<p>I needed some help, and I figured this was the best place because everyone here are soooo friggin smart!!! </p>
<p>Please, if you will, give me advice on the following:</p>
<p>volunteering</p>
<p>Is 9th grade important?</p>
<p>extracurriculars</p>
<p>and what else is important to make it to a wonderful college</p>
<p>Thanks a bunch!!! and Have a wonderful, prosperous life!</p>
<p>The ants go marching one by one hurrah hurrah!!!!! lalala. No school tomorrow due to flood! happy....but then....sad.....because of the damages the flood will do....i hope everyone is safe!!!! </p>
<p>gosh nobody ever replies to my posts. </p>
<p>So I'll just talk to myself. ^-----^</p>
<p>volunteering: do it. Plain and simple.</p>
<p>9th grade: important for uw GPA, but not important for rigor of courseload unless you go to a top prep school or something</p>
<p>ECs: Have them, be passionate about them</p>
<p>What else: SATs, learn to write a great essay</p>
<p>Do what you enjoy, not what you think will look good on your application. Don't take everything too seriously.</p>
<p>I don't think volunteering counts for all that much, but I may be wrong.</p>
<p>Let me give you a word of warning.</p>
<p>College admissions officers can see right through people who are volunteering and doing extracurricular work just to look good on a resume. You can tell by the randomness of the selection of clubs and where you volunteer.</p>
<p>A generic "good" student looking to impress a college will join Model UN, the key club, the environment club, and the art guild. OK - MUN and enviro club sort of go together. But key club and art guild are a bit random? OK, not TOO big of a deal.</p>
<p>But then they may volunteer at a hospital like most every other kid out there looking to get into an Ivy league, and then decide that their potential major is LAW.</p>
<p>Don't volunteer at a hospital or nursing home unless you want to study medicine. It's become unoriginal and non-impressive.</p>
<p>If you want to study business, be an office boy for a non-profit organization. If you want to study law, volunteer at a courthouse or something.</p>
<p>I have a recurring gay theme in my application: president of the gay straight alliance, organizing AIDS walks, and this summer i'm going to try to get an internship at the Triangle foundation. All of this works together, and it seems like I have a passion and all of my activities support this - it's obvious that I didn't just pick clubs to make a nice laundry list.</p>
<p>You need to find what actually interests you and let that be your guide. Don't just add things to look good. TRUST ME, they can see right through it.</p>
<p>"Let me give you a word of warning.</p>
<p>College admissions officers can see right through people who are volunteering and doing extracurricular work just to look good on a resume. You can tell by the randomness of the selection of clubs and where you volunteer.</p>
<p>A generic "good" student looking to impress a college will join Model UN, the key club, the environment club, and the art guild. OK - MUN and enviro club sort of go together. But key club and art guild are a bit random? OK, not TOO big of a deal.</p>
<p>But then they may volunteer at a hospital like most every other kid out there looking to get into an Ivy league, and then decide that their potential major is LAW.</p>
<p>Don't volunteer at a hospital or nursing home unless you want to study medicine. It's become unoriginal and non-impressive.</p>
<p>If you want to study business, be an office boy for a non-profit organization. If you want to study law, volunteer at a courthouse or something.</p>
<p>I have a recurring gay theme in my application: president of the gay straight alliance, organizing AIDS walks, and this summer i'm going to try to get an internship at the Triangle foundation. All of this works together, and it seems like I have a passion and all of my activities support this - it's obvious that I didn't just pick clubs to make a nice laundry list.</p>
<p>You need to find what actually interests you and let that be your guide. Don't just add things to look good. TRUST ME, they can see right through it." </p>
<p>^^^^^honest to god truth</p>
<p>That ONE post needs to be made into a sticky thread, for real..</p>
<p>u gotta do "favors" for your teachers</p>
<p>AHH!!! But I'm in Model UN, Debate club, INTERACT,etc!!!! ...But I really AM interested in all of it. I didn't really care about colleges when I joined them.....and the places that I volunteer at....are random, but they're fun places...like teaching little kids how do make things...
So what if you really ARE interested in everything that you do....that's not fair!!!! waaah!!!! I'm passionate about everything I'm in..</p>
<p>that was a thunderbolt right at my head!!! BOOM!!! ahh!!! I'm electrified!!!! hahahaha.</p>