On the right track?

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<p>Hi, I'm a freshman at an extremely competitive college prep school. </p>

<p>I'm currently enrolled in:
Algebra I
Biology (College level)
Spanish I
English I
West Civ (college level) </p>

<p>I'm looking into Stanford, but I want to make sure that I am somewhat on the right track.</p>

<p>First, math. In 5th grade I was incorrectly placed; I repeated a year of math. This seemed trivial at the time, but now I realize that it is important to graduate with Calculus I. I currently hold a 98%, is it important that I take summer geometry to get ahead? </p>

<p>Second, the middle school that I went to didn't offer Spanish, so I'm in Spanish I. This doesn't concern me too much, but will Spanish IV senior year suffice? </p>

<p>Notes: All classes are honors, no other options :p </p>

<p>Sure, Stanford might be a ways off, especially with all the bright minds in my class. So even so, should I not have a possibility, any things I should do to improve? </p>

<p>I want to have a CS major.</p>

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<p>Your so young to be stressing about this now. Calm down enjoy HS and come back in a year or 2 and keep of your stellar work.</p>

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<p>You’re probably right. It’s just, since it is such a competitive school, college is a common subject. And I’m just afraid I’m going to be lost in the data. The cream of the crop students are in Algebra II, Spanish III, etc.</p>

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<p>If math is something that you’re passionate about, then take as many summer classes as you can. The same thing goes for other areas. As long as you have some areas where you excel, you should be competitive for top schools.</p>

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<p>^^ agreed. Also it is generally a good idea to have calculus down by the time you graduate, even though many students repeat calc at Stanford. Having calc is really just for admissions. Plus, since you’re intending on majoring in CS, it’d be a good idea to have it down, as a way of proving that you know what you’re getting into and that you can do it (the CS major requires you to take two calc classes, unless you place out of it with AP credit, plus a linear algebra class and additional math classes–some take differential equations, multivariable calc, etc.). Starting a foreign language freshman year is fine–I think most do.</p>

<p>As said though, admissions shouldn’t be a concern of yours right now, though class placement is something to think about early on, since you have to take sequences of classes.</p>