College information and help, please?
1. When I get into high school next year, what should I do? I’m a straight-A student, and planning to take AP classes, but how to “apply” or choose or what?
2. More about high school- next year, what should I do or look into? School and education is very important to me, so I want to start early.
3. What are some scholarships I can get? (I’m a Russian Jew, people say that can help.)
4. Most importantly, can you give me an overview of the whole college thing?
5. What are some good websites on colleges, college information, and/or scholarships?
Thanks so much!
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1) When you sign up for your classes you’ll have the opp. to sign up for APs, if you have the proper prerequisites. AP physics B is the only class I know of that has pre-reqs that a freshman could take…Trig math
In some ties, people who have passed AP tests have been rejected compared to people who haven’t, cause if you graduate early, colleges can’t bill you.
2) look into? SAT and GPA on get you past the cutoff during college admissions. Unless you’re in the top like, 3% in SAT scores for all applicants to a school, you’ll need a great amount of extra cirruics.
3) Don’t know anything about scholarships, but if you’re planning on using Affirmative action in some way, know that it DOES NOT HELP YOU. It’s only a tie-breaker, if you aren’t qualified then it won’t do you anything, but it is a tie-breaker.
4) Apply to colleges, if you don’t have a high enough SAT or GPA they reject you, if you do they look at your stuff.
5) princeton review, do a google search.
2- Go at your own pace, again, don’t exhaust yourself. Do some extra-curricular activities, colleges like that, and it could also help you with scholarships.
3- A good website for scholarships is fastweb.com, they have lots of information about them. But really the best way to get info would be to talk to your counselor once you get to high school.
4- A good website for colleges is petersons.com.
It’s up to you, but in my opinion it’s a little early to talk about what college to attend with your counselor now. Like I said, you might end up changing your mind quite a few times by the time you’re a senior. Do you have a career in mind right now? Do you have a major in mind?
In my case, first I wanted to be a doctor, then I wanted to be a lawyer, then I said I’d major in business, then i wanted to be an engineer, before I finally realized I loved physics and astronomy.
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