<p>Hello so I’ve been lurking in the threads for some time. I’m amazed at all the things most of you have done. And then there’s me the joke (Current Junior)
Stats:
Unweighted GPA: 3.9
Weighted GPA: 3.98
AP World History -2
AP English Language and Composition: Currently Taking
APUSH: Currently Taking
ECs: “Math Club” (2 Months …Teacher got busy)
“Historical Society” (1 Year History Club)
“Rise Up” (1 Year Raise Funds for Undocumented Students)
I’m a joke
What should I do to improve my overall view. I really want to go to a great school.
I was thinking of volunteering at a Homeless Shelter (Personal Connection)
Any other good places ?
Any good ECs I should look at?
Anything I should do to improve my status?
Should I take self study APs?
My senior year I was going to take…
AP Environment Science
AP US Government
(FYI: Attend a small charter school, 4 School EC, 7 people got accepted to top notch schools in the 10 years it has existed)</p>
<p>Wow people overreact here a lot! Only a 3.9 gpa, test scores matter as I have heard. Those are more ec’s than half of the people in my entire school take. That’s my two cents</p>
<p>@iLikeTrains2,
It’s because most of the people here are overachievers and drive each other crazy in making comparisons. I know it drives me crazy and makes me think my schedule with 5 AP’s is $&*#…</p>
<p>Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.
-Buddha.</p>
<p>HYPSM? Well, you’re probably not. Neither am I. Neither are most people, even most people on this website, even the ones who make you feel especially bad about yourself. </p>
<p>For a good college? There are a lot of good colleges, many of which you would probably like more than HYPSM if you looked around a little. And I don’t mean that in a conciliatory way, either.</p>
<p>I’m not over reacting D: I seriously want to go to MIT or Cal Tech. I thought I was crappy I’m not over achieving. A 3.9 GPA according to my school who has a really weird grading system ( No A-, A+, B+, B-, C+, C-, D, F) They grade in a 0-4 Scale (0= “F” 4 = “A”) Well thanks for telling me that I’m doing decent . Seriously I thought I was doing pretty bad compared to the majority of the people on these forums. I come from a “ghetto school” where 40% End up in CA Colleges 30% Community College 20%Out of State 5% Ivy League </p>
<p>Honestly if you get a great SAT or ACT score you’ll probably get accepted everywhere besides the T20, and some of those would definitely be reachable.</p>
<p>If you think you go to a “ghetto school” and 5% of kids who graduate go to ivy league schools and 95% go to some type of college, you have a seriously distorted view of this world.</p>
<p>I agree, you’re overreacting a bit. Maybe not MIT but probably CalTech. I know a bit about it particularly because I’m half an hour away from it :D</p>
<p>If you think you go to a “ghetto school” and 5% of kids who graduate go to ivy league schools and 95% go to some type of college, you have a seriously distorted view of this world.</p>
<p>Your probably right. At least they got some sort of higher education. </p>
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