<p>I don't know if this is the right forum, but here I go!
What exactly do I need to do to create a good college portfolio.
Right now my average grades are 85- 88, I am in my 2nd semester of my sophomore year. But I am working on improving those. I am going to start to do alot of volunteer work, and in my juinor and sophomore years I can take college credit courses at Brooklyn College.
What else should I be doing?
P.S- In NY we have to take the NYS regents and I was wondering if colleges look at those scores, because I was considering retaking the ones I did not do as good as I could. </p>
<p>A bunch of people will probably jump on me for saying this but it’s my advice…</p>
<p>Don’t do volunteering unless you really want to volunteer. You’re better off learning some skill your interested in. Number one, because you’re interested in it. Number two, because it’s probably just as good, if not better, than excessive volunteer hours.</p>
<p>Take some APs or take classes at Brooklyn College, that you’re interested in. If you can take 2 classes during the summer between your sophomore and junior and between your junior and senior year that’s great, but don’t take a bunch of APs that aren’t related to the direction you want to move in through college.</p>
<p>The place I want to volunteer in is a a soup kitchen, so i’ll be helping people, which is good. My school has not really told us what they have available, but there will be some mathematics and hopefully a law or medicinr related course. Thank you for your help, any other opinions are welcomed.</p>
<p>I think it’s great that you want to volunteer, and also want to improve your grades.
One thing to consider when committing to college courses and volunteering is time.
As an upperclassmen you will find that you never have enough of it.
While it is fantastic that you want to help others and further your education, you have to be realistic about the time you have to devote to those activities.
Keep in mind that your Junior year will be filled with preparing for SATs, APs, maintaining a good GPA, etc…
I totally think you should volunteer if you have time, and do credit courses over the summer, I would be cautious about overloading yourself during the school year.</p>