<p>Hi, so yes I am going into my freshman year at HIGH SCHOOL. It might be confusing by the title but I figured it might market better. Anyway, at Freshman year, I want to set myself up for success and Standford is my main goal- I have wanted to go there since I was little. The career that I am going to pursue when I am older is a Neunatologist. Anyhow, I was wondering if anyone had some ideas of how I should start getting ready and stacking my resume.
As of right now:
I am in all honors classes (my school allows 3 honors, and one AP. I didn’t get in, but I figure I will just get in Junior year)</p>
<p>I am in the state orchestra, I also go to a college where I study music ( I get credits and its like enrolling at the college). </p>
<p>I volunteer as a hospital and work there practically.</p>
<p>I play very competitve soccer.</p>
<p>Year round sports as well as individual races for charities.</p>
<p>Should I be in AP science? How much AP credits should i have.</p>
<p>Most importantly IF YOU ATTEND STANDFORD, please message me at my page. I realllyyy would appreciate if I could have a contact there and discuss the school more indepthly. Thank you so much.</p>
<p>Yes, working on grammar and how to spell the name of the college you have wanted to go to your whole life would be a great start. Not to be harsh, but that is pretty basic.</p>
<p>Not only do you need to know how to spell the College you want to attend, you also need to start learning to spell the course you want to study in depth…neonatology. Doctors are known to have bad handwriting but they should at least know how to spell…! You have 4 years ahead of you to get better…forget about honors class, never mind the AP…start at the very basic…you’ll eventually get there! Good luck!</p>
<p>Hello, i will be attending Stanford this coming quarter and it seems that you are very involved in numerous extra-curricular activities. Many more than I was involved with in freshman year. I do suggest taking as many APs as you can, without over burdening yourself, of course. Keep working hard and hope for the best. It’s good that your already looking toward your future. </p>
<p>It wasn’t until about a year ago that I even knew Stanford was on the west coast and a couple of spelling errors happens to the best of us. I wonder how satisfied people are with themselves by pointing out such irrelevant errors and ignoring a genuine question.</p>
<p>Hi!
Looks like your on a very good track! just make sure -listen carefully- you do what you love and do it well. Don’t do anything JUST to get in to Stanford but do it because you genuinely enjoy doing it. There is no one plan that you need to follow but just do things at your own pace and explore and find things you like.
Don’t stress out too much, enjoy high school, and goodluck!!
Btw, Stanford is my goal too ;)</p>
<p>Pro Tip: You’re more likely to get in if you just do what you really want, be yourself, and portray that in your college app than if you do every single club and every single AP science with 5s just to go to Stanford. So, there really isn’t a cookie-cutter list of things to add to your resume that will automatically guarantee admission to Stanford. And there really isn’t a way for you to prepare for four years that will get you into Stanford. </p>
<p>Please don’t tunnel vision and set your eyes solely on Stanford. There’s many other good colleges. The aim of your teenage years shouldn’t be “let’s get my resume all nice and polished for colleges!”. No. I talked to a Princeton admissions officer once and basically what he told everyone was “Enjoy being 17. Or 16. Whatever your age is.” Pursue the things you really like while also challenging yourself. Stanford looks for intellectual vitality. And don’t expect people on CC to tell you what that is. The entire point is to do what you love and realize what “intellectual vitality” means. You do not have “intellectual vitality” by doing things solely to put it on your resume or college app or although you don’t like to do it. You have it by searching for it through what I mentioned above, and finding it.</p>
just make sure -listen carefully- you do what you love and do it well. Don’t do anything JUST to get in to Stanford but do it because you genuinely enjoy doing it. There is no one plan that you need to follow but just do things at your own pace and explore and find things you like.