleep in the theatre, it'd save so much time. Oh, and I work at a local ice cream shop. "Would you like some whipped cream with that?"
Study Plans for PSAT/SAT/ACT: I think I'll eschew the PSAT and buy myself a burrito with the 13 bucks instead. I am, however, studying massively for the SAT. I'm one of those lopsided people with high CR/W scores and such low math scores you wouldn't believe it. I have a bunch of prep books and am using the Xiggi method.</p>
<p>Screen name: aim: ensovendedrage
Gender: female
Location: New York City
Preferred geographic location for college: USA
Any specific things looking for in a college (large, small, urban, etc.): small is good, and must accomodate deaf people
Possible academic interests/majors: engineering
Schools you're interested in right now: Cooper Union for undergrad, then Caltech or MIT
Junior Year Courseload: 3 APS (calc AB, comp sci, ush), honors classes- latin, spanish, english, physics, and gym + track team
Rank/GPA: my average is like 98
Most important EC's: cross country and track, and math team
Study Plans for PSAT/SAT/ACT: took SAT in soph year (800M 690CR 730W) prob not retaking, PSAT im just gonna wing it, no ACT</p>
<p>Screen name: SagarSays ShutUp (There is a space in there)
Gender: Male
Location: My Computer
Preferred geographic location for college: Cambridge MA or Pasadena CA
Any specific things looking for in a college (large, small, urban, etc.): No
Possible academic interests/majors: Brain Cognitive Sciences/Mathematics/Computer Science
Schools you're interested in right now: MIT, Caltech, Stanford, Berkley
Junior Year Courseload:
AP Physics C
Multivariable
English(Possibly take AP Exam, not sure yet)
AP US History
AP Chemistry
Differential Equations
(Maybe another math course, depends on how things go)
Intro Spanish(dropped French IV, so I could get Physics in schedule)
Other stuff</p>
<p>Rank/GPA: No Rank here at Highly competetive boarding school. At old school, Rank was 1.</p>
<p>Most important EC's: Science Olympiad, Computer Science Club(I'm starting), Math Club, MUN, other stuff</p>
<p>Study Plans for PSAT/SAT/ACT: Screw it, and work on siemens westinghouse</p>
<p>EDIT: Actually, I'm going to study for SAT, not too much for PSAT though.</p>
<p>"Corinao, 4 math classes in a year?!"</p>
<p>Yeah, but they are all semester classes :)</p>
<p>Screen name: Sozo
Gender: Female
Location: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Preferred geographic location for college: Midwest, South, or NE</p>
<p>Any specific things looking for in a college (large, small, urban, etc.): Small, possibly all women, large university would be good for research though</p>
<p>Possible academic interests/majors: chemical engineering, biochemistry</p>
<p>Schools you're interested in right now: Barnard, Wellesley, Reed, WashU, Columbia</p>
<p>Junior Year Courseload:
AP Chemistry (2 semesters, so counts as two credits)
AP calc AB/BC
Psychology
English H
History H
French 4 H</p>
<p>Rank/GPA: end of sophomore yr: 4.09 (Unweighted, an A+=4.3)-my school doesn't rank</p>
<p>Most important EC's: pres. of Recycling club, Anti-defimation league, field hockey, class cabinet</p>
<p>Study Plans for PSAT/SAT/ACT: Take a lot of practice tests and try not to make stupid mistakes on the math section!!</p>
<p>Screen name: mimnastix (never on tho :P)
Gender: f
Location: Bronx, NYC
Preferred geographic location for college: 5 hours max by car radius, but 1.5 hours minimum :)
Any specific things looking for in a college (large, small, urban, etc.): urban or small city, not a small college - so medium or large, GOOD PROGRAM in what i want to study (very important), opportunities for work in the field near the school or in that city/town, not extreme on either side of the political spectrum, NOT RELIGIOUS, not a school of all women, not a bunch of rich white kids (i'm white too though), DIVERSE
Possible academic interests/majors: pharmacy, psychology, economics
Schools you're interested in right now: NE, Rutgers, BU - not shooting higher right now
Junior Year Courseload: Sucks.
