Are My Extracurriculars Weak (for Ivy League Standards)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Extracurricular Activities:
I didn't want to really do extracurriculars in music, environmental awareness, debate, or sports because I am not really passionate about those subjects, but most people usually have extracurriculars in that area. I only truly care about writing, so thats what I chose to focus on.</p>

<p>I'm almost done writing a fictional novel (and I hope to find an agency to publish it)
On the School Newspaper (Editor)
I've won 2 Creative Writing Contest (Small Scholarship money)
Took Summer Classes at UF
Took Summer Writing Courses at A Prestigious program called Inner Spark ~Californial State Summer School for the Arts
Secretary of French Club (Junior Year)
Link Crew Leader-- Organization that helps freshman transition smoothly to HS.(Junior Year)
English Honor Society
French Honor Society
VP of Writing Club (Senior Year)
Debate Club (Officer)</p>

<p>Awards/Achievements:
*National Merit Finalist--PSAT (Once I retake the PSAT, I'm confident I'll score the same or even better and qualify)
*National Achievement Scholar (award for African Americans)--PSAT
*I'm an African American Female by the way--not sure it matters. I keep hearing that ethnicity means everything or that colleges don't care.
*AP Scholar
*Creative Writing Essays and Short Stories Awards</p>

<p>Volunteering: (Working more On)
200+ Hours at Local Hospital (Summer)
150+ Hours at Local Library</p>

<p>My top 5 colleges would be Harvard, Columbia, Dartmouth, Princeton, and Cornell. I know chances for those colleges are extremely low but I just want to know if I should be changing my ECs. And also my GPA isn't as high as I would like it to be so I'm hoping my ECs can make up for some of it. My SATs and ACTs are really high, though.</p>

<p>*I'm a Junior</p>

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<p>They are just fine. </p>

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<p>First of all, you can’t “change your ECs” if this is the end of your junior year/beginning of your senior year— even if you’re a rising junior, it’s still better to pursue the same interests for all four years or at least show some form of consistency. But more importantly though, please place your genuine interests above college admissions—It’s far more important to pursue what you love to a depth than to take up a laundry list of superficial hobbies in order to get into college! Even if you do succeed in building up a seemingly good resume, statistically speaking the chance of you getting into these schools is still slim and I think it is honestly not worth it to waste your high school years doing something that you don’t even like. Just my two cents.</p>

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<p>It’s probably not going to happen. ECs, no matter how great (unless you’re nationally recognized or something), cannot completely make up for subpar academics. They may help you a little in trying to stand out from the crowd though. But really, I’m sure your GPA is just fine, just like your ECs— people have a tendency to exaggerate :rolleyes:.</p>

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<p>Btw, are you familar with the Scholastic Writing Awards? If not, you can check them out— you sound like the type of person who may be interested. Good luck :)!</p>

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<p>You have great ECs and it’s good that they’re all centralized around writing which I assume will be your study of interest!</p>

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<p>Bump. Bump. Bump.</p>

<p>Any more posts would be GREATLY appreciated.</p>