<p>^I’ve attempted contacting my principal. I was deferred to my counselor, who told me she would try to talk to my principal when she could.
That was two weeks ago. Based on her skepticism when I spoke with her, I’m assuming that the most she would have said, if at all, would be “Hey, one of Ms. ______'s students was complaining about her. Told me to tell you. Bye.”</p>
<p>Second semester of junior year- the last one that colleges actually see.
Speaking of colleges, has anyone began serious planning?
I just started a notebook with spreadsheets comparing various college figures and a calendar with all due dates for applications and scholarships. I find the two to be enormously helpful in getting a general idea of where I am headed. Anybody else doing this?</p>
<p>Ya I started planning. Hopefully will visit during february break. My biggest agenda now is to bring up my gpa cuz I cumulatively now have a 93 UW and I’m applying to some Ivys so it’s not that great…
And we have senior year too but that’s only one quarter</p>
<p>@DukeHopeful2014 At this point I basically have my full list of schools I am applying to (including an ED school and some EAs incase things don’t work out), I will probably cut the list down a bit though and add an extra safety or two (I currently have one). Now I am focussing on actually getting good test scores (I am a horrible tester) and adding to my resume (specifically more awards and an internship and job for the summer). I will be visiting the remaining schools that are on my list and within a five hour radius of where I live this spring/summer.</p>
<p>@propinquity, try keeping at least one copy for yourself at home so that if she loses the assignment, you can turn it in again and the teacher and/or administrator can’t blame you. If not then your school is probably ape**** crazy. </p>
<p>@people talking about colleges
I’ve registered with the Common Application this year and saved up a whole lot of prompts for schools I’m even slightly interested in. They think I’m a senior, lol. </p>
<p>Right now, though, I’ve really got to create some semblance of an upward trend, otherwise most of the colleges on my list are totally off the chart (my GPA sucks). I’m not applying to any school ED unless it’s a D3 that I get recruited to. But definitely EA. Hopefully the teachers don’t get so upset that they say, okay, no more EA/ED rec letter writing for me. </p>
<p>I have 4 safeties, 5 high reaches, 4 matches, and 2 crazy high reaches. It keeps changing though. I’ll probably decide my final list in the first weeks of summer. By then I’ll know if I have at least a slight upward trend. </p>
<p>Then I have to get my test scores (especially the math portion) up. It’s really weird, since ACT math is technically harder yet I do better on that than the SAT math. But I suck at the ACT essay… that’s the only thing that’s keeping me from taking the ACT. Plus all the prep classes for SAT that I had to go to.</p>
<p>I have a bunch of matches/low reaches and dome ridiculous reaches. I haven’t found a Safety yet. Some of my matches are low matches and <em>could</em> be safeties though.</p>
<p>Do you think there’s some way I can explain to college admissions as to why my grade is so low? (It’s a B right now)</p>
<p>I feel like time really flew by,a few months ago i was patting myself on the back for thinking about college so early and now its right around the corner. I think I have my college list down except for maybe one more match and another serious super safety where i would get a full ride.</p>
<p>@Duke I have a spreadsheet with the college name, what type of application they use, required tests, due dates etc… I’m ready. At this point I’m ready to increase my GPA (it’s God awful for competitive standards, I had a B average fresh and soph year). My main selling points on my app will probably be my test scores, essays, and EC’s if I win some business awards and continue my leadership around the school. </p>
<p>I’m not applying to any ivy league, none of them catch my interest and I’m too unqualified. I’m really striving for NYU and USC. Great business programs, great locations, tons of opportunities. They are definitely reaches but I’m excited. These next 4-5 months could determine my next 4 years after high school. </p>
<p>The only part about college that worries me is the financial part of it all. I need to get all the scholarships I can. My mom won’t let me take out loans, not that I would want to.</p>
<p>I’m curious as to what everyone wants to do in college.
Planned majors, field of interests?</p>
<p>@mitzii hoping for psychiatry…definitely something related to psychology/therapy.</p>
<p>@mitzii
Computer science or electrical engineering as major. Hopefully something with elements in both.
I’d like to do a chemistry minor, but I don’t know how possible that would be.</p>
<p>I guess I’m kind of screwed then.
This is my 2nd B. I wish it had at least been my fault.</p>
<p>Mitzi I was thinking majoring in physics with a minor in chemistry then going to graduate school for astrophysics or quantum physics.</p>
<p>@Mitzi I am planning to double major in neuroscience and psychology</p>
<p>@withoutausername Are you familiar with m theory? I like how well superstrings have reconciled quantum theory and Einstein’s relativity.
@Propinquity colleges look at the overall. Two B’s don’t really affect that.
@anon I’ve been looking into Computer engineering and computer science. What colleges are you looking at?</p>
<p>I want to major in actuarial science if available. If the college doesn’t have the program I want to major in computer science.</p>
<p>94 chem midterm, A for the semester. Definitely didn’t expect that- my life is awesome until tomorrow, which when I see when I got on my precalc exam. </p>
<p>I want to go into computer programming/science, chemistry, or psychology (not necessarily in that order). There are other fields, but so far these are my top. </p>
<p>I don’t know what I’m doing about college. I made a list of colleges I want to go to last year & freshman year, but I kind of want to scrap the whole thing and start all over… But my problem is that I don’t know what I want. :/</p>
<p>I am planning to just go to my state university and major in Computer Science. Penn State University Park is what I am looking at. Not really interested in Pitt or Temple though, its either Penn State or bust to a local school and get into the honors program.</p>
<p>Guess I am the minority on CC not really wanting to go to some big name school.</p>
<p>@duke yes, actually I attended a camp on m theory and i find myself fascinated by every aspect of it, the idea of branes and looped graviton strings is especially interesting. Of course, so much of m theory is unproven, but some of the ideas on where all the extra dimensions are is interesting (compactification). Currently, I am reading the quantum universe to gain a better understanding of quantum mechanics. I love how you have to disregard logic and develop a new way of thinking and then suddenly everything makes sense.</p>