<p>Hey, just a little incoming Frosh here. Started HS 2 days ago, ya Thursday, I know, weird, right? Here's my schedule:</p>
<p>AP Euro
Intro to Engineering
AP Calculus BC
Mandarin 1-2
Honors Bio
Honors English</p>
<p>Now, I'm wondering, with these classes, what I should do next summer. Obviously, I'm a planner :) </p>
<p>I love business and technology. I invest. Love geography and politics. Talented at math. Taken high school math for four years now. Does anyone have specific camps? 33 ACT. 1970 SAT. Otherwise: caucasian male not underprivileged (no FA for meee).</p>
<p>If you’re really planning what you want to do for summer NOW then you need to find something else to do with your time. Go study for Calc because it apparently has its rough points.</p>
<p>Um LBW, various math camps, etc. should be looked at. Volunteering, internships, other extracurriculars. But seriously, it’s not even September, focus on school and make new friends.</p>
<p>what should you do next summer? it depends on what your aim is - if it’s to have the most awesome fun time, to get into prestigious college, etc.</p>
<p>It’s easy to pursue your interests on your own. And even if it’s not as recognized I would probably say it has the potential to be more effective than camps and such. Maybe it wouldn’t be as fun though. </p>
<p>You are obviously very intelligent, so I would think you wouldn’t need too much direction in the way of figuring out how to go about doing the things you want to do.</p>
<p>I’m also quite surprised you’re asking this your second day into hs. I’m not sure what to make of that.</p>
<p>Seriously, this. You’re smarter than 99.99999% of CC, you can find what suits you best. Go study your way to Harvard dude and get some girlfriends.</p>
<p>Ik, ik its early. But, I was slow last year, and didn’t make it, and I still have free time, so I’m gonna plan early so I don’t get distracted near finals because that’s when all the applications are. </p>
<p>BTW, got the best calc teacher of all time, and it’s still early, so I’ll be good. I took precalc last year and calc a, so I’m not skipping anything. Oh, and 64% of kids taking BC at my school get 5s (public school ftw) so I’m not too worried.</p>
<p>I’m a huge extrovert. I have a large circle of friends, even to the point now were I’ve overextended and I’m in social limbo. but whatever. I’m also a total city dude. Don’t want to do a dedicated math camp: graph theory and all that other stuff bores me. Love politics, geopolitics, geography, business, investing. Anyone have specifics?</p>
<p>My goal: either a) go to stanford, come out with $$$ in debt. b) go to a state school (asu honors barrett college) on full ride, mba at stanford/harvard/tbird of international management.</p>
<p>Ok so I am a rising freshman an I plan on taking Calc BC as a sophomore. I am taking algebra 2 and geometry during school year and Pre Calculus during the summer. The only problem is that cal ab is a prerequisite to Calc BC unless I get a teacher to let me take *BC without AB. In my school you learn everything you learn in ab you learn in BC plus some more so I really dont want to take both of them! I was wondering if taking 3 math classes in one year would prove to my counselors that I can handle the how fast paced it is and I cam handle the course work. If not I can just take BC online during sophomore year. Sorry there might be some spelling and grammar errors I am typing this on my phone. If you have any suggestions for what I should do or any other advice I would appreciate it. Thanks</p>
<p>2) Why in the world would you want to skip AB and jump straight to BC? I can’t find any sense in that. Just go AB in sophomore year, BC in junior year. Colleges won’t reject you or even hurt you if you don’t take BC sophomore year.</p>
<p>Hey fp: don’t take three math classes in a year. That’s insanity. You won’t be able to keep up since you need to know one to learn the other. But when you get to cal, self study calc a and leapfrog ab to bc.</p>
<p>Every year these kids just keep getting smarter and smarter. Back in my day, kids would take Algebra or Geometry freshmen year, and Calculus senior year. Guess times is changing. . .</p>
<p>With schools like harvard, stanford and MIT, there’s nothing you can do to be accepted definitively (well, assuming you don’t go to the IMO, start a huge nonprofit organization, etc) because there are people with stellar EC’s and 2400s who get denied and people with 2000ish SATs and decent ECs who get in. But you will certainly be a competitive applicant.</p>