@austinmshauri , the OP doesn’t have any scores as she has only completed 9th grade.
Are there any community colleges near your house that you could dual enroll at for senior year? That (and graduating at the normal time) would be much better financial choices.
There is one…but I don’t know if I’m going to do that or something else entirely. Like everyone says, it’s way too early to be making all these plans, so who knows.
“I am considering graduating after my junior year so that I can go to The Clarkson School and get federal financial aid.”
I am not familiar with the Clarkson School at all. However, I think that graduating high school early is usually a mistake. I think that it is not good to be the youngest person in your university, or even close to the youngest.
I started at a well known top level university in the US one week after my 17th birthday. The academics was not a problem at all. Everything else was a problem. I just wasn’t ready at a young 17 to be living on my own. I suspect that this same thing would be true for most 17 year old university students at top level universities.
You are obviously smart and ambitious. You will get old soon enough. Take life at its proper pace and you will do very well.
The Clarkson School is an early college program where you spend your senior year of high school as a college freshman. It is affiliated with Clarkson University, but there are separate dorms and classes and advising and all that stuff. You’re there with other 17 year olds and even some 16 year olds, so it’s not like you’re a 17-year-old in a class of 19-year-olds.
You still have to pay for that, and based on what you have said that you will be applying to QB so the funds will come from where? Finish school at your HS, and then do the traditional route of applying to college. You seem to think because because you are a big fish in a very small pond, you should accelerate your education. Bad idea in many ways. You have started so many threads , how about take the time away from here and do something that interests you.
Can I suggest, once again, some deep breaths?
It’s obvious that you really, really want to find a way to attend one of the colleges of your choice. And that you’re trying like crazy to find ways to make that possible. And that you’re not getting anywhere because the ways you suggest are either going in a million directions or don’t seem to apply to a rising sophomore.
So let’s take 5 steps back. You’re a rising sophomore. You’re hoping to become a doctor, right? Any particular specialty? And you want to go to a top school?
Let’s see what else you’re comfortable sharing. (No pressure here. I absolutely respect your choice to be as anonymous as you choose on these forums.) What I’m hoping we can come up with is a series of realistic things you can do to improve your odds of getting what you actually want, instead of getting sidetracked on ideas that don’t seem likely to get you there.
So tell us, as concretely as you choose, what you want in terms of education and career. Tell us about your 9th grade grades. Tell us about your interests outside of class. Tell us-- again, no need to be specific-- about your family finances. (As in, free lunch vs. a vacation home in France.) Is going away to school a financial possibility? Is going so far that it means a plane ride a financial possibility (for my kids, that answer is a resounding NO!) What state do you live in?
Let’s see whether together we can come up with some real suggestions that have a chance of helping you attain your goals.
OK. I want to specialize in anesthesiology.
8th:
Spanish I (98)
Freshman:
Algebra 1 (98)
Earth Science (96)
Global 9 (99)
English 9 (98)
Spanish II (99)
Chorus (98)
PE (95)
TAing (P on a P/F scale)
Finances: yes free lunch, about $30k to $40k a year
Interests: science, politics, writing, social justice, soccer, mental and physical health issues, working with children
State: NY
Ok so that’s a huge help.
This part isn’t my forte; others here are much better versed than I am.
But you’re a low income NY resident. That makes you eligible foe the new free SUNY scholarship…free tuition to a SUNY school if your annual income is under $100K. I forget it’s name, but it’s brand new. You would still have to cover room and board, but we’re talking ballpark mayb $15K a year by the time you hit college in a few years. Your grades are great, I bet you can find scholarships.
Take a look at your school district website. Under Guidance, there may be a list of local scholarships. Starr to find some that you can become eligible for, and to figure out what you need to do in the next few years to open up more.
Take a look at Stony Brook on Long Island. Stony Brook is associated with a well known medical center. Maybe Binghamton? Isn’t Downstate associated wi a medical center? But starting to look at affordable undergrad options frees up money and credit for medical school.
This school year, become involved in school activities rhat have to do with medicine if any exist. If not, look into volunteering at a local hospital.
Go online and find groups/ associations for anesthesiologists or for kids planning to be one. See what’s out there.
See what I mean though? Instead of trying to get the system to adapt to you, I’m trying to find ways you can work within the system. I think you’ll have a whole lot more success this way.
I’m considering Stony Brook. I am going to volunteer at a hospital. I have all the paperwork and everything done. I am considering SUNY schools, but I don’t know which ones would prepare me the best for medical school. My guidance office has a list of scholarships that are for 11th and 12th graders.
Thanks for the help.
@bjkmom, It’s the Excelsior scholarship. It covers tuition, but not for students who qualify for the full NYS TAP (tuition assistance) grant. They’ll get the TAP but not the Excelsior.
Is this of any help?https://■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/threads/best-suny-for-pre-med.853073/
Very helpful-thanks!
Sorry, I was on my IPad and cut and paste is a pain.
I googled “SUNY schools with Premed” and that was the first thing to come up. I’m sure there’s more.
Why not concentrate your efforts on something like that-- going through normal channels to find the schools you’ll want to apply to, and then finding out what you can do for the next 2 years to make your application as strong as you can.
Sounds great. Thanks for the help!
So, Stony Brook (already considering), UBuffalo, SUNY Geneseo and SUNY Binghamton seem like good financial safeties
Step back. OP is going into 10th. After one year if hs, she’s declaring it’s not challenging enough. But she hasn’t had challenging courses yet. She’s not the kid who’ll exhaust usual math-sci offerings in 10th. She hasn’t even started the real core sci yet. Or had an AP. No std scores. The ECs are planned, not started. At 15 (?) she wants to be an anesthesiologist. Based on what? She sounds like she’s jumping the gun. Big time.
So maybe this is a plan for 2 years from now, but again, based on what? 9th grade courses ?
And don’t assume you can use earnings to pay for sr year. That money could be better spent on college costs. And the time spent on growing.
That isn’t entirely my fault! Sure, it has to do with my utter stupidity and obvious lack of aptitude for advanced classes, but my school only has 4 ap’s and none of them are available to freshmen. I explained about my math-sci courses, right?
This is going to sound really rude, but have you considered just… chilling? You’re a kid, but you won’t be a kid forever. Walk your dog, read a book, throw a frisbee. I just got back from upstate New York and you are incredibly lucky to live in such a beautiful part of the country. You might as well take advantage of that while you don’t have the obligations of a job or family. I understand that you want to be successful, but you should also want to be interesting and happy. There’s nothing good about being angry or stressed, even if you think it will help you get what you want. Likewise, you won’t be a very interesting person if all you do is drown yourself in academics. Again, I don’t mean to sound rude, but I’d suggest you take advantage of your location and extra time by getting outside and doing something you enjoy, instead of hyperfocusing on academics.
I just took a practice PSAT and got a 1040…my life is over bye-bye dreams