<p>i have a 4.0 before ap and honors classes are averaged in (so i took many honors and ap classes)
i was in honor society for all 4 years of high school, and 7th and 8th grade
i was in diversity club for all 4 years of high school and 8th grade (and was president for one year)
i was in key club for 3 years of high school
i was on varsity tennis for all 4 years of high school and captain my senior year
i plan to double major in english and japanese
and i'm a minority (asian)
i haven't taken the sat or psat or act yet, i'm still a freshmen, but this is what my high school years will look like</p>
<p>what are other ways to making my chances of getting into stanford better?</p>
<p>OP, you have a good foundation with grades and starting ECs early.</p>
<p>a few words of wisdom:
Asians aren’t considered an under-represented minority in the college admission process. Actually, your ethnicity will hurt you a little bit. sad but true.</p>
<p>study study study for your standardized tests.</p>
<p>and try to do some more unique ECs that demonstrate your passion for a particular subject. For example, since you are prospective english major, maybe do something english-y?</p>
<p>I don’t think you’d get in for that hypothetical scenario. honors society, key club, tennis, and diversity club seem pretty mundane. </p>
<p>Would you want some 4.0 GPA person who, for example, says their main passion is math but only are on the math team? Or would you want someone with a 3.9 GPA who is not only on the math team, but is the head of it, enters math programs during the summer, tutors math, and does proofs in his free time? Because the latter are the types you will be “competing against” come winter 201?.</p>
<p>The good thing is that you have 3-4 years to make yourself sellable for colleges. Most people don’t figure this out until it’s too late, if ever. But don’t fake a passion in something, do stuff you’re interested in (which, admittedly, might be difficult to tell as a freshman). And your passion doesn’t have to be academic; mine was golf.</p>
<p>i was in honor society for all 4 years of high school, and 7th and 8th grade
^^***. you said you are a freshman. have you created a time machine, if so then can you share it? LOL making a time machine would get you into stanford, but thats about it.</p>
<p>this kid is simply planning his high school years. i’ve probably been in your shoes before, trying to plan ahead so that my application will have what impresses my dream schools.</p>
<p>but don’t. just do what you’re passionate about, what you really enjoy and what you’re really interested in. if you like science, do research in topics you love. if you want to major in english and japanese, which you probably won’t, then create your own literature club attracting people with common interests. you’ll have a better time and won’t fall into the college craze like so many other people.</p>
<p>freshman year isnt really as important as junior year. so just keep your grades up, and dont join clubs just to be in them but actually do stuff in them b.c you are competing against ppl who are probably doing the same thing.soo yeahh try new things. be different! but in a good way…</p>
sad but true.</p>