At West High (or any other high school in the district) there are a bunch of AP classes that you should consider taking. Keep in mind, AP classes are generally more difficult than regular ones and in order to manage your coursework, choose AP classes that are interesting to you. Here are a list of some nice AP classes at West High that I personally took

Math: AP Calculus, AP Statistics

Science: AP Physics, AP Chem, AP Bio

Humanities: AP Human Geo, AP US History, AP Gov

Social Sciences: AP Macro Econ, AP Micro Econ, AP Psychology

Foreign Languages: AP Spanish, AP French

Some of my favorite AP classes: Psychology, Econ (Micro/Macro)

what do you mean family responsibility in EC?

Some activities I was involved in: Math Club, Violin, ICMC, JETS

My extracurriculars: Math competitions, Violin, ICMC

I personally wasn’t involved in that many activities, but what colleges are looking for (more than quantity) is quality: I spent significant time on those three which is important. Having a few activities where you are heavily involved in will also help for your college essays (more on that later)

Personally, I found it quite useful to look at past successful essays not only to come up with a topic but also to kind of see the structure and also the admission committee’s comments on why it was a good essay. One great resource is https://apply.jhu.edu/application-process/essays-that-worked/

The early period is generally in October/November, whereas the regular deadline period is late December/early January. If you feel that you can improve your application (e.g. if your essays need further revising), do not rush into submitting an early application. This is especially true for schools like MIT who defer a large chunk of its early applicants to the regular pool.

One thing to keep in mind is that many scholarship application deadlines do not fit into the early or regular period (e.g. late november or early december)

My email (feel free to ask me any number of questions): divya.shyamal@yahoo.com

My email is ananth.shyamal@mit.edu, also feel free to reach out via Discord or Facebook.

sorry, my emails are ananth.shyamal@yahoo.com and ashyamal@mit.edu :)

when you said “tangible result” of EC, would you please show yours In Detail because I am not sure what could be quality for “results”?thx

For AP, do 3's give a negative impression to AOs, especially for Asian students, as everyone is getting 5's? Which looks better, honors level class with an A vs. AP level class with an A and CB score of 3?

You guys all go to MIT, would you please tells us why you choose MIT? What does MIT attract you?

I heard that if you take an AP class but don't submit the score, colleges automatically assume you get a 3 or lower?

this Q is for Divya and Ananth, which teachers do you ask for recommendation letter?

do you mind sharing which STEM course you asked for recommendation letter?

AP world history teacher?

thx

Thank you.

if you want to major in stem, should you take more stem-focused classes besides the required math and science ones?

^ and is it okay if you don

*don't

have you guys get involved in any research project in high school?

this message is for Reece, when you get involved in school newspaper, do this activity take a lot of your time? how do you handle that? especially as a chief editor (please share some experience about how you become a chief editor, it is so impressive for an ABC)

besides ICMC, have you guys get involved in other volunteer activities?

i asked Q about research project

What do we expect in our college life and future career?

any summer camp experience you guys would like to share?

What are your future career plans?

thank you guys so much for sharing your experience!wish you all fun and successful life in MIT!!

Thank you!

Thank you for sharing with us!

Could you please share with us your slides?

New semester will start soon, I hope you will enjoy your college life and have bright future. Sometime life is hard, be positive and be happy.

Great. Thanks!

We wish you have a successful college life, and it'd be great if you could share your college experiences sometime next summer!

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Have a nice afternoon!

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Thank you.

Great! Thanks for sharing!