Thinking about self-studying and need some advice...

T.S.5522
Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:55:15 +0000

Hi everyone!
I’m Tania. :]
I’m new here and need some advice.

I’m a high school junior and I just got my first ACT score back which has once again put me onto the “oh god, what am I going to do with my future” path again (did all of this over last summer.)
I want to be a doctor and am just a little nervous about what I should do for college.
I’ll give a quick rundown about my stats and whatnot (if you don’t mind)

I just got a 30 on my ACT (I’m aiming for atleast a 32)
My classes at school (a college prep school) include:
-English 3 (school doesn’t offer any higher English classes for juniors… grrr)
-Integrated Science II (I didn’t have Science my freshman year because I apparently wasn’t “good enough” in math. I’m planning on taking AP Chem next year and maybe substituting Spanish for another Science class)
-Religion 3
-Algebra 2/Trig Honors
-AP Comparative Government and Politics
-Spanish 3 Honors

Ok, onto what I need advice for:
Seeing as I’m a junior and I only have one AP course and 2 Honors, I figure I need to do something to enhance how my college applications will look.
I am thinking about self studying for some AP courses and taking a few SAT II tests (as it seems that every college I’ve looked at says they are required, though no one has even told me about them and that is a whole different topic…)

Courses I want to self study:
-Psychology (heard it is easy, plus I want to be a psychiatrist / planning to buy Barron’s)
-Biology (was planning on taking AP Bio senior year, but will probably take AP Chem instead / planning on getting Cliffs and/or Campbell)

Human Geography and/or Environmental Science (I need advice on this please)

Also, what about English (Literature)? I don’t know if I want to stress myself out witht the AP English class next year but maybe I should take the test. I got a 35 on the English portion of the ACT (I’ve always been pretty good at English…)

Ok.
I am sorry this post was so long.
It’s just that my counselors at school are pretty much no help at all and I don’t really know any one who could give me advice on this stuff.

Looking forward to any advice you can give me!
Thank you so much! :]