Hi, so I’m trying to plan out my junior and senior year schedules and was wondering if anyone could give me some guidance. I want to major in computer engineering at MIT or CMU, so I’m trying to make my schedule competitive.
Freshman year:
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
Mandarin Chinese
Algebra II
Geometry
Dual-Enrollment English 111
AP Music Theory
Computer Science
Sophomore year, 1st semester:
Dual-Enrollment College Algebra
Dual-Enrollment Trigonometry
Dual-Enrollment Molecular & Cellular Biology
Dual-Enrollment Software Development
Dual-Enrollment Computer Science
Music Theory
Mandarin Chinese
Russian Literature
SAT
Sophomore year, 2nd semester:
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Junior:
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Senior:
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Dual enrollment is not considered as rigor as AP. Many do take dual to escape AP.
I would focus the energy on SAT or ACT. Your math will need to be near perfect.
Good luck, CMU or MIT for CS is top 99.99%
Actually, dual enrollment is considered as rigorous as AP because dual enrollment classes on a college campus are taught like college classes, ie., Require way more autonomy and are way more intense than AP classes.
However this is a crazy schedule.
Are you a rising sophomore? A rising freshman?
Have you read the MIT admissions blog (especially ‘applying sideways’)?
Have you taken high school biology and HS chemistry?
What’s your GPA?
What’s your current music background?
How can you be allowed to take an English dual enrollment class as a freshman?
Are you homeschooled?
Not sure either why you are taking dual enrollment math when you haven’t finished out a standard AP math track?
You will want to get through AP Physics C and AP calc BC before you graduate.
If you are looking to do CS, be sure your ECs reflect that interest.
And FWIW, cast a wide net when it’s application time. MIT and CMU acceptance rates for CS are extremely low even if you have a perfect application.
Based on an earlier post, yes.
I tuned out when I saw a lack of an English or history/social studies class. That, IMO, just made you uncompetitive. No college expects its applicants to be specialists in HS; that’s what grad school is for.
The MIT blogs have a lot of great tips, which apply to colleges other than MIT as well. As examples:
http://mitadmissions.org/apply/prepare/highschool
http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/applying_sideways
@MYOS1634 Thanks for the reply. My UW GPA is 4.08, W 4.40, and I’m a sophomore. I’m homeschooled so I was allowed to take the dual-enrollment class in freshman year - I’ve taken HS bio & chem and I’ve been studying music for ~10 years. I have read ‘Applying Sideways’ and a number of other blogs on the Admissions website, and they’re really helpful, thanks! But I love academia and am not just doing this to get into x school.
@momofsenior1 Yup, I’m homeschooled. I haven’t taken any expected AP classes because there aren’t many offered where I am from and the online courses + exams are too costly for my family. And thanks! I’ll be sure to apply to a lot of safety schools instead of reaches.
@skieurope Sorry! Did you see the DE Eng. and Russian lit.? Also I had US His. freshman and econ this year. I get why I need to study the humanities too, but my peak is more in STEM so I want to focus on classes & ECs related to my prospective major. Thanks for sharing the blog posts!