<p>i would change that i didn’t grow up involved in all kinds of stuff like science competitions and sports. My EC really aren’t that good especially for Harvard</p>
<p>I wish I got higher SATs, started Clubs earlier. Taken AP class in freshman year and played a sport years before 9th grade. I wish too that I investigated Physics/ Biology Olympiads :(</p>
<p>My SAT or ACT scores</p>
<p>Definitely. Wish I had done more prep and could have raised them a few more points.</p>
<p>I am passionate about my extracurriculars, however I do not have an activity that reflects my interest in the medical sciences and consequently, I do not have a theme for my applications.</p>
<p>I do not like to think about this, because I don’t believe in regrets. A friend of mine once told me- life is like a rollercoaster, just throw your hands up and enjoy the ride. I agree with this statement.</p>
<p>that being said, i will take the time to reflect upon this once, publicly, so that people can learn from my mistakes and i can have an outlet to reflect and get this out once and for all.</p>
<p>i wish i’d worked hard, taken all the opportunities available to me, and taken the may SAT (i got cocky after seeign my april scores and decided not to- stupid me)</p>
<p>Had i worked harder i’m sure i could have a 95 average, considering the grades i’m getting now in the hardest schedule i have ever taken. I also had SOOOOOO many opportunities. I should have taken the business classes my high school offers, for instance. This also would have all but assured me the presidency of the stock market club. I also had the opportunity to PUBLISH MY OWN RESEARCH but i did the easy thing and let that opportunity pass by as well. HAd i taken the SAT that extra time I’m sure i could’ve broken 1400. I was so lazy and naive, i made so many excuses for myself. I should have recognized my full potential because I’m sure that i am easily as intelligent as almsot anybody in ym class. I simply was too stupid and lazy to realize my gifts, and instead took them for granted.</p>
<p>OH WELL! </p>
<p>College is a fresh start and my opportunity to realize my potential and make up for the time i spent slacking off. After all, i am still applying to some pretty good schools. I think i will be okay in the end.</p>
<p>I wish I didn’t take advanaced classes in 8th grade cause now I got a 3.0 on my transcript from that year. Freshman year was no better with a 3.3… This year I am hoping to get a 3.8ish, and by end of junior year average 3.5-3.6. Although I am not doing so hot this first quarter because I missed two weeks out of the first two and did horrible on some tests when I got back.</p>
<p>My e/c’s and rigor is fantastic though, and I am kind of a natural test taker, it’s just those freaking early years :(</p>
<p>i didn’t care about college as a freshman/8th grader, I got 100 on my bio regents as well as this advanced test that everyone has to take to see if they can get into AP bio (traditionaly only given to juniors, I was a 8th grader and was the only one to get a 100 out of 100+ kids at a competitive school) and my teacher said I might be able to get a perfect score as a 8th grader on the SAT II but of course I said… why would i take a test when i don’t have to? now i am self studying for 2 ap’s trying to dig myself out of a hole, as well as taking the bio SAT II, got a perfect on the practice after not looking material over for 3 years :D</p>
<p>I want to have a better standardized test scores, I failed the SAT, not even going to submit it, got a 31 on the ACT, but at least the SAT IIs went well, Math2-800,Physics-750:D</p>
<p>SAT…■■■ 2050</p>
<p>my GRADES >< 2300 + crappy grades = no fun ahahah</p>
<p>my main concern are my SAT scores. i love my EC’s, and thought to others they might seem mediocre, i would not change them. the rest i’m satisfied with :)</p>
<p>my grades. my graaaaades</p>
<p>ECs. I’ve hardly anything for math and science, absolutely no sports(except mind sport-chess), but many humanities/social sci related ones.</p>
<p>GPA… without a doubt haha</p>
<p>I would definitely change my interview. I had a total ******bag for my Harvard interview. Our greeting went something like this:</p>
<p>Him: “You live in E____?”</p>
<p>Me: “Yes, I do.”</p>
<p>Him: “You know, my parents live really near you. You might have seen them around sometime.”</p>
<p>Me: eagerly- “Really? Where?”</p>
<p>Him: “In the cemetery.” </p>
<p>So I bombed that interview. For Columbia, the guy wouldn’t SHUT UP. Georgetown’s interview was the only one I aced. </p>
<p>But I don’t think I got in to those schools anyway. My essays were crap. Maybe I should have put that down in the poll, too.</p>
<p>I would’ve changed high schools. </p>
<p>I could have graduated at minimum in the top 5%, played a sport or two, and been an overall better college applicant if I had gone to my public school. </p>
<p>My mother could have not worked two jobs, have better health, and spent more time with her children instead of paying for this non-diverse, overpriced, “finishing school for trophy wives” private school i go to. </p>
<p>Yes, my application is great, but it’s not who I am; it’s what this school has painted me to be. Oh, I wish I had my four years back.</p>
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<p>You went to Plano Schools? Me too~! I go to private now, but I went to Elementary and Middle public. It is a really competitive district. I bet Vali probably is only ahead of #2 by .0005… it wouldn’t surprise me at all.</p>
<p>This is a really helpful threat. I’m pretty new to high school - it seems like GPA + EC’s are the things I need to focus most on.</p>
<p>11 bs suks a lot</p>
<p>Wish I could just change my GPA. I just wish for that?? Bump… SANTA did even give me that</p>
<p>Nothing. Maybe slept a little bit more.</p>
<p>what I want to know is what students with GPAs above 3.5 would have changed… Because I think people who had low GPAs or SAT/ACT scores would have changed those.</p>