I guess it’s just because we always get the courses we pick, but at my school we don’t get our finalized schedule until about a month before school starts.
@IBGuy101 Already have senioritis, still have finals to do…
We still have 2 more years, and I know for a fact that next year will be hell (Junior year) because of all the testing and crap. Man, there is so much competition in our year I feel like going to Ivy League is not going to happen for me.
@AnniiT Ivies are overrated anyways. Who need 'em? 
@Frigidcold The classes (except PE) usually have 28-39 students. So I guess there are around 120 classes going on at once but I never thought of it that way…seems like a lot!
What universities are you guys interested in?
My school has about 1500 people and AP classes only have waiting lists if they’re core classes and if you have above like a 3.7 UW and a teacher recommendation you’re p much in!
Yaaaaaale! That’s my number one, and I have a few other reaches and matches and safeties and stuff but Yale is the goal. Why have I made life so difficult for myself
I’ve got my eyes set on Duke. 
MIT is the real deal- like have you guys heard about MIT.nano?!? SO COOL!!!
I like stalk MIT- It’s kinda unhealthy… But honestly I won’t be all that upset if I don’t get in. Like as long as I go to a good tech school I’m good!
my school has about 2000 people and thank god they didn’t implement an AP cap this year…
Right now I’m very interested in UCSD, UC Berkeley, and Cornell. UCSD is at least reasonable for me (I think) whereas the other two are high reaches. I have good enough grades and test scores but my extracurriculars are…non-existent. I want to do things but then my stupid brain tells me not to (don’t worry, I’m not crazy). Like I want to join some activity but then my brain tells me that everyone will just hate me there and think I’m weird and stuff. I’ve also had bad experiences, like I went to the first meeting of Science Olympiad and I just sat in a corner and felt unwelcome and left as soon as I could. I am in two clubs now but I’m a terrible leader and an even worse speaker so I have no chance of getting a leadership position. I guess I’ll have to find some EC that I can do alone. Uhh, math contests? Oh wait, I’m bad at those too…
Anyways, I never thought about Cornell until I decided to check out their website on a whim. Usually when I go to college websites I look at two things–their list of majors and their housing. One of the reasons I think UC Davis is really cool is that they have a bunch of cool majors like agriculture and food science and plant science and stuff, and whaddya know? Cornell has that too! Too bad they have such a low acceptance rate. And from the picture on their website, all their students seemed so…social. I wouldn’t fit in.
My top schools are Northwestern, Columbia, and UCLA. I love UCLA so much, I live nearby, and the facilties are great. I love Northwestern’s campus, its so spacious and lively and gorgeous. I love Chicago too. I also love how their ED acceptance rate is higher than the regular acceptance rate. I haven’t visited Columbia yet (I’m visiting NYU, Columbia, Vassar, and Sophie Davis next summer) but I love what their Core program entails, and I feel as if the preppy environment would be a good kind of different for me. I want to go to a school where the kids work hard (which is also kind of bad because there will be bad curves on the tests) so I can be more motivated and find more people that are passionate about learning.
@dsi411 So sorry that’s the case. I think you should try again in the new school year. It’ll probably be easier because you’ll have some seniority. Science Olympiad can be really fun and maybe you can get to know people because it’s are all partner events. Although, assigning people to events can get very much like a popularity contest. Not exactly too proud being an officer and encouraging such corruption. I guess everything is harder though because your school is so much bigger. A small school is nice because we all know each other.
@sprights Well, every ED acceptance rate is higher, right? Or am I mistaken? I kind of want to find a school where it’s half and half so that I can find that competitive drive, but also have people to help the curve.
rn looking at brown, Columbia, Cornell
@Frigidcold I should probably rephrase that…ED at northwestern is about 30% acceptance rate, and the RD is like 5%. Or so I’ve heard.
Looking at UC Davis, UC San Diego, Cornell, UT Austin and A&M. Looking to go into biomed for my undergrad and then vet school at either Davis, Cornell or A&M. Don’t know if I can afford the California out of state tuition prices…
My top schools are Stanford, Brown, and Cal; I’m also looking at Vanderbilt and Swarthmore. Other than that, all the schools on my list are pretty much UCs xD
@sprights yeah, my cousin was rejected from Northwestern because she applied RD (I don’t even know why–it was her top school). I mean, it probably wasn’t just RD, but I’m pretty sure she (SIMR, ASB VP, class VP for a year, only one B+ freshman year, difficult courses, high SAT score) would have gotten in if it had been ED. Still, she’s going to Cal, which is pretty cool.
Top schools are UNC, NYU, UCLA and Emerson. I’d also be content at USC (South Carolina). I also plan to apply to UNC at Wilmington, Appalachian State University and East Carolina University.
The dream Ivy League school for me would be Harvard.
My top choices are UNC, Lehigh, NC state, UConn, and UDel. I’m not someone who is aiming for ivy league schools, but I am aiming to get into the honor colleges at some of the schools I’d like to apply to.
Probably going to end up going to a state university for full ride though even if I get into my dream school. Oh well. 
My dream school is Stanford. My more realistic schools include NYU, UVA, UCLA, and William & Mary.