<p>9th grade:
All IB classes but I ended up dropping out of IB.</p>
<p>10th grade:
All honors and 1 AP MACROECONOMICS class.</p>
<p>Future 11th grade:
All honors, 1 AP MICROECONOMICS, and dual enrollment classes</p>
<p>Future 12th grade:
All honors and dual enrollement
* Graduating with AA degree for dual enrollment *</p>
<p>Will the IB thing in 9th affect my chances? thanks.</p>
<p>Well, we don't know what do you mean under "all honors." Can you be more specific?</p>
<p>meaning that all my core curriculum are honors type classes. That answer it?</p>
<p>good enough for what? It all depends on where you are looking to apply to.</p>
<p>community college courses can be great or really poor, it all depends on the cc.</p>
<p>is the lack of AP classes because you school doesn't offer many or because you chose not to take them. What course have you taken through the cc and what grades have you gotten? how many credits are required for the aa you are getting?</p>
<p>I told you the dual enrollment is my FUTURE schedule I dont have any grades yet in it. ALso my school offered me AP english, AP physics, AP Micro. I picked only 1 out of 3.</p>
<p>I would think more AP classes would be better, especially the AP english, unless you are going into a science oriented field.
They like to see you "challenging yourself."</p>
<p>it would help if you told us where you were thinking of applying to --</p>
<p>If you haven't taken any community college classes, you might tell us why you are thinking of pursuing that avenue. Have you exhausted your high school curriculum? (probably not if they still have AP classes that you have not taken) Are you wanting to get the AA degree so that you can enter college as a junior? or are you thinking that the dual enrollment will be a hook for college?</p>
<p>taking cc classes as dual enrollment is fairly common nowadays. If you excell at your high school classes and supplement with classes at the local cc in areas where you have exhausted the high school curriculum, that looks good -- as long as your cc grades are excellent and all test scores (SAT, SAT II, etc) look good. Just replacing high school classes with cc classes is not as great -- the question will be why? many colleges (especially those out of state and selective colleges) don't always consider cc classes to be top-notch.</p>
<p>with your sign-on name, are you thinking of applying to the AFAcademy? or ROTC? if yes, contact your local liason to see how the dual enrollment is treated -- they are your experts in that area.</p>
<p>As far as dropping IB in 9th -- that might raise some eyebrows when applying to super-selective, but most other colleges will be more concerned about your grades and what classes you took. Super-selective colleges might wonder about the drop of IB, since it is well regarded. Several admin officers I spoke with stated a preference for IB classes over cc classes, but a mix would look good.</p>
<p>Wow what a great response. Yes I am applying to service academies and ROTC programs, henceforth, going to pursuit aerospace engineering. The answer to my AP incident is that since the academies require good ec's then I dont think I can balance alot of ap's, clubs, sports, and dual enrollment classes along with scouts and civil air patrol. I literally think its not possible so I have chosen to downgrade to Honors (which still isnt that bad) and I chose micro so I could have BOTH econ courses completed before I graduate. As for my AA degree, I believe it will be a small hook to the service academies because they like college classes.</p>
<p>It sounds like you are thinking ahead -- which is great! Service academies do like cc classes, but I am not sure you want to go the whole way for the AA degree. That usually requires 60 hours of college credit. If you take 15 hours of cc classes each semester (fall and spring) for both junior and senior year, you will be able to do it -- but I think that it will be at the expense of your EC's and school participation and leadership. Check at the service academy forums and see what they say. Have you looked ahead at what your schedule would look like? I don't see how you could take any high school classes if you took a full load at the cc.</p>
<p>some suggestions -- </p>
<p>have you contacted your liason? this is vitally important to do ASAP. applications for service academies are due earlier and have tons more paperwork to complete. your liason, along with currently accepted students at academies, are your best source of information. </p>
<p>plan out your classes to meet the suggestions (not just the requirements) of the academies. I would suggest AP classes or higher level cc classes. Grades are important, but you don't have to have a 4.0 to be admitted if you look good all around, but I would make sure that your GPA is at least a 3.5 unweighted. That includes cc classes. consider starting to learn one of the needed languages to give yourself a hook -- Arabic, Hindi, Farsi and Mandarin are all considered strategic languages. make sure you are solid on your math and science classes. Plan on taking calc senior year and make sure that at least one science is taken at a higher level (AP or a second semester of cc class)</p>
<p>Sports are very important to the academies -- they like to see team sports, varsity and prefer that you have lettered and been team captain. many applicants will be multiple sport players, all varsity. the competition is fierce.</p>
<p>keep active in the EC's. Get the Eagle and make sure that someone in scouts can write you a good recommendation. consider order of the arrow and really good leadership roles. Senior Patrol Leader looks good. so does junior assistant scout master.</p>
<p>What rank are you in CAP? that is an excellent EC. try your best to get Spaatz if you can (it isn't easy). also participate in the national special activities. do your best to become squadron cadet commander and AFA cadet. try to get involved in CAP outside of your squadron -- Cadet Advisory Committee, staff at encampment, staff at national special activities.</p>
<p>As far as possibilities -- it is possible for many. you will find that many applicants to the academies have maintained high GPA's in very tough class loads (including many AP classes), participated in varsity sports with leadership positions, active in the school community and eagle scout and spaatz cadet. I am not saying you can do all that -- you have to make your own judgement and it is better to have a higher grade than an AP classe, but I wanted you to know that the competition is severe.</p>
<p>Thank you for your response. I am aware competition is fierce and I love competition because it shows me that im setting high goals. A little resume is below if you want to check it out:</p>
<p>3.56 GPA UnWeighted
3.9 Weighted (Upward Trend)
Predicted 1900 on SAT (give or take 50 points)
All honors/some AP/dual enrollment classes.</p>
<p>Ec'S:
- Went to lead America conference (met my congressman) (hopefully helps me with nomination process)
- Life scout and will be Eagle soon.
- Just now started CAP :( only an airman
- 2 varsity letters in both wrestling and track.
- 75+ community service hours at library
- Future page for dave Weldon (my congressman)
- NHS
- SAR (Sons Of the American Revolution)</p>
<p>Basically im the "whole person" they look for. Im equally as good in both science and reading type classes but I have a passionate love for science and math.</p>
<p>Finally, Ive taken Spanish 3 years in a row.</p>
<p>Chances? lol thank you.</p>
<p>sounds like you are doing well and are one track. make sure you make eagle and hold leadership positions there. work hard in CAP -- you can move fast and many drop out after a year of two, clearing the way for you to assume leadership postions. did you attend encampment this year? you have to go in order to get you mitchell award. Lead American isn't going to help much, but if you got some connection for nomination, that might help. When you say future page -- do you mean congressional page in DC? that looks good! NHS and SAR are general and won't mean much unless you do something with them. Get your grades up and add in some AP classes (English and US Hist) and really study for the SAT.</p>
<p>really, for a hook try studying one of the languages I suggested -- does your cc offer any of those?</p>
<p>hey hsmomstef its a comment not an essay geez</p>
<p>ehh i guess ur classes are okayyyyyy</p>
<p>hey futureusapilot, let me guess, are u a republican</p>
<p>yes i am a republican</p>
<p>Course load and politics? There's a combination you don't see every day!</p>
<p>I would suggest trying to take an AP science or math class.</p>
<p>lol bendrumfront asked me a wierd question so i answered it :)</p>