<p>Right now I'm a sophmore at the top public highschool in Washington state and I have two options. I could either go to the University of Washington in the Honors Program and skip the last two years of highschool (fully enrolled, not running start), or I can wait. I only want to wait if I can get into one of my "dream schools"...but UW isn't a bad school or anything; it's rated #1 medschool for primary care by US News. I hear that transfering is really hard and my age won't help me out.</p>
<p>So here's where I stand SO FAR
Female
Part Egyptian
GPA is usually around 3.95
I'm two years ahead in math so I'll be in AP Calc at 16
I have AP Calc, AP Stat, AP French, AP English, AP Bio, and AP Physics lined up and room for one more (either AP Gov or AP chem)
I took my SATs at age 12 and got a 660 in math and a 590 in verbal
Just took my PLAN and got a 32/32 in Science a 31/32 in math 27/32 in english and urrrr a 24/32 in reading
By the time I graduate I WILL have:
7 years Knowledge Bowl
4 years Mu Alpha Theta (and I am starting to win awards)
4 years French Club (might get president if i stay)
4 years Key Club
5 years working at a Mortgage company
13 years formal voice and 6 years of opera training
(I am working on gaining some more c/s hours at the moment)
and as for "life experiance" for essays, I took care of my drug addicted mom from age 10 to 12 heh...(if that **** helps)</p>
<p>Reach Schools: U Penn, Cornell, Dartmouth, and though I doubt its possible Harvard Yale and Princeton
Safety School: Georgetown (legacy and I know people in the admissions office and keep in contact with them via email) </p>
<p>any advice at this point would be GREAT cause I need to make a choice :-/</p>
<p>thanks, thats what I hear a lot...but did you read the rest of my info cause I only posted part of it on accident. What I really need to know is do I have better options, despite the emotional stuff and missing out of the last two years of h/s...oh yea and I'm also one of the editors of the schools lit. paper/magazine</p>
<p>I also was thinking about the UW Academy for young scholars, but decided against it. I am hoping to just take classes at the UW during my summers, and Running Start through the year. I am so bored at my high school, I am hoping that Running Start is challenging enough. Also, I like Running Start because it's free!</p>
<p>so basically ur trying to rush through your high school years so u can go to a great college and then get a job?????? who the heck would readily accept that??? i mean cmon im not saying it will be a horrible emotional adjustment just that who wants a JOB at age 20 or even age 35 for that matter lol life is not all work.</p>
<p>I'm impressed with your extracurricular involvement and with your experience taking care of your mom, but I'm not impressed by your test scores. Don't skip to college now, I highly advise getting the rest of the HS experience (not to mention working on your ACT!). I'm sure you could get into a top college senior year, but especially considering your age and your test scores, I'm not sure college admissions officers would be sure you were ready for the academically competitive environment at a top college.</p>
<p>Your ACTs are weak, but your SATs are very strong. C'mon people, she got a 1250 when she was 12!! Most people go up 200-300 points! </p>
<p>I would go to UW. I hate high-school, and I can't wait to get out of here. UW is a top-tier school for a good price. Seattle is a nice city and you are obviously way ahead of the gang age-wise. You will flourish in college, and hopefully take advantage of all the opportunities UW offers you. </p>
<p>If you stick with two more years of high-school, you will definetely get accepted to UW and Gtown, and probably no others on your list. So, I would advise you to weigh out the pros and cons. Do you think that 2 more years of hs are worth going to Gtown?</p>
<p>As long as you can get the SATs up to 1400+ you have an excellent chance at your reaches. I would finish high school. HS can be the worst, but college makes up for it bigtime, especially at the schools you have picked.</p>
<p>I agree with Mensa. My cousin skipped a lot of grades and attended Columbia at 15 - really smart kid but social disaster.</p>
<p>I wonder if you could do something midway between the two - graduate a year early. A year makes a lot of difference in HS - graduating a year early would mean you would start college young - but not excessively young.</p>
<p>listen. if you went to college now it would be horrible. you'd honestly have no friends. think about it; what college student wants to truly befriend someone who belongs in their sofomore year of highschool? i don't mean to be brash but you'd be making a HUGE mistake if you skipped to college now, especially because if you hang in there and break 1400 on your SATS you have as good a shot as any at your top schools. even if you don't get in there, georgetown is 10 times the school washington is...please don't bone out of high school, make the most of it. people look back on high school as some of the best times of their lives. you don't want to cut that short.</p>
<p>actually, the uw academy program is a program for high schoolers. most of your classmates will be just like you, not college students so there would be almost no adjustment problem. oh and timr where did you get that georgetown was 10 as good as uw? uw has one of the largest research facilities in the nation and one of the top med schools. also, if you're in the academy program, you get first dibs on classes which is definitely a plus in such a large school as university of washington.</p>
<p>Summer program applications: NASA SHARP, SSP, SIMUW, Caltech YESS, probably Rockefeller</p>
<p><em>go to Inglemoor, with IB program</em></p>
<p>Aiming for Caltech, MIT, UChicago if I stay.</p>
<p>Chinese male sophomore from Redmond, WA with Asperger's Syndrome an mild ADD.
3.98 GPA UW. No class ranking.
A in IB Calculus and Pre-IB Chemistry.
1330 SAT I in 9th grad (690 Verbal, 640 Math)e
213 PSAT in 10th: (76 Math, 67 Verbal, 70 Writing)
800 SAT II Math IIC
690 SAT II Writing
790 SAT II Chemistry
Math and science teams. Science team inactive until it takes place in Science Olympiad in the future.
WIll take AP Calc BC, AP CHem, and AP Euro. Partially self-study.
Participated in DuPont Science Essay Contest
Past two summers taking math courses at the local UW.
Won team award for 7th place team in state mathematics competition in 9th grade: 9th/10th grade competition
Won team award for 4th place team in state mathematics competition in 10th grade: 9th/10th grade competition. I barely missed top 10 individual due to stupid mistakes bah.
25 USAMTS first round.
AMC 12A. I believe 104.5, but unfortunately, because I no longer have my test booklet, I cannot mention it</p>
<p>Don't skip HS there is no point to. Enjoy life improve your grades and then go to an elite school. Your life is set don't F*** it up by going early.</p>
<p>I disagree with the 'stay in highschool because its good for you' crap. I admit, emotional problems can occur. But its a school. Its point is to educate you. But I think you should stay.</p>
<p>Take classes at a college near you, in the subject your best at. Or more than one. But the fact of the matter is that you will get a better education being bored with high school for a couple of years and going to a top school than not.</p>