Eng Hon
Trig Hon - but I can go straight to ap calc in my school
Reg Spanish 5
College Russian
Reg Physics</p>
<p>Rank/GPA: 92, does not rank
Most important EC's: Track, Russian club
Study Plans for PSAT/SAT/ACT: on my own with books, probably a course as well (Kaplan)</p>
<p>Already have a 730 in Chemistry, which I thought was totally above my head. </p>
<p>Go to a very difficult, prestigious school so hopefully that will help.</p>
<p>Gender: Female</p>
<p>Location: Waldorf, Maryland</p>
<p>Preferred geographic location for college: Boston</p>
<p>Any specific things looking for in a college (large, small, urban, etc.): urban, large school, small class sizes</p>
<p>Possible academic interests/majors: biology, biochem, sport med </p>
<p>Schools you're interested in right now: Boston University, West Point</p>
<p>Junior Year Courseload:
Honors Chem
AP Art History
AP Bio
Advanced Agebra w/ Trig
AP World History
NJROTC 3
AP Lang. and Comp</p>
<p>Rank/GPA: year end- 4.2, with straight A's this year I can get a 4.7, I'm thinking 4.5- ish
Rank- we don't find out until the end of this year- probably with in the top 15 (based on principal's honors list)</p>
<p>Most important EC's:
NJROTC- I'm the company executive officer now (second in command) which is almost unheard of for a junior. Next year I will be the company commanding officer (first in command) I'm also the academic officer. I've recieved various awards for academics through ROTC including the Purple Heart National Leadership and Academic Award. </p>
<p>Girl Scouts- I'm currently working on my gold award. I've been the president of my troop since... 8th grade. I also assist my mom who leads a brownie troop</p>
<p>History Day- wow... I've been doing History Day for... 6 years. I'm pretty active in my county history day program.This summer I spent 2 days teaching history teachers from my county about the history day program. I haven't been too successful at the national level. But I won first place at state for my individual exhibit. History Day keeps me busy, takes up my free time.</p>
<p>Science Fair- Science fair keeps me pretty busy as well. Last year my project won 1st at school, and 3rd at districts. Not enough to get me to intel. Hopefully this year. </p>
<p>Sports- Soccer, Cross Country, Swimming, Track... In past years I've coached a few soccer teams. </p>
<p>Random other things such as- SADD, JNSO, and this year I'll hopefully be inducted into NHS</p>
<p>Study Plans for PSAT/SAT/ACT: I'm taking an SAT class this fall. I'll be taking the SAT's in december. I'm not sure about the ACT yet. I'll take that too... I don't know when. I'm also planning on taking a few SAT subject tests.</p>
<p>heeey, i know you.</p>
<p>lol... I know you too.</p>
<p>I'm guessing you're doing nhd again this year? I liked your exhibit a lot this past year (I have a few pictures of it on my computer:)).</p>
<p>Screen name: prolixity</p>
<p>Gender: female</p>
<p>Location: san francisco, CA</p>
<p>Preferred geographic location for college: within California</p>
<p>Any specific things looking for in a college (large, small, urban, etc.):
Not really, no</p>
<p>Possible academic interests/majors: Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering ; Astronomy; Astrophysics; with a minor in Theatre Technology</p>
<p>Schools you're interested in right now: Stanford, UC Santa Cruz, Cal Poly SLO</p>
<p>Junior Year Courseload:
AP Physics, English, US History
Honors Precalculus
American Sign Language 3
Photography
Religion</p>
<p>Rank/GPA: last year - 3.43 UW, 3.7 W rank:23/110</p>
<p>Most important EC's: THEATRE!! Actor and stage crew. All my ECs and time are dedicated to it.</p>
<p>Study Plans for PSAT/SAT/ACT: already taking classes. Got a 1650 our first practice test EEP! x_x</p>
<p>Screen name: zpmqxonw</p>
<p>Gender: female</p>
<p>Location: seattle</p>
<p>Preferred geographic location for college: new york, boston, california</p>
<p>Any specific things looking for in a college (large, small, urban, etc.):
Large jewish population, study abroad, strong mathematics department</p>
<p>Possible academic interests/majors: Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering, Mathematics</p>
<p>Schools you're interested in right now: Columbia University <-- REALLY REALLY Want to do the joint program with JTS also looking at Cornell, Brandeis, and USC</p>
<p>Junior Year Courseload:
AP US History
AP Physics
AP Calculus
Spanish X103 (Accelerated Spanish 300= college credit from UW)
Chemistry
English 11</p>
<p>Rank/GPA: as of last year- 3.6ish uw</p>
<p>Most important EC's: Taekwondo and XC. Also planning on restarting science fair at local elementary college. Hoping to also become more involved in the jewish community (ex: NFTY, USY, BBYO, etc.).</p>
<p>Study Plans for PSAT/SAT/ACT: I don't usually study for tests, I got like 189 last year so probably will review the basic math and just read a little.</p>
<p>screename: ebonyqueen15
gender: female
location: College Park, Maryland
Preferred geographic location of college: Northeast
Specific things looking for in a college: good med school placement, near or access to city, mid-large population
Possible major/academic interest: Chemistry, Economics
Schools: Umm, I like Columbia and Duke right now...</p>
<p>Junior Year Courseload
AP Language (first semester)
AP Chemistry
AP Physics
AP Psychology
Spanish 3
Pre-Calc Hon.
US History (2nd semester)
Symphonic Orchestra </p>
<p>Rank/gpa of last year: 4.0 </p>
<p>EC's- Track, International Club, teach religion classes, other stuff </p>
<p>Study plans for SAT/ACT/PSAT: I'm doing free SAT Kaplan classes at school. Most of the time, I use my sister's old SAT book and my blue book.</p>
<p>Screen name: Vtpoetchic</p>
<p>Gender: Female</p>
<p>Location: Vermont</p>
<p>Preferred geographic location for college: Don't care, but I want to spend some time abroad</p>
<p>Any specific things looking for in a college (large, small, urban, etc.): Good reputation</p>
<p>Possible academic interests/majors: Musical Theatre, Creative Writing, Screen Writing, Photography</p>
<p>Schools you're interested in right now: ...ahhhhh!!!!!...</p>
<p>Junior Year Courseload:
AP US History
American Literature
Pre-Calc
Chemisty
Choir
Select Choir
Health
Gym</p>
<p>Rank/GPA: 4th, 3.95 (out of 4.0)</p>
<p>Most important EC's:
Captain Gymnastics team
Drama Club
Track ROtY Freshmen year
12 years riding experience, 4th in VT last year
Student council
Model UN
Worked two jobs consistently last 5 years</p>
<p>Study Plans for PSAT/SAT/ACT: .....ahhhhhhh!!!!!......</p>