<p>I'm currently a freshman in high school, and am insanely curious about my changes of being accepted into an Ivy League school, particularly Columbia University. I have planned out which classes I will be taking in the future if I can manage to keep up my grades. By the time I am a senior, I hope that 6 out of 7 of my classes will be Advanced Preparation; is this too much? Also, do colleges have a subconscious tendency to look down upon applicants who have a study hall? Any knowledge will be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>bro you’re a freshman who knows what you’re test scores and GPA will look at as a senior, work your hardest now, hopefully it pays off later. I’m not sure what else to say, we can’t chance you as you are less than one semester into high school with no standardized test scores</p>
<p>Nope, that’s actually enough. Most of applicants will have 6-7 by the end of JUNIOR year.
Every year, many many qualified students are rejected from Ivy league. That means you have to work your butt off in everything: ECs, GPA, SAT, your essay on Senior year. I recommend taking SAT IIs on Fresh/sophomore year; they are easier to prepare, and saves lots of time during Junior year.</p>
<p>About study hall, it depends; if you have taken the most rigorous classes in your school, then it should be fine. </p>
<p>STOP WORRYING ABOUT COLLEGE -.-</p>
<p>Relax dude. You don’t need to freak on for another few years: find out what you really enjoy doing, THEN worry about how you’re going to go about doing it.</p>
<p>Do the best you can, take the most rigorous workload you can while maintaining great grades. There is no point in taking 7 AP’s and getting a C in them. I would avoid anything remotely close to a study hall or offperiod unlesss you are needing time to financially support / job type of thing.</p>
<p>don’t listen to those who are saying “relax, don’t worry” I’m YES WORRY! hahah, just kidding. not really. but yeah, if you’re reaching for Ivy league take as many many many AP as you can, make sure you maintain a minimum of 3.8 GPA so get all A’s like rarely get a B, make sure they’re either AP or Honors. Any silly classes such as health or gym, TAKE ONLINE! the online course is EASY and you get it done before classmates who actually take the course at school. do as much extracurricular activities as you can, it doesn’t have to be sports! simply joining a club or even STARTING a club youre interested in looks good on apps. By your junior or senior year, start running for office in clubs that you’re in. So if you’re in national honor society, or physics club, run for President or VP. it looks SO good on college apps. I had these girls at my school last year who took almost all the AP classes there were available, and didn’t get in because they probably didn’t have any extracurricular other than a sport they did. Junior or even sophomore year- START SAT/ACT testing!!! Do it once just to see how you do, and if you realize you need help with some section start studying, do a course, do everything you can to boost those scores! I wish I had this advice as a freshmen. I could be applying now to an Ivy league, but instead I’m stuck applying to mediocre schools because I didn’t receive this kind of advice. Hope this helps! Goodluck kiddo!</p>