<p>Com Sci - 3
US Gov/Politics - 5
Comparative Politics - pending (projected-4/5)
Calc AB - pending (projected -4)
Statistics - taking senior year
Biology - pending (projected -5)
Economics Macro - taking senior year
Economics Micro - taking senior year
Psychology - taking senior year
Physics C Mechanics - taking senior year
World History - pending (projected 4 or 5)
US History - pending (projected 5)
English Lit - taking senior year</p>
<p>Possibly more if I self study some..</p>
<p>Extra curricular:</p>
<p>Teenage Republicans - county chairman / interim state chairman (possibly state chairman by senior year)
Robotics club, lead programmer (FIRST robotics competition)
Debate team
JSA (government club)</p>
<p>I dont think you need to self study for any more APs…that’s a good amount!
Your PSAT score is great, but I think you should throw in a few more extracurriculars…possibly a sport?</p>
<p>You don’t need any add’l ECs to get into UMD as an in-state student with your SAT scores. (It would make a difference at smaller private colleges, but UMD is pretty score driven). </p>
<p>The main thing (NOT the only thing) is your GPA and SAT scores, which also drive merit $$. If anything else, you need to try for the highest grades (i.e. A’s) this year, your junior year, as those are what they will be looking at on your application. And DON"T miss the priority deadline (it was Nov 1 in 2009) for applying for the best chance at merit $$.</p>
<p>Don’t spend too much time on CC (I see you are new; it’s terribly addicting and can really make you feel like an underachiever if you compare yourself to some of the people on a lot of the threads). Enjoy high school, and as cb says above, I don’t think you really need to study for any more APs, just try to ace all of your current classes. Also, you can look up what your various AP scores will get you at UMD, in terms of placement or credit. just go to umd.edu and search for “ap credit”.</p>
<p>Check out the official 2014 acceptance thread. Scholars and honors is pretty hit and miss. That thread will give a good idea. If you can, though, I suggest you try to attend an honors overnight (not sure if they have scholars overnight…).</p>
<p>Neo - I got into Scholars for class of 2014 and did the Honors College day (opted not to do the overnight). I’m almost certain that there isn’t anything like that for Scholars.</p>
<p>APisAwesome - I think you’ll be fine, though a couple of things:
If your school has honor societies (general NHS, language, music, etc) apply for them and join if you’re accepted.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking that whatever you got on your PSAT will translate to your SAT. I got something like a 196 or so on mine and ended up with a 2100 on the SAT. I have friends who got 220-ish on the PSAT and ended up in the 1900 range on the SAT. It correlates roughly, but for most kids it isn’t really a true indication of what you’ll get on the SAT. Just make sure you’re reading plenty (great way to pick up vocab) and reviewing old math skills, like geometry.
Take a full four years of language (unless you’ve already opted out for this year, I can’t tell by what you provided). Along with that, make sure you’re taking a full four years of most, if not all, of the core subjects.</p>
<p>Your stats really remind me of myself (3.7 UW 4.3 W, 2100 SAT) and I got in. I think you’ll be all right.</p>
<p>EDIT: Fixed PSAT numbers. I shouldn’t drink caffeine at night.</p>
<p>Ib801: I did an honors overnight and got honors for 2014. </p>
<p>I agree with you on the PSAT thing. I don’t think there’s anything you can use to predict it your SAT (I got like 200 points higher than my actual SAT than my PSAT said I would–thank goodness!). And review–especially because of those higher maths. Some of that other stuff flies out of your head. </p>
<p>Side-note: Ib801, are kinda set for College Park, waiting out for money before you say, or is it just a back-up?</p>