Going to be a Junior @ small school...

akvareli
Sun, 13 May 2007 17:53:40 +0000

I’m going to be a Junior next school year at a very small, private school.
To give you the basics:
My class only has 12 people. My rank is number 1. It would have to be if I wanted a chance at a nice college! haha
My school has only 2 clubs: Yearbook and Student Council. I proposed a third club, Abaana team, to help fund children in Africa, but I won’t figure out if it got through the administration till end of this school year.
As for academics. Our school has very good academics, much better than public schools for the subjects that we do have atleast. There ar eonly 2 AP courses offered Junior and Senior year. Next year, I’m going to take Calculus AP… I could have taken it this year, but my headmaster didn’t allow for it. =/
The thing is, with such a small school, it is going to be hard to stand out to colleges, and I am asking what I can do to help me be unique or different other than grades. I’m not going to post my PSAT or SAT scores because I am not asking for my chances, and I think I can deal with getting a high score on that part.
This summer I’m thinking of doing community service at a local hospital, and am thinking of asking to see if I can get some medical experience by helping with research. ( I might either major in Biology of Computer Science> It is more likely to be Computer Science)

I couldn’t find much more I could do, other than the pet shelter and the hospital.
Also, My mom offered me to do a website design for a switch plate company as well as some other flash/ design stuff for other companies who she works for.
Lastly, I’m thinking of continuing cross country into college as well, and I’m not sure if this is of any importance, but I moved from Russia five years ago and speak fluently in Russian. (My mom is applying for citizenship soon).
-One more thing: I’m only 14. The reason I mention my age is getting jobs. It’s going to be hard to find even volunteering opportunities and jobs at my age… unless I want to work at chick-fil-a or a fast food place. Plus, I wouldn’t be able to get a lot of working hours according to law.
Is there anything that I can do to help these stats?
-Thankyou so much for reading this.