<p>Hello! I am currently an incoming sophomore aaaand from reading all these threads, it kind of makes me worry whether or not I'm headed for the right direction.</p>
<p>I would like to get into school such as Harvard, MIT, Yale.. practically the Ivy Leagues and perhaps Stanford or CalTech. Just overall very competitive schools.</p>
<p>Currently I hold straight A+'s from my freshman year. For next year, I hope to do the same. I have a schedule (for my sophomore year) composed of:</p>
<p>-AP World History II
-AP Chemistry
-Honors English
-Honors Alg2/Trig
-STIR (New York State Scientific Research Program)
-Honors French
-Drawing&Painting (which would qualify me for AP Studio Art in my Junior Year)
-Gym (whoopie -__-)</p>
<p>if a schedule for the rest of my high school career is needed, please let me know!</p>
<p>My extra curriculars are:</p>
<p>-Model UN
-Interact (Rotary International: It's a service club)--Vice President
-Freshman Class (Which would now become "Sophomore Class." A student organization that plans for school events ie: prom, spirit day, etc)
-Debate Team--Researcher (The upperclassmen have the honor of being the actual debaters)
-Best Buddies (An organization which serves students with disabilities in an effort to erase the segregational border between those who are born with disabilities and those without)--Founder and President</p>
<p>-Varsity Cheerleading</p>
<p>For the future, I would like to add a few more extracurriculars:</p>
<p>-Science Olympiad
-Spring Musical (I am planning on dropping the winter season of cheerleading to participate in the drama department. I have had many summers of acting/drama camp and have always been in musicals with the exception of my freshman year)
-Dance (Outside of school, during the spring season. Returning after a long hiatus from ballet and hip-hop)
-Piano (Picking it up again after a very long hiatus. Outside of school as well.)</p>
<p>And if possible, I would also consider:
-DECA (A business competition)
-Academic League
-USO (Student Government)</p>
<p>Out of all of this, my main passion deals with the motives of Best Buddies. It has always sparked my interest the societal issue of stereotyping and unofficial segregation. Being a minority myself, I have personally dealt with the issue of prejudice and its cruelty as it exists in the high school environment. I firmly believe that all students deserve and should be treated with utmost equality despite the inevitability of social prejudice. I have put myself in for the STIR program in opportunity to study and research this particular issue. My topic is based on first impressions and stereotypes, and the driving forces that leads us to make such conclusions. From this, I hope to better understand this situation and find effective ways in making possible the elimination of hurtful stereotyping. In hand with my STIR research, I have brought forth in my freshman year, the Best Buddies program for my school. Although there are not many disabled peers attending the same school as myself, I still believe that every disabled student deserves such a program that helps them feel very welcome to today's society. Those with unfortunate disabilities are one of the biggest group of people that are prejudiced against, and most are heavily looked down upon simply because of their differences. While one may have gone through a social misperception at a certain point based on their religion, race, or appearance, one could not imagine the daily difficulties a disabled student must endure through. It is our job as the fortunate ones to reach a hand out to those who aren't and let them know that they too belong to our society. One should not be penalized from any sort of daily activities simply because they were born in a tough situation. Everyone has the potential to be great, to excel, to enjoy life, heck, maybe even to lead others even if they may not be intellectually stable as we are. From what I know, these students' ambitions and dreams go unnoticed, and it is our job to give them the opportunity to shine. To be able to provide this for our disabled students is a great passion of mine, and I hope to continue this through college and even after I graduate. </p>
<p><em>As for SAT or ACT scores, I have not yet taken them for I am still an upcoming sophomore</em> </p>
<p>Any suggestions on what to keep up, what to drop, and what to add in order to help get into the colleges that I would wish to attend? </p>
<p>Any study tips for either the academic classes, AP exams, SAT/ACTs, etc?</p>
<p>Would you say I am going in the right direction regarding my potentials to be accepted in any of the colleges?</p>
<p>Any tips, advice, commentary would be appreciated to get myself in the right track.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>