<p>Hi CC! Im a sophomore in high school and im currently taking:
Honors Comp. and Lit II
Honors Math Analysis(pre-calculus)
AP European History
PE Varsity Soccer
Honors Chemistry
Religion (mandatory)
Accelerated Spanish II
im taking all the challenging classes possible. Next year im hoping to get at least 6 ap
classes. I really need to make my dad proud. Im hoping to go to Stanford. Any tips on becoming a valedictorian??
(last year i got all A's)</p>
<p>Get all A+s.</p>
<p>The purpose of school is to learn, not to beat everyone else.</p>
<p>I hope you realize that you don’t have to become valedictorian to go to Stanford. Just take challenging classes and get good grades. Stop comparing yourself to others and do the best that YOU can do.</p>
<p>Cloning is for sheep .lol</p>
<p>everytime I tried to become valedictorian, I failed badly. So, I gave up on that thing and I’m more than happy.</p>
<p>And being valedictorian doesn’t mean you’ll get into Stanford. It’s one of the most selective colleges in the country, so you probably won’t get in no matter what you do.</p>
<p>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
halcyonheather speaks the truth. The chances of getting into Stanford are extremely low.</p>
<p>the only point i want to do this is to make my dad proud. this would make him prouder than ever. And about going to stanford… chances are low but theres still a chance. I want to know what extracurricular activities to join too.</p>
<p>Find your passion and EXCEL.
Stanford would prefer that over the simple title of valedicotrian.</p>
<p>The valedictorian at my school 2 years ago didn’t even get into any Ivy leagues and ended up at UC Berkeley.
However there was one girl who got into MIT and Stanford and a number of ivies. Ugh I’m jealous.</p>
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<p>Which is still really selective and one of the best universities in the country, so I don’t really see your point.</p>
<p>The valdectorian for the 2013 class is going to CSUS. He only got into Davis out of the UCs and he’s Mexican. It’s the whole picture, not just the grades.</p>
<p>it’s not that big of a deal to be valedictorian. sure its good but there’s hundreds of thousands of others and nobody’s going to care an hour after graduation.</p>
<p>and getting all A’s freshman year isn’t that hard of a feat. just warning you, it’s going to get harder. way harder. </p>
<p>anyways, take lots of APs and get A’s in everything. some vals also have to have good character and community service. do extra curriculars you’re interested in, there’s no formula.</p>
<p>Currently I’m valedictorian at my religious school with 81 kids in my class, so were probably in a similar situation. Being valedictorian means caring about every individual grade. You can never make an excuse for a bad grade and they must be avoided if at all preventable. Also, on course load, take classes that are weighted that you know you can score high in. For instance, this year I almost took AP lit/comp, but I decided that because that class was so difficult at my school, I would be better off in the dual credit writing course. If I get a 98 in this course and I would’ve gotten a 92 in the other course, my decision just paid off. Yes you may want to take as many APs as possible, but being valedictorian isn’t just about taking as many APs as you can, it’s about scoring the highest.</p>
<p>As far as ECs go, try to get research internships at a near by university or something. I personally have weak ECs but I’m working on it by founding a business club. Hopefully in the club we do a lot of fundraisers and accumulate a lot of money. That’ll look good on a resume.</p>
<p>I know I’m about to get a lot of hate for what I’ve been saying and how I’ve worked just to out things on a resume, but I don’t care. That’s how I think and that’s how I enjoy doing things. I don’t listen to this “don’t do something just for applications” talk that so many CCers propose, while many of them actually have such grand ECs they would have never acquired had college applications never existed. So if you want valedictorian to get into Stanford, and you want good ECs for Stanford, get both, and at least if you fail, you’ve learned something and done something with your time that wasn’t a complete waste. </p>
<p>Good luck on your race for valedictorian.</p>
<p>I’m currently valedictorian of a class of about 200 and I really haven’t tried to get it. I took many honors and AP Classes, but those were mostly as a result of the fact that I wanted the extra challenge and rigor, not in an attempt to get valedictorian. I only ever got one B in high school–in honors Chem and it was a 92. Freshman year I had like 4 honors classes, sophomore year 4 honors and 1 AP, and junior year 4 APs. Senior year I’m probably going to have 6 APs. I will admit I’m trying to retain my valedictorian status, but I never tried for it. </p>
<p>Just do your best and don’t worry about your class rank. I only check at the end of every year to see what it is. It would be cool to be the only valedictorian in my family (brother was #3 and two of my aunts were #2) but it’s not going to make or break my senior year. I’m just going to try to get all A’s and keep 100 percent in my 2 unweighted classes (band and gym).</p>
<p>Make sure to check how your school ranks, though. My school ranks on unweighted GPA (which works better than you might think).</p>
<p>Pull an Andrew Luck, play QB and get a football scholarship there… With how selective Stanford is, it’s probably easier to do that haha</p>
<p>That might not work, either ^
Jeremy Lin was rejected from Stanford and was forced to attend Harvard :(</p>
<p>How awful.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t wish it on anybody.</p>