High School AP Classes(Help!) Don't know if this is the right forum to post this.

hobbithill
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:17:17 +0000

Sorry OP I didn’t realize you were already doing things. My point is however that if you have time between the mandatory classes you have to take, it’s best to be doing something rather than self-studying APs(even just more hours at the hospital). But I’m not the authority on ECs (I have like two ). I recommend looking at this:

[Study Hacks Blog Archive Want to Get into Harvard? Spend More Time Staring at the Clouds: Rethinking the Role of Extracurricular Activities in College Admissions](Want to Get into Harvard? Spend More Time Staring at the Clouds: Rethinking the Role of Extracurricular Activities in College Admissions - Cal Newport)

and

[Study Hacks Blog Archive How to Get Into Stanford with B’s on Your Transcript: Failed Simulations & the Surprising Psychology of Impressiveness](How to Get Into Stanford with B's on Your Transcript: Failed Simulations & the Surprising Psychology of Impressiveness - Cal Newport)

They tell you why colleges want ECs, and what they hope it will show them. It’s less of a “how many can you do” versus “how on Earth did a kid accomplish that?” deal, according to the writer.