<p>hey everyone, er. well I have a lot to say, and I dont know if ill remember saying it all this post may be editted. BUt to start out I am a student, entering grade 11 (or juniors years) attending a small school in a small unimportant town. I used to believe that I was a great student, top of my grade, and even the grade higher than me. (top junior science student, and top grade 8,9, and 11 math (but these awards mean nothing to me because my school is so small and easy in comparison T_T)
However, with a recent visit to New York, I got the chance to see the real world. There, I got to see how hard other people are working and it worried me. (one of my cousins attends stuy) My school offers so little, the schoolwork is a joke, and being a small town there are no special ECs that I may be able to join.</p>
<p>My dream someday, is to go to a college in AMerica, (namely stanford, UPenn, Columbia, or Yale,) but I see the other chance threads, and they all seem to be super impressive, yet people reply to them that it will be a reach.
What I want to do is, improve myself. How can i do this?
For one,
My school gives out 4 AP courses, English, Chem, Physics, and Psych. However, there is a chance that there wont even be a chem, phy, or psych AP (thanks to a lack of students :( ) </p>
<p>There is this other school, that I MAY be able to transfer in which is starting IB for the first year. </p>
<p>WHich do you suppose is better? a new IB program (note theres no HL math or IB chem) or the AP courses at my school? Of course an even better scenario is to do independant study AP, but I'm not sure if my area supports that.</p>
<p>Also, as far as SATs go, I feel like I'm really behind. THere are some math concepts that I still don't know, I definitely do not have an SAT vocabulary, and my Writing is okay. I'm probably going to find a tutor, but a really good one is probably nonexistant. DO you think I am behind? I hear that I should be taking the SAT for the first time in April which seems too fast for me. (and the SAT IIs is just more work to worry about)</p>
<p>Furthermore, what kind of EC's would you guys think might exist and might help? There are really two things worth mentioning that I'm currently in, I have been on the volleyball team for all the years and plan to continue to do so, my current school is top in the district. The other is Army Cadets, where I am basically just waiting to become at least the Core Seargent Major at my cadets, which is the TOP core in the province. Maybe I should enter writing contests? :s I plan to start volunteering at a hospital and/ or find a job.</p>
<p>How can I, in the next one and a half years be ready for real world and above education? Keep in mind that with this new mindset of mine, I am ready to give all my sweat, tears, and soul into this, because I know that I will not be truly happy unless I am where I want to be in college. If the possibility exists, **I will spend every waking moment working to become all that I can be. **As I think back upon the years I have wasted playing video games, because school was just too easy, I am put into a depressive state. So, is there still hope for me? or will I just be rejected for not being a president or captain of some state team which is apparently still a high reach <_< </p>
<p>I'll be talking to my councellor on tuesday, please give me whatever insight you can until then... :) and answer those questions as spread out as they may be. I am currently feeling greatly despaired with the small opportunity I have, and would just like, to set some parts of my mind at ease. </p>
<p>If the impossible is just. well, impossible due to what little time i have, What are the chances of me, say going to undergrad school in Canada and then transferring into a med school (of the above choices) because yes, that is what I am interested in..</p>