<p>Please let this thread die a natural death, Ask us again next year, when you’re planning your junior year, and you can give us results from your freshman and sophomore years. We’ll all still be here. Your 4 year plan looks fine for your aspirations.</p>
<p>@skieurope </p>
<p>Ehhhh, alright. Thanks for all the help</p>
<p>If you really want to get into Stanford, lighten your load and find something you are passionate about outside of school. Stanford wants a long, deep commitment to 2 or 3 activities which demonstrate qualities such as intellectual curiosity, leadership, love of learning, social altruism, and/or mastery of your gifts. Stanford is looking for future inventors and entrepreneurs on the forefront of science and business, future Nobel prize winners, future Pulitzer winners, people who take the right types of chances in life. 6 weeks of volunteering - basically useless. Going to a summer camp at a college - basically useless. Doing something in a foreign country that your parents paid for - useless. Better to have 6 AP courses and spend 3 years doing basic research in a college lab, setting up relief stations in earthquake zones, or setting up your own non-profit charity than to have 11 AP’s and nothing that shows internal motivation. I’ve seen kids with 3 & 4 AP’s get into Stanford - if they have the second part of the equation. I’ve never seen a kid get into Stanford without outstanding achievement outside of the classroom. I’ve watched kids apply to Stanford and the Ivy’s for 30 years. I went to Stanford. I have friends on the admissions committee. You can ignore my advice or take it, but it will serve you well if you heed it.</p>
<p>Oh, and take the 3 years of Chinese language in high school if you can. Remember: long commitment.</p>
<p>@akiddoc </p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. I’m on the varsity tennis team, and probably will be for the rest of my High School life</p>
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<p>CS majors do not necessarily have to take chemistry and biology. Also, not all colleges accept AP credit in chemistry and/or biology for major or breadth requirements.</p>