What are some good admissions spikes for the Ivies and Stanford with physics and/or computer science? Some of my ideas are below, but I’m open to other ideas as well.
-USAMO(not sure how well I would have to do for it to be impressive…)
-Research internship at a university(I’m a freshman, so I would probably have to wait a couple of years)
-Some sort of physics simulator app/website. I’m not sure what I could make though, because there seem to be so many out there already.
Mantra for the HS student:
Do not think 'Every point I get off of a homework or test is a point away from going to Harvard."
Think: “I need to do my best, and there will be a college that is right for me when I graduate.”
Do not think “If I don’t go to an Ivy League School/Top20, I am doomed forever.”
Think: “No matter where I go, I can bloom where I am planted. I can get involved and shine.”
Do not think: “My life is over…the kid in my math class is taking 20 APs and I am taking 5. I will never succeed.”
Think: “I need to challenge myself, but only to the point where I can still do well.”
Do not think: “I have to come up with something to be a spike so I can get into Stanford.”
Think: “Let me work on things that appeal to me and see what colleges value that.”
USAMO is a lot of work if you want it to be a spike. If ur into physics, hb USPhO?
I think one of the best non competitive waus would be to make that app that you’re referring to. Or like a start up related to it.
Even though ur a freshmen, reach out and ask about research internships… I wish I had started earlier.