<p>Hi guys! I was wondering if I could have your opinions on this plan I have for the rest of my high school "career". I am currently a sophomore and my ultimate goal would be to attend NYU for college. </p>
<p>Sophomore Year:
AP World History
Honors Spanish 3
PE
Lunch
Honors Chemistry
Honors Alegbra II
Journalism
Honors Literature </p>
<p>Junior Year:
AP US History
Gym (Leadership Program)
Lunch
AP Physics 1
AP American Literature
Honors Pre-Calc
Journalism
Spanish 4</p>
<p>Senior Year:
AP Economics
AP English
AP Calculus AB
AP Government
AP Environmental Science
Journalism (hopefully editor in chief!)
Leadership Gym
Lunch</p>
<p>This summer before junior year I think I will attend a program for high school students at Northwestern University. I also am visiting NYC and will be visiting the NYU campus area. Then the summer before senior year I will apply to a summer program at NYU. Do you think this sounds like a good plan? </p>
<p>Thank you for reading this! Any other tips would be great!</p>
<p>Have you talked to your parents about finances yet? NYU supposedly doesn’t give very good aid. </p>
<p>We can’t comment on your schedule without any context. Is this schedule challenging compared to what other people at your school are taking? How could it be better? What AP classes does your school offer?</p>
<p>Free selective programs or internships are generally more impressive than summer programs that cost a lot of money. Getting a job or volunteering at home would also be a good option.</p>
<p>There’s no point in taking pre-calculus over the summer unless it would allow you to take a more advanced class during the school year. Calculus BC would be a good class to take if it’s offered, but some schools will just let you go from pre-calculus to Calculus BC without taking Calculus AB.</p>
<p>I have talked to them and I have a saving account already in place for college, but even with saving and their help I know it will still be expensive. </p>
<p>I would say that I am in the top 10% of my class with these schedules. There are some people who are already in more AP classes but I wouldn’t be able to handle them right now. I also was looking into AP Stats, AP Psych and maybe AP Spanish (but it is my weakest class, very difficult for me to understand and the teacher isn’t great :/) </p>
<p>I will look into the volunteer programs near me and other free classes too! I was already planning on doing a lot of volunteer work at a local animal shelter but I don’t know if that would be the best place to do it. Any ideas? Also in general, do places accept/like to have 16 year olds there for internships? Most places near me seem to be aimed for over 18 </p>
<p>Taking pre-calc over the summer isn’t an option but I will see if I would be able to handle going straight to AP Calc BC and if it is an option. Thank you so much for your suggestions! Any more?</p>
<p>There are internships out there for high school students (see [here](<a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/imagine/resources/internships/]here[/url]”>http://cty.jhu.edu/imagine/resources/internships/)</a>), but you’re probably not going to find anything local. Getting a job is more likely, but in my experience that’s also pretty difficult for a minor. It doesn’t have to be a fancy job, btw. Working at a fast food restaurant is just as impressive as (or more impressive than) going to a program that anyone with money can get into. And I’m biased because I work at a fast food place, but still. :)</p>
<p>What ECs are you doing during the school year?</p>
<p>Ok thank you! This year I am involved in student council, DECA, kind of math team, gymnastics and track. Not much but next year I am joining debate and becoming more active in my schools service/charity program. We don’t have many clubs at my school so I am trying to find things outside of high school that are interesting but also look good on resumes haha.</p>
<p>~Create your plan for college right now haha. Even though you may not be exposed to everything (you can make minor adjustments along the way), but knowing what you’ll want to do as a major (or ballpark the general field of majors) immediately will allow you to orient yourself to preparing and mastering what is to come to put you ahead of other students once you enter college. IDK, I just wish I had a less of an impressing colleges attitude and more of a career oriented attitude early in high school. Prestige is transient.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure I want to major in political science. I would really like to do things over the summer and throughout the school year relating to that but I don’t even know where to start :(</p>
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