<p>what schools would you recommend for matches (safeties) for me in the northeast particularly but others would be okay too.thanks</p>
<p>Desired major: probably high schoolTeacher...does anyone know if there is anyway you can teach different classes? Like I would like to teach bio, english, and math and can't decide which. is there any program to let teach all of those classes without going to school much longer.</p>
<p>GPA: not reported by school but figured it out to be around 94-95 uw and 98-99 weighted, hopefully to go up with this semester.</p>
<p>Rank: also not reported but would say definitely in the top 10% out of about 250 probably even top 5%</p>
<p>SAT: I am a junior now and took the SAT on a trial basis in june. got 1820, can definitely do better. 610 cr, 640 math, 570 writing (really goofed the essay!) I hope to do well on the pSATs and can definitely improve the math and writing for the SATs</p>
<p>ECs are where I fall back quite a bit. They are a little better this year, but I definitely should have gotten more involved last year and frosh year. You could say getting involved is not something I commonly do. I do however, have several awards for academics to put down and know some great teachers that would love to write me awesome recs. Although my SAT writing wasn't a good score, I could probably write a reasonable essay.</p>
<p>Any good matches or maybe some slight reaches? Any good colleges if I got a few more ECs?</p>
<p>Thanks so much and sorry for this being so long.</p>
<p>I forgot to mention. I am taking only AP Calc this semester but all my other classes (minus electives of course) are Honors. They have a new thing where kids cant double up because class sizes are too large; they were even gonna make me wait on the Calc. Next yr., i hope for ap bio, ap chem, ap physics, ap eng, and ap hist. I may want to double up and take span 4 and ap span but that would be mad hard. The only other aps my school offers other than those i am taking are Ap art (i suck at art) and Ap french (obviously cant take).</p>
<p>I may or may not take ap exams or sat 2s
Can you please tell me a couple safeties and answer that question by my major?</p>
<p>I am not a teacher, but I can tell you a couple of things. My son's tutor is allowed to teach three hs subjects in New Jersey. This is b/c he took enough classes to be eligible for certifaction. His undergraduate degree is in economics. He went through a teacher mentoring program to become certified to teach in a New Jersey public high school. He does not have a degree in education. He wants a masters in educuation to advance on the pay scale. He is certified to teach history, physical science, and one other subject (I do not recall, but I know it is not math b/c he would need many more classes to be certified to teach it).</p>
<p>There are many routes you can take to become a high school teacher. I would investigate your state schools b/c it will probably lead to an easier time getting licensed in the end. Additionally, it will put you into less debt if money is any issue. I think teaching is a wonderful career today and we always need good teachers. The pay is not great in the early years so you might want to consider a state school.</p>
<p>I agree with northeast mom. Going to an in-state public institution is usually the best way to get a good education for teaching and also the best way to get connections and licensing for a job. The first place that school systems look to find teachers is their in-state public education schools. </p>
<p>It's wonderful that you want to be a teacher. It's such an important career! There is a lot of merit aid out their for students planning on teaching careers. The aid is especially available at public
universities. </p>
<p>Because it is extremely difficult to attract males into teaching careers, being male is an advantage when it comes to merit aid earmarked for education majors.</p>
<p>Your teachers and GC should be able to give you good advice about where to apply to for the best preparation and opportunities for teaching careers. I bet they'll be happy that you plan to become an educator.</p>