Rising Jr. needs Admissions Advice

mitigated
Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:31:30 +0000

One thing is you shouldn’t blame your “bad” (which aren’t really that bad) scores/gpa on workload. There are countless freshmen/sophomores enrolled in many [nontrivial] college courses and still excel despite the workload. Also, if I recall correctly, AP scores aren’t taken into account for admission (because reporting the scores are entirely optional and unofficial).

However, the academic rigor of your courses is impressive. I would, however, try and pursue a passion more deeply. You say you like Comp Sci/Math/Business. Even if your school doesn’t offer on-campus ECs, you can always go off-campus and pursue them in different ways. For example, you could try and qualify for the International Olympiad in Informatics (for CS) or the USAMO/MOP/IMO team for math or pursue internships with businesses (or join FBLA and try to do well). The point is, you aren’t limited by your school. People have done all these things even with a workload not unlike yours.

Lastly, I don’t think anyone here could accurately chance anyone for admission to any of these top schools (MAYBE a couple of exceptions). Just do what you like for your own sake and you will go far =p.