About me...insight please

Applying to College
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<p>Okay so I'm a high school sophomore and really need some feedback about my college preparation, schedule, etc. Here's my schedule and what I'm involved in:</p>

<p>Schedule:
English
Sophomore History
Chineses History
Spanish 4
Chemistry
Algebra 2</p>

<p>Sports: soccer and tennis
ECs: plays, school literary magazine club, school newspaper,
Summer Activities: sports, spanish immersion month trip this recent summer, planning on applying for a governor's school program and volunteer trip next summer
Volunteering: very VERY low, needs much improvement. Looking into starting a service club at school and starting an environmental service project</p>

<p>SAT: have not taken it officially, but took the writing section separately at a prep course and got a 730. Math scores need to improve though. </p>

<p>Give me your feed back please! Let me know if I'm looking too lazy and any ideas for what I could do based on my expressed interests. Thanks!</p>

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<p>I would say that it is a little too early for you to be worrying about making your record look good for colleges.<br>
You just started the 10th grade.
You are doing fine.</p>

<p>Perhaps attend some summer program at a college in June.</p>

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<p>I agree with floridadad55, don’t stress out too much yet. But if you really want to be proactive get good grades, maybe plan on taking some honors or AP classes next year, do some volunteer work and take summer classes.</p>

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<p>Way too early to judge anything. Just stay involved, do well in school, and start volunteering for something that matters to you.</p>

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<p>“Looking into starting a service club at school and starting an environmental service project.”</p>

<p>Why not join one of the many existing environmental nonprofits in your community (assuming you don’t live in a rural area or a very small town) and get some real nonprofit experience? Not only can you potentially have a real impact, but you can develop some expertise on an issue of interest to you, develop skills, meet interesting and equally committed volunteers and professionals of all ages and backgrounds, and as an added bonus, you might end up with an interesting college application essay and great letter of recommendation.</p>

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<p>Don’t “try” too hard. Doing things just for college admissions is often obvious to admissions officers. I like this link about “applying sideways”. It was written by an MIT admissions guy but I think it is very applicable to all schools</p>

<p>[Applying</a> Sideways | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/applying_sideways]Applying”>Applying Sideways | MIT Admissions)</p>

<p>I also like this advice about EC’s. Again written for MIT, but applicable to many colleges</p>

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<p>Hope this helps</p>