Starting High School Correctly?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Well, I’m an overly ambitious freshman that is getting a jump on college selection, even though I am aware my opinions will change in the next four years, I just want to make sure I am getting my high school career started out on the right foot, so I can hopefully go to Cornell, which at the moment, is my top choice.
For freshman year I am taking:
Algebra II Honors
Biology Honors
English Honors
World History I/II <em>Honors not available</em>
Spanish I <em>Honors not available</em></p>

<p>At my school I am unable to take AP courses for awhile, but I plan to when the time comes around. I do not participate in sports, but I do plan on doing several extra curricular activities including:
Scholar Bowl
Science Club
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Saturday Scholars
Math Team
Speech Team
<em>I am considering adding Student Council</em></p>

<p>My Explorer test result… which I guess is like the baby ACT? :
The score range is 1-25, 25 being perfect.
English- 25
Math- 24
Reading- 23
Science- 21
My composite score was 23.</p>

<p>My overall career goal at the moment is to become a neonatal surgeon, so, with the courses I am taking and extra curricular activities, am I getting high school started off correctly? I am a Caucasian female, and yes, I WILL enjoy high school and not stress <em>too</em> much! (: I would greatly appreciate any advice/opinions! Thanks!</p>

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<p>are those the only five classes you are taking? you should take more! load up.</p>

<p>so far, it seems that you are off to a good start.</p>

<p>gee, i wish i felt this way when i was a freshmen; i definitely would have worked much harder!</p>

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<p>Well we are required to take health, driver’s ed, and PE, next year I will have another slot open for a class.</p>

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<p>If you’re really set on being a neonatal surgeon, then you should focus on your EC’s on that. Volunteer, work or intern at a hospital or something.</p>

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<p>^that’s really good advice, but make sure you do stuff you enjoy too. keep up with the news, especially science news. it’s a lot easier to demonstrate an interest when you really genuinely have an interest, and that’s best developed when you’re informed. you can’t have the life experience of being a doctor, but when you know about new research and technology in science in general, you can put your own (rather narrow) ambition into perspective. you probably already like this sort of thing, so this shouldn’t seem like an arduous task.</p>

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<p>that is good advice! if you really want to be a neonatal surgeon, then do everything you can to show your commitment to colleges because they like to see passion.</p>