Self Teaching

bopper
Sun, 02 Dec 2018 20:35:17 +0000

Think about what colleges are looking for.
THey want people who are prepared, who are involved in their community, intellectually curious, who will come to their college and hopefully pay for that privilege.

When they determine who to admit, they look at GPA, SAT/ACT, course rigor, Extra curriculars, Essays, etc

THe first 3 are the most important.

So first, take challenging courses and do well in them. If your HS doesn’t have courses you want/need, look at your Community College.

Get involved in your community…do service…join clubs, etc.
If after that you have time to self-study…then great. You might be able to get credit for it.
If you can take an AP test (or the like), and if you can get that AP test result before you apply (taking it Junior year), then you could say that I have a 3.78 GPA, all this ECs…and I self studied ABC and got a 5 on the test.
But if it is a class you can take in school…I would not bother.