<p>Also on the note of what others said, have a bit of fun in high school. Forgot to mention this at first, but it IS true that you don’t have to focus on it that much.</p>
<p>Obviously don’t listen TOO closely to what anyone says, whether they were admitted or not. For instance, littlebuilder took it twice, with a “week of light review” and was admitted. Personally, I also took it twice junior year without a second of studying and was also admitted. But there are also kids I know who took a couple SAT courses to get the score they needed and were admitted. Everybody has their own path to Stanford; don’t do something just because somebody else you know did it.</p>
<p>But most of all, high school is going to be four of the best eight years of your life (adding college). I know people who go “I HATE HIGH SCHOOL” or “I can’t wait to leave” or “there’s too much drama,” but you get weekends off, summers off, friends all around, a laidback environment, no financial worries, few responsibilities… enjoy the time now, because as a senior, I can tell you, once it’s gone, it’s gone. And of the things you regret about high school, it’s not the 40 points you didn’t get on your SATs or the A- you got in English or the typo you made in your common app essay, it’s the things you never tried or the fun you didn’t have. That doesn’t mean tank your grades and such, but other posters are DEFINITELY correct when they say that high school is more than something you use to pad a college resume. Try new things, be passionate, be social, get your grades, take home some decent standardized testing awards, have fun. It’ll work out for you.</p>