OK..I'm starting to freak out here. I need some support! In my province high school finishes a year early , after grade 11. After you're supposed to go to this type of pre-university called CEGEP fro two years and then go to U for 3 years (Bachelors') . Cegep is a monumental waste of time and ..its awful. Anyway...I've always wanted to go to college in the states.
I've been preparing my Nov.1 SAT for a couple weeks now, and I'm confident enough that I'll do well on them.I'm aiming 750 for each section. The schools I want to apply to are : The eight Ivy Leagues + Stanford and if none work out, NYU and UCLA My majors would probably be English or History
I also need to get 3 subject tests done by Christmas if I want to apply for fall 2009. I'll do the French one which will be easy for me, the eng. lit and I'll study for world history.
Should I do the Math 2 one? Or do Physics and Chem in June?
Should I also do AP exams in June, even though my school doesn't offer AP courses (like just study for them) ??
Is this all too much to handle with schoolwork (I'm in honours pre-calc, honours physics and chem, the best english language arts class offered, french first language, history, economics, science methodology, and religious studies)
My extracurriculars are great too..I've been doing theater forever, I've done a decent amount of volunteer work, I've done the school radio, a bunch of other committees...I've worked as a model... I've won tons of academic awards at school (My average is around 90..which isn't EXCEPTIONAL for you guys,but in my private school its hard to get)
Is it even worth it to try applying for fall 09 or should I wait until next year and do 1 year of cegep?? GAA HELP! I'll give some points if someone really helps me... ps: my school guidance counselor is useless
My parents think I'm able to 'skip' the year of CEGEP and think I'm capable of getting all the exams/admissions/essays done on time. I do agree that the year of CEGEP would give me time to get my act together and all..BUT....if the math test (or physics/chem) isn't necessary for admission in the schools I want to go to... (is it??)...I could get the french/english/history ones done without much stress in early december and could send them off in time for for Jan.1st deadline... The 4.0 GPA thing worries me too, because if I transfer my grades...it gives me more a 3.8 :S But the school system IS different here, I understand. And I didn't take the 'easy' classes. My average also depends on whether I exclude gym or not....in my social studies and language classes, I tend to get above 95%, in my science classes around 90% and around 86% in my math.....but last year my gym teacher gave me 67 for his class (and I had made an effort...I have a blind eye and we played badminton and volleyball all year...so it didn't work out great performance wise!) Which pulled down my average about 3 points..grr...but I'm hoping the colleges will be able to tell.
The 4.0 GPA thing worries me too, because if I transfer my grades...it gives me more a 3.8 :S But the school system IS different here, I understand. And I didn't take the 'easy' classes. My average also depends on whether I exclude gym or not....in my social studies and language classes, I tend to get above 95%, in my science classes around 90% and around 86% in my math.....but last year my gym teacher gave me 67 for his class (and I had made an effort...I have a blind eye and we played badminton and volleyball all year...so it didn't work out great performance wise!) Which pulled down my average about 3 points..grr...but I'm hoping the colleges will be able to tell.
I work at a major university in Ont. and I don't know about others but grades are important- but not the only factor for admittance of course. We (I'm told by the Registrar's people) look at the whole person and while the Administration people may seem monolithic and faceless bureaucrats, they really are nice, approachable people. If you can get any face (or phone time) with those people in the university's you want to go to, it'll both make an impression on them and maybe give you a clearer view of what they want to see.
Honestly I don't think this is a matter to work out with your guidance counsellor. I think you need to talk to your parents about it. They know you well, know your proclivities, talents, maturity and can likely give you good guidance on where to ease up and where to concentrate.
Best of luck regardless of which path you take! It sounds like you have a wonderful life ahead of you and all that hard work and dedication to extracuricular activities will pay off.
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