<p>Seniors 07!!!!! :)</p>
<p>Feels good doesn't it!</p>
<p>This thread should be ceremoniously given to upcoming juniors. :)</p>
<p>Haha . . . the cycle of madness and college admissions starts again.</p>
<p>Good luck Juniors, it was the best year of my high school career so go out and celebrate :D</p>
<p>For juniors of the class of 2008, please check out the new thread.</p>
<p>By golly, I think Jimmy has started an annual CC tradition!</p>
<p>I'm a junior who still wants to bounce around, but I want to seem well rounded. What's the suggested amount of AP's, SAT II's, and stuff I should take this year? I'm also thinking about taking the Chinese AP and SAT II, but I don't know if I should do it because I'm Chinese or should I just not do it?
PS Any tips to where to take a practice SAT I? I've taken my PSAT already...</p>
<p>catchurzzz:</p>
<p>Lesson 1: Colleges DO NOT want "well-rounded" kids. Well-rounded is so '90s lol. They want kids who are REALLY REALLY good at just a couple of things.</p>
<p>Lesson 2: Taking the SAT II Chinese or AP Chinese only makes you look more like a typical Asian, and an Asian who wanted an easy class or test rather than challenging themselves. It tells the school nothing other than the fact that you are willing to turn yourself into a total college prostitute by taking a test or class over a language you know from birth. It might help to place out of foreign language requirements, but not in admissions. And what if you didn't get an 800 or a 5? Just think about that.</p>
<p>Lesson 3: For SAT prep, use ONLY the big blue book, or other tests actually released by the college board. There is no reason to use tests made by inheritantly inferior companies.</p>
<p>Lesson 4: Take as many APs as you can, while still maintaining high grades. As an applicant to elite colleges, this should be a no-brainer, as you should WANT to learn as much as possible. </p>
<p>Lesson 5: SAT IIs? Well, get three really high scores. Duh. What else is there to say? Don't make yourself look like a dork by taking 8 of them unless you think you are equally good at 8. Once you hit 3 750s or better (not counting the darn Chinese), then stop.</p>
<p>Drummerdude </p>
<p>for lesson 3, u mean sat prep (use only blue book) as in only use the sample tests from that book, or do you mean actual prep from that book?</p>
<p>Really only the tests from the book are useful. If you are starting at a relatively above average score, then the "hints" and "tips" given in the book are useless. You will either already know them, or in the case of math especially, it may even be detrimental to use their "strategies" rather than just knowing how to solve the problem. For most CCers, using the "Xiggi method" is reccommended. This is mostly just taking practice tests, working your way up from a few at a time to whole sections to whole timed sections (and maybe whole timed tests). Review ALL questions you had questions or doubts about, not just the ones you ended up getting wrong.</p>