<p>AHHHHHHH. It's midterms week and I'm freaking out.
*BTW I posted this in the wrong place before awks, forgive me, 1st time here</p>
<p>1)My dream is to get into an Ivy, that being Columbia University in New York.
2) I'm a high school freshmen enrolled in 4 Honor Classes and 1 AP (World History).
3) I'm getting 3 B's, 88% in AP WORLDHIS 88% Biology Honors and a whooping awful 85%. Finals is this week, hopefully they'll get up.
4)I'm afraid colleges, AKA Columbia, will see this in my future application and throw out my application.
5) I want to know how to get in to Columbia and do things right. Any advice on how to carry on my sophomore, junior, and senior years? </p>
<p>EC's:
Dedicated Debater, at least this year
Cross Country
Charity Program at school</p>
<p>Yeah, my EC's are looking awful.</p>
<p>I took the SAT's last year for fun, and got
Test: SAT</p>
<p>Grade</p>
<p>8
Month Taken</p>
<p>March 2012
Critical Reading</p>
<p>Score: 510
Percentile: 58.40
Math</p>
<p>Score: 490
Percentile: 43.90
Combined Critical Reading and Math</p>
<p>Score: 1000
Percentile: 49.30
Writing</p>
<p>Score: 500
Percentile: 67.5</p>
<p>Pretty Bad</p>
<p>Wow you are already on the ball!!! Good for you!!! Colleges want to see a progression of improvement in grades and harder course loads over your four years. You should speak with your guidance counselor now and ask to look at an unofficial copy of a transcript. Most of the time the only grades colleges will see are your final-everything-is-included end of the year final grades for a class. Doing well or poorly will not be seen by the colleges. Discuss with him/her about your goals and what actions need to be taken to accomplish them. Your guidance counselor can become your “best friend” and most useful ally so try and establish a relationship with him/her early in your high school career to set yourself up for the future. A lot of the information on the SAT is information 8th graders haven’t learned yet. By the time you are a junior taking your SATs again, you will have three more years of schooling and information to use to receive better scores. Even so, your score in 8th grade is definitely something to be proud of and I can only imagine how high it will be in three years!!! Keep your goal of going to Columbia in the forefront of your mind when choosing classes in the next three years. Challenge yourself, but take classes you will enjoy. Do not overwork yourself. Know your limits. Find ECs that you really enjoy and stick with them. I think that you are in a great place to set yourself up for later!!! Good luck!!!</p>