help! what to do now..

Applying to College
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<p>ahh i dont know where to start.. im going to be a junior</p>

<p>can you guys tell me what i should start doing besides work my butt off?</p>

<p>academics
-average 96-98
-ap world - _ score not recieved yet
-sat 2 - chem-canceled world-550 :[ (i should retake that right?)
-psat horrible 1800s</p>

<p>extracurriculers
-tennis- 1st singles
-trying out for soccer
-volunteer on most saturdays to a non-profit organization</p>

<p>going to take 2 aps in junior year, 3 sat 2s
-ap bio and ap american
-sat 2, math 2c, bio, american
- (should i go for math 1c instead?)</p>

<p>questions!!
-all this crap i get in the mail about national youth leader stuff..
-is that worth it?
-how can i compare to those people who take like 7-8 aps?
-thats not even possible in my school
-so far are ivys out of my reach?
-im looking at columbia especially (im asian too, that matters right?)
-im in ny so i take standardized tests... do colleges look at my regent scores?</p>

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<p>Lots of people get the national youth leader flyers - they're not very special or prestigious.</p>

<p>Colleges look at your school's offerings. If it's not possible for you to take half a million APs, they'll take that into account when they look at the transcript. The most important thing is that you take the most demanding curriculum that's offered at your school.</p>

<p>Ivy admissions are difficult for everyone. It looks like you're on a good track academically. If you want to improve your chances, you should expand your extracurricular involvement and try to bring up your test scores. Definitely retake the SAT II - you should be shooting for scores that are 700+, high 600s at a minimum.</p>

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<p>i agree with what's been said.</p>