I’m a current sophomore in high school and was wondering if my ECs are good for top 20 colleges.
Are my EC’s able to stand out to colleges and any advice on what to do?
I’m majoring in BioChem, and would love some EC’s that I can do from there
Thanks!
Extremely Competitive high school (major RIP), over 1000 students in my graduating class
State: Illinois
Income: 200k +
Indian Male RIP
Unweighted GPA: 3.8(9) Will Go Higher in the Future
Weighted GPA: 4.1(9) Aiming for 4.5
PSAT: 1200 Aiming For 1550 On SAT
EC’s
Swimming Team JV (9)
Debate (10)
Sophomore Class Board (10)
Vex Robotics (9, 10)
NHS (10, 11, 12)
FMP (Freshman Mentor Program) (11)
Community Service: Aiming for Leadership and 350+ All Hours documented
Senior Home Care 32+ Hours (10) Aiming for 200 Hours, very consistent time set, and the volunteer manager loves me
Sophomore Class Board 6+ Hours (10) will receive about 50 hours by the end of this year, planning a lot of big events in our school for 4000 students!
Library Work 10+ Hours (10) *just over the breaks and summer, probably 40 hours by the time I apply
Innerview Community Services 10+ Hours (10) Probably 100+ and very consistent
Leading a Group of volunteers in Senior Home Care Activities 0+ Hours (10) I lead a bunch of my friends at senior home care activities, probably 75+, just started
Fundraisers:
Give - a - thon (30+ Hours) (10)
Medical Related Activities:
Senior Home Care (30+ Hours)(10) Aiming for 200 as listed above
Physical Therapist Shadowing (2+ Hours)(10) Aiming for 50 hours
Northwestern Medicine Discovery Program (10, 11) Very hard to get into, will be attending for next two years
Some sort of a Medicine Program (11)
Research Studies:
Bio Studies at UChicago (11)
Dr. Rubins Medical Camp (11)
Research Internships: None Yet?
Aiming for a Research Internship at Stanford (11 or 12)
Awards: Need MANY more awards
NHS (10)
Vex Robotics Design and Judges Award (9)
Participated in National Tournament in Robotics and was Team Designer (9)
Merit and Honor Award In Community Service (10)
Personal Notes:
- Honestly, my GPA is average, and I’m trying to improve it to atleast a 3.85
- My SAT is pretty weak, I just started prepping a lot. (As of now I’m doing Khan Academy practices)
- I need more awards, hopefully I’ll get some in the future
- My EC’s are pretty good, 3 clubs (hopefully will be leader or captain in all 3 by junior year) and 1 sport as a freshman
- My community service is outstanding (I feel like)
- I’m attending many Medicine programs so that’s good (especially ones that I’m applying/applied are very hard to get into)