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<p>hey!
I'm a freshman in High School next year and I realy want to go to an Ivy League! My college conselar said to start early........so I have made a list of the classes taht I am planning to take over the next four years! Please tell me if this are fine and what else I need to improve my chances at getting into an Ivy League!</p>

<p>Summer= track, community service projects in Mexico and the U.S.</p>

<p>9th grade:
English 1
Algebra
French 2
Accelerated Physical Science (honors)
Ceramics
Health
Modern World History</p>

<p>E.C.:
Track (JV)
Soccer (JV)</p>

<p>French Club
Liberal Club
Teen Korps
Various Community Service projects
Going to be involved in the French exchange program
Going to try to get the Silver Award for Community Service
French Honor Society
French National Exam- Diploma for scoring well on it</p>

<p>Summer School:
Old Testament
Computers- Word Proceesing</p>

<p>10th:
English 2
French 3 Literature (honors)
AP European History
AP Biology
Integrated 1= Math
Photo 1
U.S. Social History</p>

<p>E.C.:
Track (JV)
Soccer (JV)
Elected member for the board of disciplinary Comitee= going to be a judge in it
Silver COmmunity Service Award
Liberal Club
Chinese Club
Spanish Club
Teen Korps
French Club= the president
French National Exam- diploma
French Honor Society
Communtiy service projects- visit orphanages in Mexico and build houses, start project to help HIV/AIDS people</p>

<p>Summer School= New Testament, Track,
and Community Service projects in Mexico</p>

<p>11th:
English 3
AP French Literature
AP US History
*Another history elective- probably the Holocaust History
Integrated 3= Math
Journalism
Chemistry</p>

<p>E.C.:
Soccer (JV)
Track (Varsity)
French Club= president
French Honor Society
French National Exam
Liberal Club
Community Service Projects
Spanish Club
Teen Korps
Model UN</p>

<p>Summer School= Comperative Religions
Community Service in Mexico
and some work at a history museum</p>

<p>12th:
American Political Science
Pre-Calculus
AP French Conversation
English 4
Marine Biology
Ceramics 2
*Another History elective....still don't know which one</p>

<p>E.C.:
French Club= president
French National Exam
French Honor Society
Spanish Club
Liberal Club
Teen Korps
Community Service projects= continue building houses in Mexico</p>

<p>Im going to try to do really well in the AP exams and in the SATs and going to try to have a GPA above 4.0</p>

<p>Please rate my chances! Thanks!</p>

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<p>Slow down, HAVE SOME FUN.</p>

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<p>embarrassing</p>

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<p>^ hahaha. so, so true. I was searching for words, and I came up blank.</p>

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<p>You seem to have everything planned down to the officer position you're going to have in your respective EC's -- pretty interesting. Good luck following your high school blue prints, and be warned that if you're like virtually every teenage guy or girl, your whims change in as fast as a heartbeat; you'll find your future resume shifting shape almost constantly. Lots of people in the "virtually every teenager" category get into the Ivies without having to plan out every minutia of their academic careers, or even at all.</p>

<p>Maybe what your guidance counselor meant by "starting early" was doing well in rigorous courses and finding things that interest you academically and personally. You really have to take your future predictions of your education with a grain of salt, because no one can assess anything about you until you actually -do- them, and chances are you won't follow this list nearly as much as you hope.</p>

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<p>actually...blahh1111 our conselar said we have to plan out evry E.C. and classes that we are planning to take.......even APs she also said what GPA we expect....and wat colleges we are thinking of......so she expects us to plan out all four years.......thanks for the advice!</p>

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<p>your counselor should be shot in the foot. it's important to think about some of these things ahead of time but to plan the minute details is ridiculous. concentrate on school and your ECs, enjoy life, and extracurricularly do what you like to do and not what will pad your resume. don't be afraid to try different stuff. come back here at the end of junior year. good luck to you</p>

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<p>You may know better than I, but doesn't the AP French Literature test test a higher lever of French knowledge than does the AP French Language/Conversation test? I would think you'd take French language junior year and literature senior year, but a very impressive schedule and list of EC's. Good luck.</p>

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<p>I agree with shizz entirely... absolutely no one who just got out of 8th grade could possible know very much that your counselor is trying to make them predict.</p>