So You Don't Have The Most Rigorous Courseload.....

Applying to College
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<p>You don’t have the most rigorous courseload in your class, but you want to get into a great school, or you want a scholarship to a good school. </p>

<p>You…
A. Self-study a whole bunch a APs to make up for the missing hard courses.</p>

<p>B. Try your hardest in your normal classes. Even if you don’t get the most rigorous courseload next year, but you live with it, because you worked your best.</p>

<p>C. Live with it! It doesn’t matter if you end up at a state school.</p>

<p>D. Put little concern that your courseload is not great, but build a strong GPA and rank, ace the SAT, SAT II, PSAT, and ACT, do great EC’s, get great teacher rec’s, write amazing essays.</p>

<p>Which would you choose? If you are stuck, note which letters you would aim for and why.</p>

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<p>D- It seems that you can’t control your courseload. You can, however, control these factors.</p>

<p>It also depends on where you want to go. Brown and Yale may be looking for 2 completely different types of kids.</p>

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<p>D. Seemed like the obvious choice :p</p>

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<p>Well, I was this person and I chose option D. It’s ended up working out for me because I got accepted Early Decision to my dream college a couple weeks ago.</p>

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<p>I can’t afford ED…</p>

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<p>D. Put little concern that your courseload is not great, but build a strong GPA and rank, ace the SAT, SAT II, PSAT, and ACT, do great EC’s, get great teacher rec’s, write amazing essays.</p>

<p>Isn’t D supposed to be the number one thing colleges look at?</p>

<p>What do you mean by ED?</p>

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<p>withlovemegan said that she got into her dream school by Early Decision (ED) without that strong a courseload.</p>

<p>I know that ED does help your chances, but I can’t afford to do it, because ED doesn’t give you a lot of financial aid/scholarships.</p>

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<p>A & D.</p>

<p>Weak courseload=lack of interest in academics. Colleges HATE it when a student does not push themselves to the limit, take a risk, and do the harder class. Our innovators were not created by sticking to the easy road, and thus colleges do not want students that stick to the easy road.</p>

<p>Self-studying AP’s really is not that bad to do. Pick subjects you are intersted in, and honestly doing it will be FUN. You made a mistake by not taking the most advanced route possible, and now you can make up for it as best as you can.</p>

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<p>…You aren’t going to get very many C’s on CC!</p>

<p>D. This is basically me.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>I would choose D.</p>