<p>I am very ambitious. I feel like there's something to make up for after messing up and doing very poorly my freshman year, so over the summertime, I did many applications and wrote up my resume in anticipation of what I would be doing this school year, my senior year. Lots of the items in my ECs are still applicable, but I found out that one of them won't be happening this year -- I had planned to help coach my old middle school's Science Olympiad team, since that program was the highlight of my junior high years and the teacher is an amazing guy.</p>
<p>The first two days of school, I emailed the old coach about helping out and handed out my resumes to four teachers I wanted to write rec letters. One of them was finished by this past Thursday, and one said she would finish over the weekend -- and I just learned on Friday afternoon that Science Olympiad would not be happening this year. Now, the first teacher is not a science teacher, so I doubt that she would have mentioned it, but the second was my Earth science and chemistry teacher, and she probably would have.</p>
<p>I know that it was stupidity and absolutely my fault, I was too anxious to jump the gun, so to speak, and get everything done early. So, dear readers, what would you do if you were in my position?</p>
<p>Option 1
Should I still convince my old coach give Science Olympiad another go this year? The last two classes to come out of the middle school were really wretched in a lot of ways, but the two that are in now are, from what I know, much better and more willing to work. He said it wasn't a definite that Science Olympiad would be eliminated, just that he had not run the program in two years, but I honestly think it's still worth a try and not just because it's on my resume; I'm not the only one from the teams way back when who thought it was the best thing to happen in the seventh and eighth grades.</p>
<p>Option 2
Should I hope that my history teacher mentioned nothing of Science Olympiad and that my ES/chem teacher hasn't finished her letter yet, give her and the others a new version of my resume, and apologize profusely for the inconvenience? It won't look good either way, but I think that they would all understand. The other science teacher that I asked to write a letter, my AP bio teacher from last year, said he probably won't get it done until October because he coaches the soccer team, so that shouldn't be an issue. My Spanish II/French I-II teacher probably has it started, but she would understand and be okay with it after giving me a short lecture. (I'm one of her favorite students, and she would probably joke about it and use me as an example of what not to do, etc.)</p>
<p>or...</p>
<p>Option 3
Should I let things go as they are, call the schools that I have already sent my applications to and alert them of the change? Even though I am not doing Science Olympiad, apparently, I would still like to tutor down there at the middle school, and it wouldn't be too horrible of a switch -- "Science Olympiad flubbed, so the years participated past my freshman year are inaccurate, but I'm tutoring students at the middle school in its place"? More than that, should I send out the second version of my resume to the other schools I am applying to, and tell them of what happened with my first resume in the event that the teachers who finished their letters already sent them out?</p>
<p>Man, this waiver agreement is a pain in the patookus!</p>
<p>Thanks, all. I am trying not to panic here. If I change this early, it shouldn't kill me, right?</p>