For Elementary school first grade, how will the lesson be assessed?

My guidance counselor doesn't trust me in an AP/Honors class. Do I still have a chance of going to NYU?

• An NYU applicant who's accepted may have a transcript like this: Freshman year: English 9 Honors Biology Honors World History/Geography Honors Geometry Honors Spanish I Sophomore year: English 10 Honors Chemistry Honors AP World History Algebra II Honors Spanish II Junior year: AP English Lit AP Chemistry AP US History Precalculus Honors Spanish III Senior year: AP English Language AP Biology AP Government AP Calculus BC Spanish IV Extracurriculars throughout all four years: Student Government, some kind of sport I have autism. I am in special ed English and Social Skills. Unlike minority status, learning disability is NOT an advantage in the college admissions process whatsoever. I have never been in any extracurriculars, and I have never taken a foreign language because of the special ed English. So far I'm a sophomore. Here are my grades: Special ed English: B Term 3 comments: Thomas participates in class when called upon. He struggles with staying focused during instructional time. Practical Biology: A Term 3 comments: Thomas is a pleasure to have in class. Thomas does well on assessments and does careful and high quality work. Wellness/Fitness: B Geometry: C+ (ended 1/20) Final comments: Shows evidence of effort. Accomodations were provided. Quality of work has improved. Jazz Lab: A- (ended 1/20) Concert Band: A Special ed Social Skills: B+ Term 3 comments: Thomas participates in class when called upon. Thomas has trouble with seeing other student's perspectives when there are round table discussions. However, he also adds to the round table discussions. My special ed teacher expects to putting me in the following courses in junior year: - Special ed English for the first half of the year, 10th grade English for the second (I have not completed 10th grade English yet, so taking 11th grade English is not an option next year) - Algebra II - PE/Drug - Concert Band - Conceptual Chemistry - Special ed Social Skills - Web Design - Digital Imaging One of the jobs I'm considering is a software engineer at Facebook's engineering office in NYC. I used to be at the top of my class in mathematics, but in my last year of elementary school, 6th grade, the problems got significantly harder than fifth grade math. In elementary school, digging deeper in the concepts we learned last year and learning some new concepts was the norm. In 2nd grade, I was pulled out of class to get assessed on how proficient I am at math, and the smart man who gave me the assessment called me a "Math wiz" after I finished, and my whole family heard all about that compliment! But in 6th grade math, practically all the problems were multistep and my grades plummeted, and I was stripped of that honor. As a result, I was put in the class for the students who need more work on mathematics in 7th grade. All it takes is just one year of inconsistency to get bumped back to square one. I spend half the day in special ed. My special ed teacher says my focus is a problem in all my classes, with the exception of concert band and jazz lab. I often zone out and think about other things during the lesson. Also, until recently, I did not spend any time outside the school building studying. When the teachers said my homework was to study, I considered that equivalent to no homework whatsoever. The teachers also have considerably low expectations for me. On all my tests and quizzes, unlike the regular ed students, I am permitted to ask the teacher for help, and never this entire school year was I ever assigned more than a worksheet or two of homework on a typical day. A regular student in my school district gets 10 minutes of homework each day for every grade level, so by this formula, if I was in regular ed, I'd be getting 100 minutes of homework every typical day, significantly more when there's a well-announced assessment where it equals several typical days in class in terms of course grade. Also, out of the 20,000+ students that benefit from my school district, I am one of the few that's exempt from summer reading, which would normally be required for every summer prior to grades 7-12.

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  You might have a chance of going to NYU after getting through community college first. Most college wouldn't even look at someone that hasn't taken any AP/IB classes. Also, do some community service. I went to the Dominican Republic to build an orphanage with my local church for a week during the summer. I also volunteered at the local public library. Here is my course schedule and grades (took directly off my transcript): grade 9 world history hn (A) bio hn (A) french 1 (A) english 9 (A) algebra 2 hn (B+) grade 10 ap world history (A-) ap environmental science (A) french 2 (A) english 10 hn (A) precalculus with trig (B) grade 11 ap us history (A-) ap chemistry (A-) french 3 (A) ap language (A) ap calculus bc (A-) grade 12 ap government (A) ap biology (A+) ap french (A-) ap literature (A) ap statistics (A+) matrix algebra/multivariable calculus (B+) I am currently a freshman at Columbia University, but I was accepted into NYU too. I have asperger's syndrome.