<p>Stanford 2020</p>
<p>55al00m- do they actually LOL what a coincidence!
fleury29- yepp and its my dream school lol but its actually a match for me so its all good (maybe not for SAT’s since I havent taken them yet but idk) I still have a few set safety’s too
sweetcupcake12- ahaha good luck! (:</p>
<p>@sweetcupcake - Crossing my fingers for the same thing. Have you visited yet?</p>
<p>Stanford 2020</p>
<p>Fleury29- yep, but basically because my mom works there so I get free tuition! But I like it there and I like the religious atmosphere. :)</p>
<p>@catchinginfinity nope. I live in MD, veeery far. I can’t afford to fly to the opposite coast to visit a college lol</p>
<p>@sweetcupcake - That makes sense, I live in NY and I don’t think I would have visited if I didn’t have relatives there. But if you do find yourself in CA, definitely visit Stanford…the campus is so gorgeous and it was actually so humbling being around so many amazing people.</p>
<p>We went to Berkeley the next day and basically everything was a complete 180. To be fair, no campus I visited after Stanford seemed quite so spectacular. It makes me kind of sad because my chances for getting in are 1%, literally. )":</p>
<p>@catchinginfinity, If i ever find myself in cali, there is NO WAY I will not visit Stanford. I’ve seen pictures, and it’s really hard to fall in love.</p>
<p>My chances are similar, except I’m a URM (african american). Maybe my chances are 3% lol.</p>
<p>Edited to add: I also plan on applying to the Summer Program they have. Since, you must be 16, I don’t even qualify untill the summer before senior year.</p>
<p>PS: Todays my 15th birthday!!!</p>
<p>Hoping for Duke with Robertson or AB Duke scholarship, or JHU with Hodson Trust, WashU with a full or half tuition scholarship, or Emory with a full scholarship. I won’t mind if I get UVa with a full merit either :P</p>
<p>I really want to go to a really good university, but I don’t qualify for finaid and don’t want to burden my mom, so I’m relying on potential merit aid. I really hope Duke accepts me with a full merit. I’ve always wanted to go there :)</p>
<p>Happy birthday @sweetcupcake12! </p>
<p>Most likely, for me, I’d end up in a UC. I’d like to think Berkeley because it’s furthest away from my house and that’s probably the most commitment I can ever do. But my dream, my biggest dream that will never be reachable, is definitely Cambridge University.</p>
<p>I also really want to go to a good college. I don’t know exactly how much my parent’s make but I guess you could say we’re on the lower end of the spectrum.</p>
<p>I really want to do Independent Study next year but eh…I feel like I might become lazy throughout the year. Has anyone ever done one? Also, have you guys taken AP Bio yet? I want to take that too but I heard the class is pretty hard. Plus I want to take other classes like AP English and APUSH in the same year and I feel like that might be too much. Also, I need environmental science in order to graduate. Too early to be thinking about schedules huh?</p>
<p>@sweetcupcake - Happy birthday! (:</p>
<p>I totally don’t mean to sound racist, but you’re so lucky you have a greater consideration because of your race. I’m Asian…you can guess how that can affect me. ):</p>
<p>@letmeseetheworld -APES is supposed to be tons easier than AP Bio, so if you’re going to self-study, self-study APES.</p>
<p>It’s not too early! I have picked most of the classes that I want to and need to take in the next two years</p>
<p>I don’t think my schools accepts credit from self study so I basically have to take environmental science before I graduate. I’m just not interested in it at all. Should I save it for senior year to give myself a break or should I take it next year just to get it over with then save AP Bio for senior year?</p>
<p>Also, you need an art class for the UCs right?</p>
<p>^</p>
<p>I think you need an art class to graduate high school. At least, here you do.</p>
<p>@Sweetcupcake, happy belated birthday! Lol my birthday is still like 5 months away. I’ll finally turn 15 
How old are you now?</p>
<p>@Catchinginfinity, LOL I’m Asian, too. (Brown people FTW) Yay for over representation.</p>
<p>@letmeseetheworld, AP Bio is pretty self study friendly, imo. For the new test, you don’t even have to memorize needless facts; just have a good understanding of how stuff connects together, and you’re good. I found some practice online, and this one question really got me. It was something like “Which of the following cubes, if they modeled cells, would be most efficient?” The answer choices had cubes with sides 5, 10, 15, and 20; I immediately picked the one with the most surface area (20; D). I completely overlooked the fact that a cell’s efficiency is based on it’s surface area AND volume. One of the other answer choices was correct because although the SA was lower, the SA/V ratio was higher.</p>
<p>You don’t need an art class to graduate where I live.</p>
<p>^^</p>
<p>YOU ARE SO LUCKY.</p>
<p>This art credit makes me want to ram my head against a wall.</p>
<p>At my school, you need some sort of “fine arts” class. The choices include, dance, theatre, band, orchestre, and music technology</p>