<p>Hey CCers congratulations to those of you who have been accepted to your school(s) of choice, all the hard work paid off. I need a little help, I'm currently a freshman and am working hard to get into Stanford it's my dream school. My question is what do I do now, I mean where should begin, I'm lost. Classes so far entitle:</p>
<p>Biology
Honors English
Spanish 1
Honors Geometry
Keyboarding(required) and then Health(required)
Computer Applications and then Concert Band</p>
<p>I play travel ball softball which is competitive, college scouts every once in a while.
I play violin(7 years), saxophone(2), and piano(3)
I'm not naturally smart, but I know how to work, if that helps.
Sorry ahead for the long post but I need help. But wants again congrats guys.</p>
<p>To get into stanford i would take a rigorous schedule. That doesn't mean take all AP but do take some..and do well... get involved! i cannot stress that. My mom and brother both went to stanford and they said it helps a lot to be involved in school and in your community. Try to become officers of clubs and what not. Do stay involved with music. Ultimately, do well on the SATs. that's about 2 years from now for you, but start thinking about it. good luck!</p>
<p>I echo everything worn<em>me</em>down said - challange yourself by taking hard classes and stay involved in extracuricullars and the community. But don't do anything just for your college application - do things you love. Don't be a serial club joiner - colleges can see right through that - find a few things that really interest you and focus on them. Don't just follow in other people's tracks - become a leader. And above all, keep working hard and good luck in three years!</p>
<p>yes, get involved with ECs NOW. that was my mistake. if you get involved now, you have more experience, which gives you a better chance of honors/leadership positions.</p>
<p>Find out which activities/things you like to do most. Be that Music/science/computer stuff whatever. Then, do things that you WANT to do and have a passion for it. If your passion is music, pursue that passion, get better, play at national events, join a symphony or whatever. Being amazing at one main thing is a LOT better than trying to do everything.</p>
<p>Thank you and I will certainly get started on ecs/persuing my passion for music and math this year. If you have any additional advice, please don't hesitate to let me know.</p>
<p>take advantage of your summers. see if you can take classes over the summer for credit so that you can maybe skip some basic high school courses(if this isn't too much work, of course). also, summers are great for community service, enrichment programs, etc. some great programs for students your age are CTY (Johns Hopkins), CTD (Northwestern), etc. </p>
<p>i'd also advise you to enter some contests.. math and music, but also essay-writing. if you win, great! you can earn scholarship money and put the award on your college app. and if you don't happen to win, you get the experience and practice. during freshman year, i made the huge mistake of not entering anything out of fear of failure (since i would be competing against seniors). take a risk!! it's definitely worth it.</p>