Not sure if I'm doing enough (need schedule help)

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Hi. I’m currently a Junior and I’m most likely going to go into either engineering (chemical, electrical, or mechanical) or acturarial science. The college I have my eyes on now is Ohio State University. The thing is, I’m not sure if I have enough/ am doing enough.

Here are the courses I will have taken for sure by the time I graduate (CC=College credit):
-Math: Pre-Alg, Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus 1 (CC), Statistics (CC)
-Science: Physical Science, Biology, Chemistry, Great Diseases: Neurological Disorders (a few week-long online summer VHS thing), Physics, Anatomy and Physiology
-Social Sciences: World History, US History, Government/ Economics, Psychology (CC), Sociology (CC), Holocaust (CC), Western Civilization 1 (CC)
-English: Freshman-Senior standard English track, English Composition 1 (CC), English Composition 2 (CC)
-Foreign language: Three spanish levels on Rosetta Stone
-Misc: Computer 1, Health, Photography 1, online ACT prep, online Business Essentials (was a complete joke)

Stats:
-~3.9 GPA cumulative, 4.0 GPA current
-Got a 28 on the ACT the first time I took it as a sophomore, plan to take it this spring and then one last time during the summer. I’m studying alot more than the normal person does, and my sister got the same starting score as I did and ended up getting a 31 - so I predict I will have a 30-31 when applying.

Here’s the thing… My school is pretty easy, and I feel like I could be doing more. I don’t feel academically challenged, and I’m just not sure what more I could do. Maybe take some college course over the summer? I’m pretty much taking the max/ most difficult of everything that’s offered at my school (besides Calculus 2, can’t take that in time), but I just don’t feel like it’s enough. Also, my extracurricular’s aren’t that great - Track and Field, National Honor Society, and Mu-Alpha Theta (Math honor society). That’s pretty much it. I’ve volunteered occasionally and worked for my mom, but other than that I feel like I’m just not doing enough.

Any advice? Anything I could be doing to boost my chances at OSU/ help me prepare for the rigorous engineering program?

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So, no Spanish language courses? I’d recommend taking the AP test or the SAT II to demonstrate proficiency in a way colleges view as measurable.

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@awesomepolyglot Our school offers spanish in-class, but at one point I wasn’t able to take the first one, and after that point I decided to just get my foreign language requirement done through Rosetta Stone. Kind of lame, but OSU doesn’t require foreign language as a GE for engineering anyway, so I didn’t worry too much about it.

If you’ve never taken Rosetta Stone - I’ll just tell you that you don’t learn well from it. I would not do well on a Spanish AP or SAT test… at this point I’m just doing it for the credit, so I’d rather not test over it.

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Another thing I’d like to add - I had to take Biology online instead of in-class due to some scheduling problems.

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Yeah, I tried to do Rosetta Stone for German, but then decided that it sucked. But good on you for trying and knowing what your dream school requires!