<p>I never said that!!! Anyways yay Michigan :)</p>
<p>I said since people from VA tend to have slightly politically right-leaning tendencies, and I'm politically very heavily left-leaning, we wouldn't want to talk politics to each other. Well that's what I implied anyway. :)</p>
<p>Oh... haha... I stay neutral... I'm new, so I'm not influenced by this tendency. haha</p>
<p>well if you need a guidance counsellor, I advise you to hire one privately (if you have and are willing to spend 10 to 30k that is)</p>
<p>I think that they can be really helpful at times when there's a tough decision to make, or when your life mysteriously rolls off the track. </p>
<p>I do agree that normal hs GCs are really not "that" useful, but I still need show "my respect and modesty" under their presence to acheive a good recommendation.</p>
<p>My GC is awesome. She nominated me for my summer program which I now have to go to because my first choice - NJ Governor's School - was cancelled by my stupid, stupid, stupid Governor. A$$hole.</p>
<p>As for a more comprehensive version of my list...</p>
<p>Definite: Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Michigan (rolling), MIT, Princeton, Rutgers (rolling), Yale (SCEA)</p>
<p>Considering: Brandeis, Brown, Carnegie Mellon, George Washington, NYU, Northwestern, Rochester, Tufts, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UNC-CH (EA), Virginia, Wake Forest</p>
<p>I'll end up with 10-15 schools.</p>
<p>O0o0o. I think I found a guidance counsellor---Anyone heard of ShareWorld Learning?</p>
<p>What program are you doing, theoneo? And if it makes you feel any better, more money in California goes to the prisons than to the schools. Thank you, Ahh-nold.</p>
<p>Do you mean what am I majoring in? Or which Gov School I applied to?</p>
<p>Summer program?</p>
<p>I need to:</p>
<ol>
<li>Score 2100+ (700+ on each section) on the SAT in May</li>
<li>Score 700+ on my SAT IIs in June</li>
<li>Aim for 4's and 5's on my AP tests</li>
<li>Get a job</li>
<li><p>Take class at local CC during the summer and second semester of senior year</p></li>
<li><p>Sign forms to get my dance hours to transfer to my school as PE credit</p></li>
<li><p>Possibly begin college apps in the summertime or begin to think about it</p></li>
<li><p>Finalize college list</p></li>
<li><p>Start applying for a crazy amount of outside scholarships</p></li>
</ol>
<p>chillaxin - Oh haha I still don't know.</p>
<p>lol. I empathize with you on #9, thesiren. Scholarship applications aren't much different from college applications though (read: they're insanely long and give me migraines).</p>
<p>My school encourages us to apply for scholarships starting second semester of senior year. They give us a huge packet and everything.</p>
<p>Heh. Heh.</p>
<p>Here's my college list:</p>
<p>Definite: University of Houston (rolling), USC(before Dec.10 deadline), Brown, Rice(Interim Decision), Northwestern, WashU</p>
<p>Considering: Barnard, Emory, Harvard, and Howard</p>
<p>Most likely will have only six schools on my list, because as of right now, I like them all, merit scholarships and financial aid will definitely be a huge factor if I get accepted into all of the schools.</p>
<p>My school encourages us to apply in the first semester of senior year, but I know that I will be busy with college apps and ECs, so I'm thinking of getting a head start..</p>
<p>Yeah my school also has neat little packets with local (about 30 for a graduating class of 100) and some state and national scholarships for seniors :).
Also: wow, the length and life of this thread is ridic.</p>
<p>Ok so I just found out that I got into NJ Scholars Program, a residential program at the Lawrenceville School. That'll be a good 5 weeks of my summer. I'm not sure what else to do at this point.</p>
<p>let's give it a little bump......</p>
<p>Is anyone else applying as a science major without any research or laboratory experience? I need some comfort here. :p</p>
<p>here. I didn't do any that kind of things.</p>
<p>lol. I'm sure there are a bunch of people like that, theoneo. I believe at least half of my school is. :]</p>
<p>I realized today that I'm a walking paradox. Just to up the contradiction factor a bit more, I decided that I'm going to be a pre-med bio major and a history (well, asian-american studies) minor. Yay.</p>