<p>wow thanks(: my biology/chem teacher loves me so i’ll check it out.</p>
<p>You feel like a loser for having those ECs … if you’re a loser, than what am I? All I have are varsity wrestling, varsity track & field, varsity tennis, and one year of NHS. </p>
<p>My school doesn’t offer any clubs except for sports, like 3 Christian clubs (I’m not religious), student council (which doesn’t really do anything), and NHS (which has no more than two or three meetings a year - it’s in name only, really).</p>
<p>So I make do with what I have, but I have been trying to found a Robotics & Electronics club for my school. I really would like to start it because our I got into contact with my physics teacher who thinks it’s a great idea. I like the idea because not too many of our students have interest in STEM fields (only about twenty students in our entire school of 800 are in a Pre-Calculus or higher course), and it’s a really great way to spark interest in people. We have done demonstration with robots and a lot of people who normally are not interested in science really think it’s neat, so I really like the idea.</p>
<p>You can try doing something similar. If your school doesn’t offer something that you want, try to start it up yourself.</p>
<p>@biovball okay thanks for your input</p>
<p>@nate42 i was looking at the website and it sounds interesting but idk. my parents are already paying for my tuition, school fees, and volleyball so i’d feel bad asking them to participate in this. thanks for the link though.</p>
<p>@biovball: Yeah, I know. I turned it down because I am doing something much more prestigious this summer for free. </p>
<p>@katastrophic: You’re welcome!</p>
<p>@katastrophic: The only reason I asked my teacher to nominate me for it is because it would look good on my college app. I never intended on actually participating in the program.</p>
<p>@rob1995 lol well you play 3 sports at a varsity level, that’s pretty impressive. i will look into starting some type of club, but it will be hard with a my small student body.</p>
<p>@nate42 haha. i guess that’s a good idea. but good luck with your summer plans/programs</p>
<p>Yeah, ECs can be quite difficult if you attend a small school. There’s >750 people at my school, so I know how that is. But the one advantage of going to a smaller school is that you have a better chance of snagging top spots such as officer positions and varsity-level athletics. For example, I’m a varsity tennis player, but I’m actually pretty horrible at tennis. The only reason I’m varsity is because there’s only like 7 boys who play tennis so I’m varsity by default. =p</p>
<p>@katastrophic: Thanks! Also, check and see programs unique to your state. My state offers a Governor’s School and a summer Science and Math camp for free to those accepted.</p>
<p>@rob1995 i have <400 probably <350 at my school, lol. i kind of agree about the sports except nearly every person plays sports and then we have homeschoolers play on our teams so some sports are varsity by default (track and cross country) but others have a good amount of involvement.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, it definitely depends on the sport. Football, for example. I’d say almost 1/3 of the whole male population at our school is on the team. They have varsity, back-up varsity, JV, freshman, and middle school teams. But then go back to something more obscure like golf or tennis and it’s almost laughingly uncompetitive.</p>
<p>Don’t laugh, but my first varsity tennis match, I lost to a 6th grader, an 11 year-old … 2-8, haha. But it’s a lot of fun. I think that’s what people are missing in ECs now-a-days, they take them way to serious. Me and my partner whenever we played doubles always goofed around and talked and made jokes and tried to make funny swings whenever we played, and our opponents would get so mad because they took it so seriously. People just need to chill out and learn how to have fun. </p>
<p>Personally, I couldn’t find playing on an ultra-competitive football team to be too terribly fun - way too stressful. Even wrestling - I love the sport and I’m hyper-competitive about it, but sometimes people take it way too seriously and people suck the fun out of it. You can be competitive while still having fun, people need to learn that imo. :)</p>
<p>@nate42 Just wondering, what are you doing this summer?</p>
<p>we have so many people on the football and track team. and only one person on the track team made it to interscholastics, aha. golf has like 5 or 6 people.</p>
<p>omg, that’s kinda funny. at least you’re not uptight about it. it’s sports and they’re made to be fun. i feel sorry for the kids whose parents push them into a bunch of sports they don’t like just for the scholarships. </p>
<p>yeah they do. i’m so glad i started playing volleyball this year. i’m new but i love it. now it’s like 1/3 of my life. some girls on my team took it seriously, but i used it as a way to relax while learning something new. i’m only competitive during games. i’ve never played sports in my life, besides two embarrasing softball seasons in 5th grade so i’m happy i tried volleyball.</p>
<p>My Schedule:
AP Macroeconomics
AP Government and Politics
Honors Chemistry
Honors Trigonometry
Honors Analytical Geometry
AP French Language
AP Language and Composition
PSSC Physics </p>
<p>self studying for - </p>
<p>AP Psychology
AP European History
AP Microeconomics
AP Comparative Government and Politics</p>
<p>ECs:
Symposium (it’s like book club)
Gay Straight Alliance
Youth Advisory Committee
Student Government
Science Olympiad League </p>
<p>Dream Schools: University of Michigan, Miami University, Kalamazoo College</p>
<p>Hey guys- I’m trying to decide what my senior schedule should be. The two options are:</p>
<p>OPTION A:
AP English Lit.
AP Gov and Econ
Spanish 4
AP Spanish
ROP Health Careers
ROP Health Careers
ROP Health Careers
ROP Health Careers
Arts and Ideas of the West: Ancient to Medieval (at state university)
Human Anatomy and Physiology (at state university)</p>
<p>OPTION B
AP English Lit.
AP Gov and Econ
Linear Algebra (at state university)
Intro to Cultural Anthropology (at state university)
Ethnographic Analysis (at state university)
Culture of Classical Greece (at state university)
Spanish 4
AP Spanish
Arts and Ideas of the West: Ancient to Medieval (at state university)
Human Anatomy and Physiology (at state university)</p>
<p>Also, I would be self-studying AP Latin</p>
<p>@biovball what are ROP Health Careers?</p>
<p>Basically it’s an internship program giving students experience in the medical field</p>
<p>@biovball: I will be attending Summer Ventures in Science and Mathematics. I think maybe 250 of the 1200 applicants were actually accepted.</p>
<p>@nate42 Congrats! Kinda wishing I could do more with my summer. I’m currently just reading a lot, taking online classes, watching Gossip Girl, etc. I wish I could go out of the house to actually do stuff and get a job, but I’m pretty much on house arrest due to my illness.</p>
<p>What’s your illness? </p>
<p>I know that feel about being out on an illness/injury. I just pulled my sternocleidomastoid lifting the other day, haha. Probably not as bad as yours, but I can’t do anything for a week.</p>