<p>Hello. :]
i'm currently a sophomore in very academically rigourous high school. I take 6 classes- honors in all the subjects possible with 3.8 gpa. Next year, i'm planning on taking honors english, honors precalc, ap bio, ap psychology, ushistory [i'm not sure if i want to take ap for it], and either ap stats or journalism.
i took th SAT II in Bio last year, and didn't do too well (i got a 630), but i'm planning on retaking it in junior year after AP Bio.
the practice tests that i've taken for the SAT I aren't that great, but i'm working on it.
Also, i took the PSAT in October, and i'm not sure how i did since the scores aren't released yet.
As for ECs, i dance and i'm on the speech and debate team. I have over 200 volunteer hours. Next year, i want to try to get into journalism and hopefully have an officer position in the debate club.</p>
<p>i want to get into Stanford.
What can i do be able to achieve my goal?</p>
<p>these posts scare me</p>
<p>why?
there are freshman who ask the same question.</p>
<p>these posts scare me too</p>
<p>Yeah, these posts scare me too. I bet plenty of us would be so screwed without the existence of College Confidential.</p>
<p>I'm screwed, cuz I discovered it way too late :(</p>
<p>3.8 GPA? Stanford wants 4.0. =</p>
<p>I think you're more suitable for Berkeley.</p>
<p>MmCheezItsYay, =\ I discovered this the summer of Freshmen.</p>
<p>wow. I wish I had...when I was that young, I didn't really know what I wanted to do, and didn't really know much about colleges besides a few in texas, and didn't think about it at all. add that ignorance to having a sibling with multiple mental disabilities- my parents had to focus most of their attention on him because of that.</p>
<p>sigh, oh well. at least i even discovered this. lol.</p>
<p>eh; i don't really want to go to Berkeley.
either way though,
what can i do?</p>
<p>& yeah i'm very luck to have found this website.</p>
<p>It is probably a very high reach now, because you don't have a 4.0+ like all the other applicants. Well, I'm not here to discourage you.</p>
<p>Try your best, but don't let the whole college process take away your fun in high school. After all, life is too short to be wasted on such a thing.</p>
<p>Also, you have to ask yourself if you're in love with Stanford's name or the college itself.</p>
<p>no i love stanford.
i live preally close to it.
& i go to their games.
& i love the campus.</p>
<p>they only look at the 10th-12th gpa's right?
is it liek an average of all the grades together, or...?</p>
<p>what does class rank have to do with this?</p>