<p>this post is really long, but PLEASE read it and give me some advice. </p>
<p>see, my sophomore year, i ran cross country, made all conference honors, and that was that. the summer between my soph. and junior years, i went overseas for about a month, then came back and did this three week course at northwestern in evanston, IL, and i got involved with this research with a professor at uchicago. my junior yr started, i did x country, got injured, and barely ran the entire season. but i did win the sportsmanship award and i got voted for captain for my senior yr. currently, i am looking into a program at uchicago for the summer (one month long) that will let me do some REAL research at Uchicago w/ the same professor i mentioned earlier, and i desperately HOPE that i can do a major research project and MAYBE send in the results to the Intel Science thing at the start of senior yr. this year, i have been elected pres of NHS, and i will probably (almost 95% sure) be pres of the largest service organization at my school. and i could probably be president of other clubs (science, spanish) but don't want to cuz colleges look down on that - at least i think they do. </p>
<p>now that you guys basically read my entire life (not really), i need to ask you a question. Do colleges like to see a person who made to to sectionals in a sport (meaning they are good at a sport) or do they like to see leadership positions and a person who likes science research? </p>
<p>just for your info, i am a straight a student, w/Ap and honor classes, top 10, community service stuff, been in the newspaper, etc. PSAT: top 97% (i know, i know :( ); ACT: just took it yesterday, estimating a 31, but retaking for sure cuz i know i can get a 32/33.
my college choices: uchicago, northwestern, john hopkins, and god if i'm lucky, <em>Harvard</em></p>
<p>if anybody can give me good advice, i would seriously hug you if i could.</p>