Freshman reaching for Ivies help if you can :)

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Welcome College Confidential people I live in Southern California and come from a lower class filipino family. This is my first thread so sorry if this is messy. I took Algebra and Geometry in 7th and 8th so I’m one of the accelerated students. I wanted to take AQVID but opted to fulfill my A-G requirements and took Spanish. I have to do many things now in order to fix some possible issues that may arise from my acceleration and me for my college resume.Here is a basic list</p>

<p>-I have a very bad memory so I forgot things I learn a lot so I need to regain memory for test for my SAT or ACT and SATII SPANISH
-I could use my notebooks but due to my disorganization I lost my Spanish notebooks and Math Notebooks
-I write really slow
-The Spanish class wasn’t really challenging or practical for the matter(sorry teacher) and because of it I forgot much of the material
-I need to organize or else
-I need to find more passions
-I need to read more
I’m a 9th grader at a Junior High so heres my resume history so far</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Significant Extracurriculars 2 years of math team(7th and 8th grade)
2 years of Knowledge Bowl(7th and 8th)
Leadership positions 9th grade ASB store manager(for this current year)</p>

<p>College Summer programs Wahupa Upward Bound(also a yearly program)</p>

<p>Any suggestions to improve my ECs actually I was considering forming some clubs or maybe even enter into a more “elite” summer program honestly I’m considering to do some AP classes independently while taking other AP classes. My district has a program called compact for sucess which aims to help first generation stusents(like me) get into college it has college mentroring has one of its benefits and lets you go to SDSU if you follow certain preconditions. Please Help newbie member :slight_smile: Thamks if you do :)</p>

<p>P.S. I had bullying issues would that be a good idea to write about in my essays</p>

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<p>wayyyy too early. I don’t think anything you did in middle school matters anyways.</p>

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<p>just keep doing well in school and ask this question again in 2.5 years</p>

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<p>I agree with cube, college applications only ask for information from 9th grade onwards. So, your best bet will be if you can become an officer on the high school math team and/or academic league team. I also think your biggest issue (according to what you wrote) has to do with your “very bad memory”, “disorganization” and slow writing. If you can’t fix those problems, then ECs will mean nothing.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your kindness and help but any tips on how to fix those issuces dignified. Actually I’m keeping journal to improve my writing and I am working on organization for sure this year. The memory I’ll try to learn some techniques for regaining and keeping memory. My school has a great AVID progam and do you guys really think it helps with organization and college prep. I probably won’t enroll in it because it targets “academically middle” students and I don’t want to toot my own horn but I consider my self a gifted student. Although through personal experience I believe students of our caliber(because we are the ones doing something to help us get into college)suffer bullying,have psychological issues and faces numerous other challenges than non-gifted students. And yeah remember the bullying issue it came from Avid students(although I believe 95-99% of avid students aren’t like that despite the fact my friend said they’re the worst). SO anyway any advice on disorganization,slow writing/typing and memory and bad technical skills.</p>

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<ol>
<li>take a keyboarding class at school</li>
<li>chill out</li>
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