What are my chances of getting accepted into UCLA?
I am going into my senior year of high school with a dismal GPA of 3.2. However, I scored well on all my AP tests and my SAT I Reasoning. SAT 1: 2260 AP BIO: 5 AP World: 4 AP English Language: 3 AP US: 5 AP Physics: 5 AP Calculus: 5 I am currently volunteering at my local YMCA. I plan on taking AP English Lit, AP US Government, AP Economics (both macro and micro), and AP Computer Science in my senior year. I have a D and Fail on my transcripts. I am going to take my AP English Language Test again. Read more [...]
What can one do with a double major in Computer Science and Political Science?
I was thinking about double majoring in Computer Science and Political Science at the university that I will be attending next year. I know that I am only going to be a freshman next year, but I find this two fields very interesting. Last year, I even got fives on the AP Computer Science exam and the AP U.S. History exam (along with a five in AP Environmental Science, and hopefully on the AP Calculus, AP Physics C, AP U.S. Government & Politics, and AP English Literature & Composition exams at the Read more [...]
How good are my chances of getting into these colleges?
So, I want to major in Computer Science. My weighted GPA is 4.7/5, with an unweighted of 3.6. I’m in all AP classes (AP English, History, Spanish, Calculus, and Physics) plus two electives. The only AP Test I’ve taken so far is AP Computer Science, and I got a 5. My SAT’s are Math: 800, Reading: 760, Writing: 800. On the MCAS, I got a perfect 600 (Math 200/200, English 200/200, Biology 200/200). For the past 3 years I’ve volunteered with the American Aspergers Association, tutoring children with Read more [...]
What can one do with a double major in Political Science and Computer Science?
I was thinking about double majoring in Political Science and Computer Science at the university that I will be attending next year. I know that I am only going to be a freshman next year, but I find this two courses very interesting. Last year, I even got fives on the AP U.S. History exam and the AP Computer Science exam (along with a five in AP Environmental Science, and hopefully on the AP U.S. Government & Politics, AP Calculus, AP English Literature & Composition and AP Physics C exams at the Read more [...]
How does my mini-transcript look?
Alright, I’ve seen some of the classes and extracurriculars some other people are doing, and I’m wondering if there is something more I should do to be a good candidate for a good college (stanford, maybe) I go to a private school in CA, I’m top of my class of 170ish weighted GPA 4.7, unweighted 4.0 SAT 2200, ACT 34 SAT 2 math 2 800, chem 730 freshman: biology honors Algebra II choir honors english honors world history p.e. spanish I sophomore: AP chemistry honors precalculus AP european history AP Read more [...]
What programming languages should I focus on?
I am a tenth grade sophmore in High School, I am looking to prusue a carrer in video game programming. I became interested last year when our school offered a computer programming course. In that class we learned Q-Basic. From the start my teacher has told me that i am a fast learner. In the second year of the course we learn Visual Basic. While still in the first year of the course I taught myself visual basic. During the summer I managed to teach myself a lot C++. Next year I will be taking AP Read more [...]
Whats wrong with my computer?
Alright. I have a Windows Vista eMachines T5224. Its pretty old like 2007 old. I have had this issue for months and asked on the main eMachines website to only have them not answer my question for jack. Horrible service and FAQs. Anyways, I digress. I keep having an issue where it would go to the start up screen if I were to press ‘F8′. And it stated “Start Up Repair” or “Start Windows Normally”. If I selected my second option it would just bounce back to the same selection. Then if I selected Read more [...]
PLEASE HELP ME!!! I WANT TO GET INTO UCLA AND NEED SOME ADVICE!!!! THANKS?
Im going to be a junior in high school next year and i am hoping to get into UCLA or UC berkley so i need some advice please my schedule is AP statistics AP enviromental Honors English Honors United States History Spanish 3 and Journalism I was wondering if Journalism looks good for college or if i should take AP computer science or Precalculus(you don’t have to take pre calc to take statistics) please tell me what you think thanks in advance
Which AP classes do I take? How important are electives?
I am going into 9th grade and having a lot of trouble figuring out what classes to take. I’ve been accepted into a special program called MSC (Math/Science/Computers). This program has me taking AP Calc BC, AP physics , AP biology, AP Chem, AP statistics, and AP computer science. For middle school I’m in an advanced program offering advanced classes in all subjects. With this program and my high school’s requirements, I have very little time for electives. In fact, if I take a foreign language all Read more [...]
Could I get into University of Toronto?
I am thinking about applying to U of T this fall. My gpa so far is 4.01 but I hope to maintain it or get it up a bit. This is my junior year of high school so I have another semester to make my grades and gpa up. I havent taken my SATs yet but I think I’m going to land around an 1800-2000. I am involved in organizations and clubs such as Mu Alpha Theta, National Foreign Language Honors Society (French), Operation Smile, Key Club, Knitting Club, World of Warcraft Club (ik.. I’m a nerd 
), Junior Read more [...]
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