So your hs has 4 AP. (Some don’t have any.) But you haven’t take any yet. You have one planned for 11th, then think you’d push off AP bio and DE physics til 12th (which can be a heavy load in one year.)
At this point, why are you dissing your hs and its challenges, when you only have 9th grade to base it on?
And this upset over one freaking practice test is silly and an example of picking at wounds, a show of your anxiety. Please take care of the anxiety, so you can think clearly, be less fearful.
Look, GC said doubling up my senior year is my only option. The only other thing I could do is take summer classes.
I’m not dissing my HS…I said that I did not feel challenged…difference.
My kids went to a school with only 4 APs offered, none til senior year. The one with great test scores got in everyplace she applied, including some top schools. I don’t think Clarkson is going to give you the boost you are looking for. It isn’t a change in location you need – a focus on your current environment, knocking that ball out of the park, and appearing a little less desperate is going to work a lot better for you.
What are the 4 AP S?
What are the pre-reqs to take duak enrollment classes in 11th grade? Make sure you complete the pre-reqs in 10th grade.
If the doubling up issue is about math still, you cannot double up and take both precalculus and calculus together senior year. So, you can be productive and look at ways for you to complete algebra2 over next summer somewhere so that you can take precalculus junior year, and calculus senior year.
When it comes to science, what would your sequence be?
What’s your HS plan for
English:
Science:
Social science:
Foreign Language:
The poster above who said you live in a beautiful region if the country is right. Go outside and seek that beauty (or ugliness, if you want to have both sides of the coin). Take pictures, notes, create an album. Try to see what others see. Breathe or listen.
You can also read Julia Spencer Fleming’s novels set in upstate New York, where emphasis is more on small towns and their many problems. Snow, wind, and ice aren’t forgotten. I challenge you to find one at your public library ad read it by the end of the week. Start with In the Bleak Midwinter.
Are there problems at your school, in your community? Make a list. Then pick one you’d like to solve and see how you’d go about actually solving it. Then once school starts go to a teacher who may be good with it or whose subject is related to it and ask your principal to create a club where the teacher would be the faculty adviser.
You, an incoming sophomore, took a test intended for students midway through junior year, and got an average score. I’d say that’s better than expected, actually.
What are the 4 AP S?
What are the pre-reqs to take dual enrollment classes in 11th grade? Make sure you complete the pre-reqs in 10th grade.
If the doubling up issue is about math still, you cannot double up and take both precalculus and calculus together senior year. So, you can be productive and look at ways for you to complete algebra2 over next summer somewhere so that you can take precalculus junior year, and calculus senior year.
When it comes to science, what would your sequence be?
What’s your HS plan for
English:
Science:
Social science:
Foreign Language:
The poster above who said you live in a beautiful region if the country is right. Go outside and seek that beauty (and ugliness, if you really want to have both sides of the coin… But try and focus on the beauty, original, interesting, visually arresting). Take pictures, notes, create an album. Try to see what others see. Breathe or listen. What do your sense tell you about the nature around you… The city… The resort… (?!)
You can also read Julia Spencer Fleming’s novels set in upstate New York, where emphasis is more on small towns and their many problems. Snow, wind, and ice aren’t forgotten. I challenge you to find one at your public library ad read it by the end of the week. Start with In the Bleak Midwinter.
Are there problems at your school, in your community? Make a list. Then pick one you’d like to solve and see how you’d go about actually solving it. Then once school starts go to a teacher who may be good with it or whose subject is related to it and ask your principal to create a club where the teacher would be the faculty adviser.
Okay, so you took earth science, will take living environments next year, chemistry Jr yewrz and DE physics + AP bio senior year. OK, hard but not impossible.
Will you try the “stroll, sense, and think” thing?
Finding the book?
Can you provide a link to verify that? On their website this is what I found:
“Cost of Attendance
The cost for the Fall 2017 - Spring 2018 school year is $62,682 USD. This cost includes tuition, housing and meals, and fees. Students will need to show support for the total cost of attendance less any international scholarship awarded or loan secured. Applicants who cannot show the required amount of support will be disqualified. Clarkson’s cost of attendance increases incrementally each year.”
Is this what you were referring to? It’s not a blanket gift; it’s a scholarship to people who qualify:
IFrom that facebook page:
"The Clarkson School, Clarkson University’s early college program, is once again proud to offer the $60,000 – or $15,000 per year – Clarkson School Scholars Award.
The award is based on a nomination from a student’s high school administration and is available to students who are currently in their junior year, have excelled academically and are interested in starting college early. To receive consideration, students are encouraged to speak with their high school guidance department…"
If we think your admission application shows outstanding promise, you will automatically receive a financial aid package, made up of the awards below, that will total at least $30,000
Here’s the top of the page:
“Merit and Need Based Awards
Exceptional effort deserves recognition. If we think your admission application shows outstanding promise, you will automatically receive a financial aid package, made up of the awards below, that will total at least $30,000.”
Re-read that second sentence.
In the real world, unlike CC, not everyone “shows outstanding promise.”
Each part of the package they describe comes with conditions on it. It’s not automatic, and not everyone gets it.
If it were automatic, they would simply reduce the tuition by $30,000.
I’m not familiar with Clarkson at all. However if it is considered the first year of college when you apply elsewhere for your sophomore year are you considered a transfer student thus not qualified for many scholarships from most traditional 4 year colleges?
When you do dual enrollment you are typically treated as a freshman with advanced standing and qualify for all freshman scholarships.
I challenge you to find one at your public library ad read it by the end of the week. Start with In the Bleak Midwinter.