I'm in! Now what?

keld
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:19:04 +0000

Marian: I think your first suggestion is especially aces! I’ll try to keep that in mind. I have a tendency to go for the most/hardest courses, which perhaps isn’t the best idea for my first year of competitive college. Thank you for your reply.

Greta: I will definitely talk it over with him. We’ve discussed it but not in detail.

Bluebayou: Ok, if this helps, my deposited school is a college in the CC Top LACs list - well-regarded, competitive, challenging. I know that school too wouldn’t be a pushover; I just don’t know how much more competitive HYP would be than the LAC. I would identify both colleges, but I don’t want to risk revealing my identity (very unlikely, but I’m a complete worrywart!). I guess that’s why I asked the question about the course-load. I do realize that every schedule is different, as is every student, and so there is no “real” single or average answer to that question, but I was hoping that if people posted responses, I would be able to gauge what my own workload might look like. This is on the assumption that the students who would post would be, like me, motivated students taking academically challenging courses.

My intended major - I haven’t decided yet for sure. Languages and literatures, definitely. I can read literature with relative ease in two foreign languages, neither Romance, and am currently taking a third, also uncommon for my age group (although growing in popularity!). I’m greatly interested in comparative literature. I’m also a pretty good writer, although I don’t know yet how I’ll stack up against my future classmates, so I’m considering taking creative writing courses as well. My analytical essays are weaker compared to my creative writing but have been acceptable at my highly selective high school.

I realize that I haven’t provided enough information to get truly precise advice, but I hope that perhaps someone will be able to share their experience and help me in a general manner anyway (:. You all have been helpful so far - thank you for that!