<p>Freshman: (my school only offers one AP class for freshmen)
AICE Math
AICE General Paper
AP Environmental Science
AICE Marine Science
AICE Thinking Skills 1 and 2
AICE Art and Design
Spanish 2 Honors
(I earned all As in all of my classes, including As on my semester exams. I think I passed all of my AP and AICE exams with the highest marks. Hoping for a perfect score on AICE Math.) </p>
<p>Sophomore (anticipated):
AP Biology
AICE Biology (must take with AP Bio)
AP Seminar paired with AICE Environmental Management
AP Calculus BC
AP World History
AICE English Language (sadly the highest level of english for sophomores..)
Spanish 3 Honors
Most likely self-studying for AP Japanese (native speaker)</p>
<p>Junior (anticipated):
AP Chemistry
AICE Chemistry (must take with AP Chem)
DE Multivariable Calc or Linear Alg
AP USH
AP English Lang
AP Stats
AP Computer Sci or AICE Spanish </p>
<p>Senior (anticipated):
AP Micro/Macro Econ
DE (some sort of a math class, preferably 2)
AP English Lit
AP Psych
AP Computer Sci or AICE Spanish (whichever one I did not take Junior yr)
possibly AP Human Geo (online)
possibly AP Seminar paired with AICE Global Perspectives </p>
<p>Not a native Spanish speaker
Did and will be doing 2 varsity sports (definitely captain for one of them starting sophomore year)
Officer for at least one club starting sophomore year
I will do anything it takes to earn the highest grades possible.. I work very hard and am hoping for a 4.0 or close to 4.0 GPA.
Will be joining a nationally ranked Science Olympiad team starting next year. </p>
<p>Freshmen Year Accomplishments:
Qualified up to Regionals individually for XC and track
Volunteer Hrs: 110 (freshman year, summer not included)
Was selected to attend a science camp at a university
Earned academic excellence award for 5 classes
Earned dedicated member award for Key Club
Attended district and zone conference for Key Club
(those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head) </p>
<p><strong>I know that being selected to attend some of the nation's top universities requires beyond good grades and good classes.. All I want to know is if my schedule is difficult enough/challenging enough to compete with the future attendees of those schools. I am also planning on majoring in something math-related.</strong> </p>
<p>Um yeah thats going to be a huge ton of work along with sports and stuff. I also advice you to not set your hopes on these classes due to scheduling conflicts and such.</p>
<p>Huge workload. Could you drop Comp Sci or Stats junior year? And don’t take Human Geo senior year online unless you actually like the subject or need the credit or something, I don’t think it’s worth it just for a GPA boost.
To get into MIT or the Ivies, yes, that schedule will fulfill the “academic” part of the application without a problem, assuming you can maintain close to a 4.0. However, that sort of schedule is going to leave you basically no time for any ECs. If you want to do something math-related, you can look into doing math research or math competitions. </p>
<p>Right now all your accomplishments look well-rounded, not focused on a specific interest. </p>
<p>@IsometricKiwi I was actually thinking about taking Computer Science over the summer and have a study hall. And I agree… I put in the human geography since my dean strongly suggested I take 7 pds/yr (even though I have enough credits). If I drop track and field out of my schedule, that could leave me more time, so I could do that. And I could also possibly take another course over the summer to reduce my workload. Hopefully leaving me more time…<br>
I was wondering, do you know any math competitions/research stuff that I could get into? The only math club at my school is the honor society which I can’t join until junior year, and I have thought about tutoring or making a tutoring website (I am pretty good at explaining stuff), but I have never heard of many competitions or researches. </p>
<p>@ScholarAthleteXC I do math tutoring, but while it’s obviously good for character building and helping out others and all that, it won’t further your own mathematical ability. The biggest competition in America is the AMC-AIME-USAMO-MOP series. Just do a quick Google search. The AMC is a 75 minute long, 25 question test for individuals in February. If your school doesn’t have it, you can register it, or go to a nearby university to take it.</p>
<p>There’s also ARML, Harvard-MIT Tournament, Stanford Math Tournament, all team tournaments, but if you don’t live near any of the places where those are at, you have to travel. </p>
<p>Check out NIMO. It’s free, and online. It’s really fun, I enjoy it a lot There are contests once a month.</p>
<p>Google Art of Problem Solving for a way more comprehensive list than this.</p>
<p>As for math research…to be honest, you can do it yourself without a university or professor. You don’t really need a lab. Start finding theorems, stuff you’re interested in. </p>
<p>RSI has an AMAZING math research program in the summer, but it’s really selective. Honors Summer Math Camp in Texas has math research for kids who go there for the second year as well. Or you can contact local professors, see if they’re interested in any projects you want to do. </p>
<p>@IsometricKiwi Thank you VERY much! This was very helpful, and I will definitely look into these competitions and researches. Thank you again :)</p>
There are contests once a month.</p>