<p>My grades are fairly good (my GPA's above a 4.0) but I have little to no extracurriculars. Currently a sophomore. What would be my range if I maintain my current status thru the rest of HS?</p>
<p>simple solution: start doing a lot more ECs tomorrow.</p>
<p>Wxmann, I don't have any ECs either....not good...do something now!</p>
<p>You're not screwed. Just look at your school's list of activities and compare it to the subjects you enjoy or excel in. If you can find a match, get some information on that activity. For example, someone interested in math might join a math team, someone who gets all As in humanities might enjoy debate, etc. If you find no matches, think about a sport you'd like to try or a cause you'd like to support, i.e., environmental club or key club. You don't have to join every activity on the list, just join a couple that truly interest you and see if you develop a deep passion or interest for one of your activities. This will not only help you on your application, but will also help you in your future career endeavors. There's still time to improve yourself to "awesome college" status!</p>
<p>To answer your question, if you continue to do nothing but have "fairly good grades", you will be able to get into a less selective state school or community college, but there's nothing that you will have that will appeal to admissions officers at bigger schools, especially since there are kids that have higher GPAs than you and STILL balance an amazing list of ECs. If you want to stand out at all, you need to show the colleges that you are more than a number on a paper.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>key note: if there isn't a club that you're interested in at your school, START IT. It'll help you two-fold: you'll show leadership AND you'll have an activity to spend some of your mornings and afternoons (one that you'll actually like).</p>
<p>There's a lot of good advice on here tonight--including all of the above.</p>
<p>Agree - lots of good advice. Thanks everyone!</p>
<p>Schools don't care about kids who have a billion EC's. They prefer kids who show dedication to a few EC's that they love. This only has to be 1 or 2 things. Start a club or two and you'll be fine.</p>
<p>Well I hope so. The problem is I'm not good at communicating and interacting in the real world, so I just don't like doing EC's and stuff. I don't know, it's a weird anxiety. And my schedule next year's deathly hard.</p>
<p>Everybody here seems to have a billion EC's, good SAT scores, and all A's and B's, and even they cannot enter some of the better schools. That just plain scares me to death.</p>
<p>i had no ec's as a sophomore. Now I'm ending my junior year, and i've won a multitude of community awards, been recognized by mayor and council multiple times, rose $2150+ for a school in south africa, founded two school clubs, became vice president of an eminent not-for-profit group, joined a few youth parliaments, all the meanwhile having the most difficult course load possible and getting the best grades of my life. You have a chance (just start in the summer!)</p>
<p>Its not too late</p>
<ul>
<li>community service in the summer</li>
<li>leader ship position junior year</li>
<li>increase grades</li>
</ul>