<p>This is my schedule for next year.
Algebra 2 Honors, AP World History, Spanish 3-4, English 10 Honors, Biology, Latin 1-2, and PE.
I'm also taking these additional courses at a community college. Administration of Justice, French 1, and Psycology. Do you think I should take another course like History or English?
By the way I want to become a criminal lawyer; any suggestions?</p>
<p>Thankyou</p>
<p>No, I think you should do some things that aren't academic. Have some fun. Enjoy life. Three community college courses on top of a full high school schedule already strikes me as too much.</p>
<p>to be frank, you most likely wont get into harvard. neither will about 92% of the applicants besides you, you know what you need to do, do your best. and research other schools, there are many excellent schools. harvard is overrated in my opinion.</p>
<p>Thanks for your honest opinion GreenDayFan. Your just one of those people who go by statistics and I respect that, but I'm not one of those people.</p>
<p>In addition to those highschool and college courses. I am a member in the American Red Cross Youth Group (and hopefully will become secretary or VP). I am looking into peer tutoring and I am going to volunteer at a hospital near my house. I would love to hear positive opinions about the course load I am taking on next year. I am also Persian/Armenian(if it helps). Should I take a more difficult course load. I know it may seem like a 1 in a billion chance to you guys but I believe in myself A-LOT! And you negative comments won't keep me down.</p>
<p>no im not one of those people necessarilly that goes by statistics, im just saying...is it likely you'll get in? no, but that's the same for every applicant, and some do, so it's honestly a crapshoot. Im not trying to make negative comments, im just saying dont set your heart on one school, y'know.</p>
<p>thanks anyway</p>
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<p>so you don't want any criticism..ever? and you only want to hear "positive opinions?" So basically you dont want any help from us you just want us to tell you "OMG you're definitely gonna get into Harvard!" like ignorant people who know nothing about college admissions say to anyone who gets A's. If so, I think you're on the wrong site.</p>
<p>I think you missed the point of that "quote". It said I would LOVE hear to positive comments but if you have negative ones I don't mind either.
And no I am on the right site and if you think I am ignorant or childish then don't answer.</p>
<p>lol doesn't everyone wanna go 2 harvard</p>
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<p>never said that.</p>
<p>anyway, if you want to go to harvard then be a top student, get great sat scores, be a leader, and ...then you'll have a shot. from then on it'll be luck. Any other schools you like by the way?</p>
<p>If I don't go to Harvard I'll probably kill myself . . . other than that I would like to go to Brown, Yale, or Princeton.</p>
<p>Just out of curiousity, how old are you GreenDayFan?</p>
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<p>I hope you're kidding. And I hope you get safety schools because all those schools reject over 80% of applicants, some of them over 90%. I've seen nothing thus far that makes you a guaranteed admit at any of them.</p>
<p>I'm 16.</p>
<p>How kind. What schools are you planning to go to?</p>
<p>I don't see anything kind or unkind in what GreenDayfan said. It is the straight truth that Harvard rejects over 90% of applicants. MelBell, I suggest reading through this and getting a reality check:</p>
<p>Not trying to be unkind here...quite the opposite.</p>
<p>Yeah i'm not being unkind i'm being realistic..you don't seem to realize how immensely competitive admissions to Harvard is. </p>
<p>And as far as where I'd like to go, I'm looking into Georgetown, UCLA, NYU, Tufts, BC and some others.</p>
<p>That 'how kind' was supposed to be sarcastic. Sorry if I'm being misunderstood.</p>
<p>One of my friends took all 9 of the APs offered at my school, received a 5 on six of the AP exams (she's taking the other 3 this may), received a perfect score on the SAT in one sitting, is president of the senior class and three other after school clubs and she was rejected by Harvard. Not even waitlisted, but flat out rejected. I have to agree with GreenDayFan's message. If you don't get into an Ivy League school, it isn't the end of the world. The college application process is not about getting into the best college in the world, but about getting into the best college for you and the best college for you may not necessarily be an Ivy League school. There are many great non-Ivy schools.</p>
<p>Yes, I realize it was sarcasm. There is no need to get sarcastic or righteous here. Harvard admissions is just crazy--over 90% of applicants are rejected, and that's that.</p>