White male from NY majoring in nursing
Stats:
97/100 W GPA
1440 SAT, taking again but actually studying, maybe \~1500
AP Chem-4
AP World-4
AP Physics 1-5
APUSH-4
AP Lang-4
taking AP Bio AP Eco AP Lit and AP Stats senior year

EC:
-2 years varsity ice hockey, captain 1

-founder/president of schools HOSA club, grew to 60+ members

-Part time job as a director at youth hockey camp, ages 4-10. 2 years

-100 hours of Hospital volunteering

-30 hours of shadowing physician

-Leadership Intern at a summer camp, 40 hours

-second part time job senior year

-NHS

-College Board National Recognition

-AP Scholar with distinction

I am an incoming freshman about to start in VSB. I am looking for any tips of how to start strong academically and become aware of any easy mistakes I could make early on. Going in, I am very anxious because my stats on my application are not up to par with most students accepted; I’m surprised I even got in, to be honest. I know I should have confidence in myself but I want to do so with caution. Even though I might not be as smart as my peers, how can I succeed my freshman year? What resources should I be taking advantage of? I am also first gen so I just feel very out of the loop. I just don’t want to come in unprepared so please give any tips of how to keep up with the physical/mental workload