Any thoughts on improving my chances for getting into Stanford?
Hello, I am a freshman in high school, and I am trying really hard to get into Stanford, or some other top rated university.
As of now, I have a 4.0/4.0, and I plan to take at least 15 AP courses over high school.
Extracurriculars:
Tennis team JV
UNICEF club
Key club
Youth and Government (state level)
Newspaper club
Yearbook club
I would like to major in computer science, and possibly have a minor in finance/business
I have lots of time to improve my stats, so any advice would be really appreciated!
Wow! I admire your ambition and plans for the future. I would keep in mind though that over 15 AP classes is very costly and a very stressful workload, which may pose itself as a disadvantage over being an advantage in admissions. I would try to increase the amount you do each year slowly to see how many you can balance and work with that. I would focus on trying to find unique EC opportunities over burning yourself out in too many APs
Thank you so much for the advice! I will definitely keep my APs on the lower side for my sophomore year!
After perusing your most recent responses and experimenting with the monkey mart game, I believe I now have a fundamental understanding of how it operates. I look forward to conducting additional tests to determine how I can make everything function.Many thanks to each of you!
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