Freshman *Tentative* Plan: Emory, Carnegie Mellon, etc.

<p>I am not really chancing you, but I am a freshman, too. </p>

<p>I think it’s great that you have goals. Most freshmen don’t have goals, and go with the flow. </p>

<p>Only in the first few months of high school, a lot of changes in me occurred. On the first day of school, I wanted to go Syracuse. Now, I want to go to Villanova. Since 7th Grade, some upperclassmen inspired me to join Lasallian and later become a peer minister at my school. After joining Lasallian and doing some activities, I started not liking it. Over the summer, I wanted to self-study Spanish. Since there is a Spanish Club, and a lot of Spanish students and teachers at my school, I decided to start when I started 9th Grade. After just 2 days after joining Spanish Club, and delving into some Spanish beginner books, I realized that I did not like Spanish, at all. I also did not expect a grade drop or doing horrible on the PLAN (Practice ACT) test. YOU can ALWAYS change. You may not like whatever you like today, tomorrow. </p>

<p>It’s not that your plan is not good. It’s great. You just have to keep in mind that sometimes you change or some unexpected thing happens. It’s good that you taking action, now, because what if you do get an unexpected grade drop or bad SAT score or a honors/AP class gets drop or you can’t take it, because of schedule conflicts? You will have backups (maybe not the SAT, but…).</p>