<p>Not sure how hard that is, but it’s better than just saying “self taught”</p>
<p>I think the best thing to do is to take the Japanese SAT 2. (There is one right? I know there is a chinese and korean one…)</p>
<p>Yup, I’m planning to take AP and SAT II Japanese + JLPT 1.</p>
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<p>It’s basically fluent, to put it shortly. I can also Hebrew and (by then) Spanish.</p>
<p>Probably 4 years of studying Japanese in college (if calculations were correct).</p>
<p>I’m a little confused…</p>
<p>As someone mentioned earlier you wrote “Drove a Holocaust survivor to a Women’s Conference (30 hours)” down on your community service hours… But you won’t be able to drive for another couple of years? Have you already planned this like 2 years early?</p>
<p>Also, have you already published a book and been in a commercial? If you have that’s really cool… 
if you haven’t I wouldn’t plan on making those your priority goals for high school. haha. All the AP courses and community services hours you’re planning on completing will keep you plenty busy.</p>
<p>Also, I’m really not trying to be a downer… but I’m not sure you realize how easy it is to SAY things like “i’m going to have a staff position on my school’s magazine in 11th and 12th grade,” and “i’m going to be a member of the super exclusive honor council.” However, actually making these things happen is a completely different story. If you have the drive, you can definately do it and you sound very motivated… Just don’t be dissapointed when things don’t turn out exactly as you imagine them to. </p>
<p>One last thing… and I know this has already been mentioned… But for god’s sake make sure you have some fun in high school. As far as college goes, you get out of it what you put into no matter WHERE you end up going to school… One of my best friends got accepted to Cornell, attended for a semester, and absolutely hated it. She ended up transferring to our hometown school, Indiana University, a school that accepts nearly 70% of its’ students, and she LOVES it. College isn’t all about prestige and the big names. It’s about where you’ll be happiest at.</p>
<p>Personally, I wouldn’t change my high school experience at all. I still ended up with good grades and a good list of extra curriculars… But I also had SO MUCH FUN! I could’ve gotten even better grades if I would’ve hung out with my friends less and studied more but it wouldn’t have been worth it… I can promise that slaving away for 4 years just isn’t worth it in the end…</p>
<p>sorry this is so long! hope i helped!</p>
<p>Haha noo. My mom drove, but I helped around. I stayed with them the whole time. The drive to her house is about an hour, and the drive to the town it self was about 4 hours away, plus staying overnight.</p>
<p>Thanks You’re not being a downer, just making sure a freshie has a reality check. There are quite a few (around 5) staff positions, and around 12 people who work on it, so the chances are almost 50%.</p>
<p>I know! I dislike it a lot when people go some place for prestige. Carnegie has an amazing Theater program, Emory with Creative Writing, and Stanford has what I want (plus warm weather!)</p>
<p>You have helped :)</p>
<p>I’m just worried since my “dram” school is Waseda University, one of the “yales” of Japan. I’m not going there because of that though; Waseda has a lot of famous actor alumnis (which mean they were taught well), they have creative writing, and they teach entirely in Japanese. The chances of me making it is probably around 15%. My chances are boosted because I’m an international :)</p>
<p>To be perfectly honest, you have no idea what you want to do or where you want to go. When I was a sophomore, I wanted to go to Miami or Tulane. I didn’t end up applying to either.</p>
<p>That might be true for me, but for the time being I know working my hardest will get me to places I will love (whatever that may be)</p>
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<p>That’s fine, but you dont need to worry about where that will be at right now.</p>
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<p>thanks for the advice :)</p>
<p>Honestly, just do things spontaneously. Stuff happens. Just chill.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t agree to the people who say “stuff happens, don’t worry yet”</p>
<p>having a plan is a great way to measure what you can do in a certain amount of time. Have goals X Y and Z</p>
<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>
<p>oh yay another freshman hi!</p>
<p>I have had lots of changes this past year: first I wanted to go to Temple University, Japan campus… then I learned about Waseda. I wanted to attend their “normal” classes (aka. full Japanese), but then I learned you have to take the EJU, a test offered only in Japan. So I thought about going to TUJ (which is like a safety school). Then I thought about maybe attend Waseda’s SILS program, where you just need to take the SAT (Sils = Liberal Studies). Then… I thought of a good plan 
Get into SILS, and transfer to the “normal” classes in full Japanese. I thought that was pretty smart of me xD</p>
<p>I’ve been wanting to go to Waseda (or TUJ) for the past 2 years, so I think it’s safe to say I’ll still be interested in them for the next few years.</p>
<p>Good luck and thanks~!</p>
<p>i am…a senior who is a korean, however, am still applying to waseda, tokyo and kyoto univs…so yea…
as many have already said, take more APs if they are offered/available</p>
<p>as you already know, the top asian univerities are much more competitive than say ivy league universities.
it is really hard to get in as an international</p>
<p>furthremore, focus on your ecs. depending on what you wanna major at waseda, it will mean something
say like poli sci which is ofc one of the most prestigious programs at waseda, you will need to show your passion for it and such otehrwise, i think you are ok
and keep up ur gpa!</p>
<p>good luck</p>
<p>nice! someone else who wants to attend Waseda :)</p>
<p>thanks for the info!
I want to drama/theater at Waseda, so I’m doing lots of acting classes, guitar/piano, dancing, singing, etc. I’m also going to perform in lots of musicals/plays too! And around 200 of my community service hours are helping special needs kids put on a play!</p>
<p>Thanks! You too! Please tell me your results once you get into college. I’m really interested!</p>
<p>I have a question…</p>
<p>I’ve read that 9th grade GPA doesn’t count.</p>
<p>I don’t think that’s true, because it’s part of high school. Why wouldn’t you factor it in while calculating GPA?</p>
<p>Please and thank you~</p>
<p>I give up. You’re clearly not getting this…</p>
<p>I say get off of collegeconfidential and go enjoy life. You’re only a freshman. You don’t have to worry that much about college right now.</p>
<p>Wait until you’re a senior and we’ll chance you :)</p>
<p>lol thanks (I guess?)</p>
<p>I don’t wanna become a senior and say “oh I wish I took harder subjects” or “I should’ve stuck with tennis”.</p>
<p>Thanks for answering my question about GPA.</p>
<p>Some colleges don’t count freshmen year. Most do. But one thing is for sure, that 10th and 11th grade are more important. Still, it’s averaged into the cumulative by most schools. Some schools separate it.</p>