<p>Hello so I've been lurking in the threads for some time. I'm amazed at all the things most of you have done. And then there's me the joke (Current Junior) :|
Stats:
Unweighted GPA: 3.9
Weighted GPA: 3.98
AP World History -2
AP English Language and Composition: Currently Taking
APUSH: Currently Taking
ECs: "Math Club" (2 Months ...Teacher got busy)
"Historical Society" (1 Year History Club)
"Rise Up" (1 Year Raise Funds for Undocumented Students)
I'm a joke :(
What should I do to improve my overall view. I really want to go to a great school.
I was thinking of volunteering at a Homeless Shelter (Personal Connection)
Any other good places ?
Any good ECs I should look at?
Anything I should do to improve my status?
Should I take self study APs?
My senior year I was going to take...
AP Environment Science
AP US Government
(FYI: Attend a small charter school, 4 School EC, 7 people got accepted to top notch schools in the 10 years it has existed)</p>
<p>Wow people overreact here a lot! Only a 3.9 gpa, test scores matter as I have heard. Those are more ec’s than half of the people in my entire school take. That’s my two cents</p>
<p>@iLikeTrains2,
It’s because most of the people here are overachievers and drive each other crazy in making comparisons. I know it drives me crazy and makes me think my schedule with 5 AP’s is $&*#…</p>
<p>Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.
-Buddha.</p>
<p>HYPSM? Well, you’re probably not. Neither am I. Neither are most people, even most people on this website, even the ones who make you feel especially bad about yourself. </p>
<p>For a good college? There are a lot of good colleges, many of which you would probably like more than HYPSM if you looked around a little. And I don’t mean that in a conciliatory way, either.</p>
<p>I’m not over reacting D: I seriously want to go to MIT or Cal Tech. I thought I was crappy I’m not over achieving. A 3.9 GPA according to my school who has a really weird grading system ( No A-, A+, B+, B-, C+, C-, D, F) They grade in a 0-4 Scale (0= “F” 4 = “A”) Well thanks for telling me that I’m doing decent . Seriously I thought I was doing pretty bad compared to the majority of the people on these forums. I come from a “ghetto school” where 40% End up in CA Colleges 30% Community College 20%Out of State 5% Ivy League </p>
<p>Honestly if you get a great SAT or ACT score you’ll probably get accepted everywhere besides the T20, and some of those would definitely be reachable.</p>
<p>If you think you go to a “ghetto school” and 5% of kids who graduate go to ivy league schools and 95% go to some type of college, you have a seriously distorted view of this world.</p>
<p>I agree, you’re overreacting a bit. Maybe not MIT but probably CalTech. I know a bit about it particularly because I’m half an hour away from it :D</p>
<p>If you think you go to a “ghetto school” and 5% of kids who graduate go to ivy league schools and 95% go to some type of college, you have a seriously distorted view of this world.</p>
<p>Your probably right. At least they got some sort of higher education. </p>
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