<p>Okay im a sophmore in a highschool that is way overly concerned with going to college. I want to go to MIT, Caltech, Stanford, Carneige mellon , and more for Computer engineering VERY BADLY. But i know that there are so many people better than me that my chances arent amazing. So i want some class schedule help. </p>
<p>POINT OF THIS POST: The point of this post is for me to find out, am i taking the right classes? I currently attend a decent high school and Im a 10th grader. I want to know, if this was my schedule and I got the gpas marked for that grade, what would my chances be at MIT? In other words I just want to know if this schedule is good enough. Go through the list and tell me what you think. By the way I attend Thousand Oaks High School so if youd like to see the classses offered go here : <a href="https://admissions.ucop.edu/doorways/list/%5B/url%5D">https://admissions.ucop.edu/doorways/list/</a>
And type my schools name. There are some descrepincies (we dont have IB courses for example) </p>
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9th : 3.75 uw 3.75 w
English 9cp ( 2 B's)
Algebra 1cp (1 B)
Health/Geography/Careers
PE
Spanish 1
Physical science cp </p>
<p>9.5 (elearn.byu.edu) ^^^ 3.5 (not counted in HS gpa)
Geometry semester 1 (B+) and 2 (A-) taken ONLINE over summer</p>
<p>10th: max 4.0 uw max 4.0w
ACD English 10cp
Algebra 2cp
World history cp
PE
Spanish 2 cp
Biology Cp
Theater 1 (UC approved art) </p>
<p>11th : max uw 4.0 max w 4.66
English 11 cp
Math Analysis H
US history AP
Spanish 3 cp
Chemistry H
computer science ap</p>
<p>12th: max uw 4.0 max w 5.0
English language composition AP<br>
Calculus AP
Physics AP
Computer repair ROP OR Spanish 4 AP
Economics and Politics AP </p>
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ACD = Academy. I am in the academy which changes certain courses to be acd courses. These courses are focuses on my choice of topic, for me computer repair specifically and business and IT in general. So my essays in English for ex. would than be based on computers.</p>
<p>ROP = Off campus class with hands on training. </p>
<p>^^^^^^^^^^^^
ECs :</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Plan on over 100 hours of community service (20 already) </p></li>
<li><p>Became comptia A+ certified (certified pc technician) at 15</p></li>
<li><p>Getting a job at the geek squad my 10th-11th grade summer (may stay much longer, and i have already secured the job) </p></li>
</ul>
<p>*Business and IT (Computer technician emphasis) Academy student 10-12
---Academy program includes job shadowing, internships, and interviews of professionals. Also includes field trips to businesses, museums, libraries etc focused on my topic. My focus is on computers and business (however at any time if i choose I may go into the engineering academy) </p>
<p>*Creator and President of FCEF (future computer engineer forum) This is a club i am making this year (10th grade) where we discuss new and upcoming technologies and design (realistic) products ourselves. We even try and sell one product to a company (like Toshiba, Samsung, lg, etc.) every semester!</p>
<p>*Creator and President of TOHS donation club. I am also creating this club (this year) where every 4 weeks we will run a donation drive to help those in need. At the same time we collect boxes from every class room for food donations every 2 weeks. Proceeds go to food share. I have a partner ship with food share already. </p>
<p>*National honor society (member) (requires 3.5 gpa and leadership skills) </p>
<ul>
<li><p>Member of CSF (requires 3.5gpa and 10 hours of com. service a semester)</p></li>
<li><p>Created websites for both of my clubs fcef and tohsd. </p></li>
</ul>
<p>ECs Cant really count yet</p>
<p>*Plan on RSI summer program 11-12th grade summer</p>
<ul>
<li>Plan on taking more technician tests from comptia.org(network+, project+,etc)</li>
</ul>
<p>*Starting to program so ill have some programming ECs hopefully!</p>
<ul>
<li>Was 5th class president, not sure if colleges care because some people say it does matter while other say they dont really consider it a good sign of leadership
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AP tests: For the sake of this thread pretend i scored all 4s and 5s. </li>
</ul>
<p>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</p>
<p>SATs: I plan on taking the SAT and the SATII at the end of 10th grade and/or the end of 11th grade (not sure yet) Have yet to take any PSATs but ill update after i take some from books i have. Yes, I am already studying. Taking a practice SAT from a book I have in the coming weeks. Ill let you know my current score.</p>
<p>However for this thread pretend this happened.
800 on all 3 sat 1 tests. 11th grade</p>
<p>800 in math L2 , 800 in Spanish (with listening) , 800 in English , 800 in history , 800 in chemistry 11th grade. </p>
<p>{remember this is simply for me to determine if my schedule will work) </p>
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Application : obviously havent written an essay. Ill have good recommendations . </p>
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Me: Live in southern California (30 min to LA) and I am male of Italian ancestry (born in new York) .
Legacies : Dad went to Hofstra. Thats it I guess.</p>