Chances for a good school based on schedule alone.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey!
I am a very dedicated student who loves electronics and science.I want to go to a school like caltech or MIT (used to live in NY and currently live in southern california {actually 35 minutes from caltech}) so i personally dont care which. So based soley off my shecdule what do you guys think about my chances?</p>

<p>8th grade</p>

<p>Algerbra 1 cp (had to repeat because of grade. Will this matter?)
Physical Science 8H (not a HS course but had to take over)
Spanish 1 cp (got a b sem 1 and a d sem 2. Took over since its a HS course</p>

<p>9th grade</p>

<p>English 9cp
Algebra 1cp
PE 9
Careers, Geography, and Health 9 (required elective)
Spanish 1cp
Physical Science 9 cp</p>

<p>9th-10th summer</p>

<p>Took Geometry online with BYU. Did not recive HS credit but was able to go to algebra 2 in tenth grade.</p>

<p>10th Grade</p>

<p>Computer Technician Academy* English 10cp
Computer Technician Academy World History 10cp
Computer Technician Academy Biology 10 cp
PE 10
Algebra 2
Spanish 2cp
Mass media (visual art class is necessary for uc schools so i took it as a precaution)</p>

<p>11th Grade</p>

<p>Computer Technician Academy English 11cp
Computer Technician Academy Chemistry 11 cp
US history AP (non academy but only if they accept me into ap)
Spanish 3cp
Math Analysis H
Computer Science (may take pc programming instead)</p>

<p>12th grade</p>

<p>Computer Technician Academy English 12cp
Physics AP (if accepted)
Economics and Politics cp
Calculus ap (if accepted)
Computer Repair ROP**</p>

<p>Clubs</p>

<p>Name,Position, What we do</p>

<p>1)CSF ,member, We are students who hold over a 3.5 gpa. At graduation we recive scholarships and special graduation stuff. We must hold a 3.5 gpa all 8 semesters and do 10 hours of community service for each.</p>

<p>2)Mass Media, member , not really a club it is a class but club like. Make semi weekly video news and joke announcements for the school. We learn video making, editing, and broadcasting techniques</p>

<p>3)Academy*, member, The academy program is a program designed for students to find their career. It is not a club but a set of classes. The academy changes you english, science , and history courses to cp academy courses. We go on trips, do job shadows,we do internships and do interveiws. There are 5 academys each with focuses that you choose. I am in the business and IT academy with a computer technician focus. This means al my academy courses are based on computers. I can switch academies, focuses, or (out of the) academy itself at any time. </p>

<p>4) ROP**, member, ROP classes are classes taken off campus. These classes generate 15 credits rather than 10. The classes are much more intense and even allow you to choose your hours (you choose location which has a corospoonding time to meet). These classes can be in bussiness locations or in classrooms. I am sorry to say I dont have much info as to what iwill be learning in PC repair rop (not that i wont be fixing pcs but i dont know if it will be like a job shadow or where i sit down and take tests).</p>

<p>5) Video Game Design club,President and Founder, As a computer geek I like to tinker with things, especially in the digital and hardware world. So i created a club for people like me to meet and over the course of 2 semesters, come up with one 3d videogame, school related (wether its an fps where we shoot SATs or a racing game with our staff members driving golf carts {which is how they get around our school by the way}). The club meets twice a week and it has an anual fundraiser , selling the game to students!</p>

<p>Acheivements</p>

<p>1) Elected 5th grade school president
2) Awarded "Best anti drug essay" of school in 6th grade from DARE.
3) Created a model that showed the effects of smoking on the lungs in 7th grade, and recived an award at the science fair.
4) Saved for 2 years to buy a 3.5k laptop (if you want the specs ill post them later)
5)Babysit for neighbors
6) Fix computers for neighbors, family members, and freinds. Even teachers!
7) Recived a 97% computer nerd test score (I probably wont include that lol)
8) Honor roll student
9) Best "community service project" in 5 years according to my health teacher. I collected 508 piunds of food for the homeless.
10) AV systems expert, pc expert, and electroics expert. Attempting to get a job at the geek squad but they say I am to young. : (
11) I have alot more, but currently this is all i can think of. </p>

<p>Grades</p>

<p>Well based off the above what are my chances? Lets say I stay in CSF (and hold over a 3.5) than what? What if I stay over a 3.75? Over or equal to a 4.0 (excluding freshman year)? </p>

<p>What would you change about this?</p>

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<p>sorry but no
ur ecs were pathetic......5th grade awards??? COME ON
we know ur gpa is a 3.5 ish but its gotta be 3.8</p>

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<p>first thing you need to do: eliminate any activity from your list that occured before freshman year of high school</p>

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<p>ya what huskem said, and dont put down any awards you get in like a health class...to have merit they should be school/district/city/town/etc</p>

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<p>are you one of those overachievers who hasn't actually finished middle school yet, maybe just now, and is already planning his next four years just for college?? If you are, relax and throw all of that away (maybe except for the 9th grade part), because you might change completely from now until then, and quite frankly you are just wasting your time to overplan.</p>

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<p>also, cross off that you saved up to buy a computer and the nerd test. the former nobody cares about and the latter will get you rejected from any school.</p>

