So far so good? (rising junior)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>Hi everyone, I'll be a junior next year and I was hoping if you can either tell me if I'm on the right track towards Stanford, give me advice, and/or relentlessly badger me with harsh criticism until I give in to tears. Whatever you want.</p>

<p>location: southern California
ethnicity: Asian
gender: female
income: <50k</p>

<p>I have gotten straight A's ever since that dreaded B+ in Language Arts in the first trimester of 4th grade. And yes, I still remember. Curse my asian genes.
UW GPA: 4.0
W sophomore year only: 4.5ish</p>

<p>I take the toughest courseloads possible.</p>

<p>8th Grade:
H. Geometry (at the hs)
Biology (at hs during summer before 9th)</p>

<p>9th Grade:
H. American Lit
H. World History
H. Alg 2/Trig
Chemistry
Spanish I</p>

<p>10th:
H. Brit Lit
AP Euro
AP Chem
H. Precal
Spanish II</p>

<p>11th:
AP Bio
AP Lang
AP USH
Calculus (school doesn't offer AP so it doesn't count towards GPA)
Spanish III</p>

<p>12: (probably)
AP Physics
AP Art History
AP Gov
AP Lit
H Spanish IV</p>

<p>ECs:
California Scholarship Federation-will be officer all 4 years and president senior year
NHS: 10-12, officer
Amnesty: 9-12 Co-founder and vice president
Symphonic Orchestra: 4 years, section leader in 9th grade, went to All Southern
Marching Band: 4 years on saxophone
Golf: 10-12 Varsity
Piano: 10 years, advanced level CM, play at retirement centers
Animal shelter volunteer: 150+ hours so far, train new volunteers
Science Olympiad: 9-12, team went to state</p>

<p>My awards are pretty lacking. I won the school award where each department picks a handful of the best students (got it for English). I also placed in some regional piano festivals.</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
Math 2C: 730 (will retake)
Chem: 780</p>

<p>I haven't taken the SAT I's yet, but I've been taking prep classes and my best composite is 2150. Hopefully I'll be able to raise it for the real sat. I love how I managed to put the SAT stats at the end of my post.</p>

<p>I'm sorry for the length and my makeshift format. Oh and please tell me what other colleges I should look into if you can. I like medium leaning towards small schools. Location doesn't matter to me but my overbearing parents refuse to let me leave the state unless I'm going to a really prestigious, eye-popping school. I'm not quite sure what I'll be majoring in but possibly business or finance. Thanks!</p>

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<p>your classes are challenging.. SAT score unknown..</p>

<p>rather than retaking Math 2c, take another SAT II. spanish maybe?</p>

<p>other colleges?: Pomona is a good CA college (liberal arts)
but choice of colleges should depend on which area you want to pursue.</p>

<p>overall, so far so good :)</p>

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<p>is it okay to take the SAT II spanish even though I only had 3 years of spanish?</p>

<p>Hmm, are there any matching colleges out of california that I could possibly convince my parents of? </p>

<p>Thanks for your response fantasic!</p>

<p>Oh and I forgot to add in my op, my school doesn't rank but I'm pretty sure I'm top 1% out of 400ish students.</p>

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<p>remember stanford doesnt have a business or finance degree as an undergraduate. Econ is the closest you will get. U. Penn is the best for those two subjects at an undergraduate level</p>

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<p>Oh, thanks for that bit of info. But econ. will also get me to business schools/business-related jobs, right? I guess it's a matter of which degree is more valuable to what I want to do.</p>

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<p>Most big firms and business schools dont really care about the undergraduate degree when hiring. Its more if you know HOW to think not if you have specific business knowledge, since they can teach you that.</p>