HYPSM Chance Please :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>this is a potential thing ( i have not done all this, these are just my goals)</p>

<p>School Type: Public
Location: California
Race/Gender: Israeli
Prospective Major: Chemistry/Math/Pre-Med (undecided as of now, those are only some thoughts)
Unweighted GPA: 4.00
Weighted GPA: 4.66
Class rank: don't know, we don't have ranks</p>

<p>SAT 1 Scores:
between 2300 and 2400</p>

<p>SAT 2 Scores:
Chem, Lit, Math 1 & 2, Bio, USH, World History</p>

<p>Classes:</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Honors Bio
Honors English 1-2
Honors Algebra 3-4 (Algebra 2)
Spanish 5-6 (no honors available)
Digital Media 1 (sem.1) and Health (sem. 2)
PE</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
AP Calc AB
AP Euro
AP Bio
AP Chem
Honors Humanities
Spanish 7-8 (again, no honors)</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP Calc BC
AP Physics C Mechanics
AP US History
AP Art History
AP Spanish
APEL Lang</p>

<p>Senior Year:
AP Stats
AP Physics C Electricity and Magnetism
AP US Government
AP Environmental Science
APEL Lit
TA</p>

<p>all my grades were A's (my school doesnt do - or +)</p>

<p>During Junior Year take a Chemistry Class online and during Senior Year esearching in a lab with a chemistry professor.</p>

<p>ECs:
All Four Years:
Key Club member 9th, bulletin editor 10th, treasurer 11th. president 12th,
Science Olympiad member 9th, treasurer 10th and 11th, secretary 12th,
Quiz Bowl
Academic League
(QB and AL coach for Junior and Senior Years)
NHS president (12th grade)
CSF (california scholarship federation) member for life (second sem. 10th grade till 12th grade)
Peer counseling 10th-12th
religous school hebrew teacher/camp counselor all 4 years
link crew 10th-12th grade (basically helping freshman)</p>

<p>Sports:
Swim Team club all 4 years and school team all 4 years (9th i was jv, 10th-12th varsity), captain 12th grade
Water Polo 10th-12th grade (club during summer and jv 10th, varsity 11th and 12th)</p>

<p>Summers:
between 9th and 10th grade Oxbridge Academic Programs to Cambridge to study Medicinal Science and Molecular Biology
between 10th and 11th grade intern Chemistry at local college, take Elite SAT Prep
between 11th and 12th grade I did RSI</p>

<p>AP Scholar, NMS Semi-Finalist, place somewhere in USA Chemistry Olympiad</p>

<p>thanks so much everyone who chances!!!</p>

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<p>We all hope for these things to happen, they probably won’t. Nobody is gonna chance an 8th grader.</p>

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<p>i tried to do the same thing as you when i was in 8th grade, but there are always factors you cant control. i got a B sophomore year cause i had a ridiculously terrible government teacher, and then of course theres laziness. dont try to predict whats gonna happen, ask this again in 4 years</p>

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<p>You can plan out your courses for a couple of yrs but just do the EC’s you like. (i’m assuming you like chemistry). Just be involved, take rigorous classes and do well in them, and things will fall into place (hopefully). Also, if you work too hard early you run the risk of “burning out” later, like in college. Don’t fix your sights on HYPSM, there are plenty of great schools out there not in the Ivy league. Just chillax bro :)</p>

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<p>*just to note, i don’t think you can go from algebra II freshman yr to calc ab soph year, your missing pre-calc/trig which is essential.</p>

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<p>@eziamm im a freshman
@theRADtomato47 in my school algebra 3-4 is a course that inludes precalculus and trigonometry, so the movement of classes is algebra 1 –> geometry –> algebra 2 –> calc ab –> calc bc, so anyone whos in algebra 3-4 right now will be finished w/ math in 11th grade</p>

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<p>Dude, I’m impressed that you’re already thinking about the future as a freshman. My advice to you though is just do what you love and it’ll show. Don’t spend the next four years obsessing over college admissions, high school is the best four years of your life (other than college, of course).</p>

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<p>As others say…it’s fantastic that you’re this determined and motivated, but realize that things will change. Don’t try to pigeonhole yourself into this path; you might find new interests to pursue in other areas, or your priorities will reshuffle. It’s good to plan and better to have a plan and make room for where your future self might want to change paths.</p>

<p>As far as concrete advice goes: realize that it’s easy to plan standard-issue extracurriculars (club membership/leadership, athletics, volunteerism, summer programs) but many of them read as achievement for achievement’s sake and will not make you as compelling a candidate as someone who has a clearly defined interest. Academics are absolutely vital, but qualitative factors matter a lot at top colleges, and who you are or who you are perceived to be through the listed activities above is a high achiever but not a kid passionate about anything in particular.</p>

<p>Make room to explore random clubs and engage in frivolous research projects (and I say “research” loosely) in your free time. Medieval history, orchid cultivation, making your own chocolates. I’m serious. Give yourself room to grow. This is why it’s good to not be too committed to your plans right now. Unless you’re unbelievably talented in math (and can be internationally competitive) the “best” extracurriculars will be ones that grow organically from your free time, from your explorations, to your eventual interest in a field you might not be at all interested in right now.</p>

<p>Short version: you do realize people have to elect you into club leadership positions, right? How predictable do you think your next four years will be? Chancing is pointless. Only advice is useful.</p>