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<p>Equine Are You Crazy This Kid's Got A Shot</p>

<p>Look At Those Ecs- He Was The Mofo 5th Grade President! That Shows Leadership Passion And Dedication I Think You've Got A Great Chance Just Write Fantastic Essays</p>

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<p>No i put the nerd test part as a joke. I would not put that for a college ap. Also I am a sophmore. Id like to add that I would NEVER out the middle school stuff on an essay BUT if it shows up on my transcript ( i know the spanish does , i dont think the others do) will it matter? </p>

<p>Again what do you think based off the schedule?</p>

<p>Also someone mentioned that I should not put that community service award. Why not? </p>

<p>Finally what programs should i do over the summers (besides geography online) because i heard colleges look at your summers.</p>

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<p>you are a sophomore as in you will be one or just finished and will be a junior? </p>

<p>Do whatever programs make you happy because that is what you will do best in.</p>

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<p>To be honest yes i am just becoming a sophmore. I know im kinda young to be thinking about this stuff, but I really want to find out if this schedule is what I should be shooting for.</p>

<p>So since i have 3 years , i have plenty of time for internships, real jobs, awards, major projects, and ECs to put on there. But for a incoming sophmore what do you think about my ecs?</p>

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<p>if you take a hard schedule and don't do well in it it will look worse than if you take lesser classes and do really well in them. Your schedule ALONE cannot get you into college. Also remember your schedule won't always allow you to take exactly those classes, it is entirley possible that some of them will conflict with eachother, and you won't be able to do exactly that. Just take it year by year.</p>

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<p>I can take all these classes except the aps which since id go from cp to ap i am required a petition. Im not worried about pettions as I have already sent in 3 and got accepted for each with limitations (didnt use one however which was for biology ap). </p>

<p>So based off the schedule (pretending I kept OVER a 3.75 each semester) what do you guys think of my chances? I just want to know if these classes and ECs will lok any good. Please remeber I will have much more ECs and acomplishments by my senior year.</p>

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<p>Any thoughts? And I do the essay topics change every year? If not id like to start them now and gradually edit, add to , and subtract from them so they will be perfect when I send them in.Also what should i do to practice for the SATs ? Like which one of those "sat for dummies" kinda books should I get to practice?</p>

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<p>They usually dont. Good idea tho, just dont let it consumer ur life.</p>

<p>As for the SAT's, i did Kaplan class and it worked out veeerry well for me, it gave me that motivation to study for it. If you arent into that then id suggest the Kaplan books and 100 SAT's for practice. Princeton Review is probably good too. Also get Hot Words for the SAT for vocab...they give you good tips to remember words</p>

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<p>Your class schedule sounds great...but honestly as long as you have the required math and science courses they offer anywhere and are getting top notch grades in them that covers that criteria. What's going to be more important is getting a great SAT score...that's what they're going to use to compare you with students all over the country. You're not competing with other kids from your high school who you may or may not be taking tougher classes than or have higher grades then. It doesn't matter. You're competing with kids from every state from every school. As far as all the stuff before high school...colleges don't allow it on applications. They specifically state list all activites/awards from 9th grade on. Also, just one thing I noticed just some of the things you listed in your "achievments section"...I'm sure you know this already but I wouldn't actually list them on the application. They are definitely things you can incorporate into your essay though to make yourself stand out and give them a sense of who you are and that you are well rounded. Hope this helps!</p>

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<p>thanks for the tips. ya the acheivemnts and other pre 9th grade stuff i will put in my essays (except the 8th grade stuff which i mentioned is a negative factor). Also i said that i started a club and am the president. That has yet to happpen, as i cant start it until next year. First off will that look good? Second, what type of club (like should it be like a social gathering or a club with a job/goal) ?</p>

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<p>I know this will sound offensive and I don't how it is at your school but usually the top kids at my school have calculus (either AB or BC) down before senior year...and my school is at or below average (overcrowding, underfunded...) Kids usually go from 9-12 => bio, chem, physic B AP, and a final science (physics C, chem AP, bio AP). As for computer science AP I and ~50 other kids took it their sophomore year. Personally I don't think this is a very hard schedule. Like everyone said try to study for the PSAT/SAT next year...and try to get more math and science AP classes...your school seem to not offer alot? I would suggest getting math analysis (precal?) out of the way during the summer so that you could take cal next year. Also, apply to math and science summer programs your junior year (MITES, RSI, etc...look them up on this site) or try to self study an interesting branch of math like number theory.</p>

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<p>sorry i misread...you're going to be a sophomore so i would take care of the alg 2 class...good luck...i personally didnt think about college this until this year...lol</p>

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<p>what if you die tomorrow? You will ruin all your plan.
Just do what you like. Life is never predictable.
You may screw the SAT everytime because you have stomachache everytime.
It really happens.
Just chill</p>

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<p>your not going to have space to write about anything pre-9th grade unless it was life altering (dead parent level). Most essays are 500 words and then a 250 word. Colleges aren't going to give a crap what you did 4 years ago. Start your essays mid way through junior year and even then you'll be overprepared.</p>