Sorry for the delay–here:
I guess if you need more specifics on how to make it, you can let me know.
You’re very welcome.
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Why? How about because you like the work.
Ill ask you how to do this after my ap exams are over, when ill actually start to study for the sat.
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I mean you can like the work you do in IB but its mostly based on your boss/MD. Like how much you will enjoy it.
Did uou write PSAT? (Sorry if I missed this above somewhere) A score there might give an indication of how much work you need to do for SAT. In any case, do one of the official practice tests cold to see how you do and where you need to focus and start from there, Some kids are a natural at these tests and can get by with a relatively low amount of prep, and others have to put in a lot of work, and it’s not always correlated with GPA.
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Glad I could be helpful! 
This is also really important. When I told my GC what my “target” SAT score was (at the time, a 1400…ended up stopping at 1310 but wish I took it a 5th time 
), she told me that “people w/my GPA tend to score in the 1100-1150 range” (bear in mind, my GPA at the time of applying was 86.11 UW/86.90 W) so that I should manage my score expectations.
Many people put in a lot of work, and your work WILL pay off. One day, one step at a time.
I got a really bad psat score. I think it was like a 1260 
I didnt study at all for it tho
Regardless, I’m not stopping the SAT until I get at least 1500 ideally 1550+
Of course, most people will do better the more work they do. Some people seem to have a natural ceiling, assuming they don’t take it more than two or three times though. And some people just test better than others.
Re GPA,I know of people with GPAs around the OPs who battle breaking a 1200 and others who have GPAs below 3.5 but scores over 1500. Again, some people test better than others.
All that said, a 1260 psat does indicate OP would likely benefit from quite a bit of preparation.
Realistically, there are only a few months for retakes after June especially if you are submitting ED/EA.
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Ok thanks
Probably gonna ED boston college. Im doing a SAT prep course in the summer tho and hopefully I can get close to where I want to be before then. I think that gives me 3 sats
total which is the max I would take anyway.
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One secret to learning a language is to find a way to use it outside of class. As one example, if you have a Spanish speaking friend, ask if you can just talk Spanish with him or her for an hour, once per week. If you have other friends learning Spanish, then get together for lunch and try to speak nothing but Spanish for the entire lunch. Do this regularly, at least once per week. Also, watch the news in Spanish. You probably already have some idea what is on the news from watching it in English, so this might make it a bit easier to understand.
If you don’t pick up everything at first, stick with it. It should get better.
And this is in addition to normal studying, not a replacement.
In high school I eventually learned to watch hockey games in French to help me learn the language. Again I had a general idea what was going on which made it easier to understand.
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You will need more calculus and probably other math in statistics and data science.
Many colleges do prefer to see course work in a language other than English. They do vary on aspects like how they view suitably advanced courses in a heritage language, proven proficiency in a language without course work, etc.. But the absence of course work and absence of proven proficiency (even if you have actual proficiency) can be a problem for admission to many colleges.
OP has taken Spanish through Level 4 so I don’t think this isn’t an issue.
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I am just going to emphasize you seem like a great candidate for Jesuit colleges, which provide a much better education AND are typically way more networked into business/finance communities than their generic US News rankings would suggest. Including because many are located in major cities. BC and Fordham are among the more obvious ones, but Fairfield, Loyola Chicago, Loyola Marymount, Marquette, St Louis, Santa Clara, Seattle, and more would all be worth considering.
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Im gonna drop spanish after 4 honors, just because I don’t think I would survive in AP and I don’t want my gpa to go any lower than it already is.
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Doing Calc BC and CompSci A next year
Had spanish 2, 3(H), and 4(H)
Thank you I will check these out. And I am currently considering BC as my ED school so I will definetlely go more research on that. Before that tho, will need to get a high SAT score and wrap up the rest of my ECs that I have planned out for the summer.
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If you are serious about a career in IB/Finance, English or Music will not cut it even from an Ivy. You will want to present a quant driven major, e.g. Econ, Physics, Math, CS, Engineering. If you do major in something like English, you will require a bunch of quant driven courses outside for your major.
Stern is a hard admit. It will be a reach given your current stats and EC’s, but you have a shot.
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That’s fine. No college will expect more than Spanish 4H (+ Korean, evidently).
Calc BC and CS Principles (or A) would matter for someone interested in finance or DS.
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This makes sense, then. Even though the writing in this forum isn’t going anywhere, I’d get out of the habit of writing “wanna” for “want to.” “Wanna” is really just a phonetic representation of pronunciation-- there’s really no need to use it in writing. Same for “gonna” (going to).
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I think that is a good plan. I note a high SAT can be used to get more merit money or possibly honors offers as well as being more competitive for general admissions. I know you said institutional reputation as related to placement is your top priority, but I think things like named scholarships, honors, and so on can also be nice in the sense they will provide an obvious explanation as to why you chose your college to anyone looking at your resume.
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