<p>I think overall Extra curricular's are my weakest point for college, but i am not sure, so here is what i have been up to, i am currently a junior, about 5 weeks into the school year</p>
<p>9th
Football JV
Theater- Made it to state finals in the one act competitions got 8th place
Debate- Went to district tournament as a freshman
Scholastic Bowl
Some volunteer work at the library</p>
<p>10th
Football JV
Theater
Debate- Was a regional finalist, district 4th place
French Honor Society (Inducted)</p>
<p>11th
These clubs that i am in currently
Debate-Team Captain
Scholastic Bowl
Operation Smile
FBLA
STEM Club
Will be volunteering at the Aquarium
Planning on trying out for the Tennis Team</p>
<h2>Planning on Starting a politics/future political leaders club</h2>
<p>These are more not school affiliated activities i am currently involved in
Starting a T-shirt selling business with friends
Starting a computer repair website locally based
Creating a small investment portfolio</p>
<p>The last three i listed are all still fledgling so maybe one or two will happen</p>
<p>I hope it doesn't look bad that i have stopped football but my priorities have shifted and i have realized that football was really impeding my other interests. Are these Extracurricular's worthy enough of Ivy League/top colleges or is that just a pipe dream. I mean just EC wise, i have around a 4.2 weighted GPA currently and if i continue with my grades this year will have a 4.4 GPA by the end of junior year, i would have had 7 ap's total.</p>
<p>Yes they are. Sports definitely help the most if you’re good at it. For the other EC’s pretty much anything that shows you are involved in community and such helps. Instead of having a ton of clubs/activities, it’s better to be passionate about them.</p>
<p>Yeah i was sad about not doing football this year but i have a lot of other committments, and football really requires a 100% time committment, you can’t even miss one practice. Some of my EC’s may look life fluff but i feel that the most passionate one i have is debate, that’s the one i am really good at and the one that has affected me the most in high school. </p>
<p>Do you guys think that my recent (junior year) activities that i have just started will come off as simply resume padding, i mean i have only started to join these clubs because i now have free time from not doing football.</p>
<p>Most colleges don’t factor ECs into admission. The ones that do are places like HPYS that can afford to use ECs as part of selecting which of their overabundance of high stat applicants to accept. Such colleges are far more interested in what you accomplished in your ECs than how long you did them. </p>
<p>You’ll be competing with people who started organizations that made a local impact, who participated in local organizations and organized fundraisers and projects that impacted the local community. You’ll also be competing with people who won national and state championships in academic teams and regular sports teams. </p>
<p>Do ECs that interest you, and pursue them in depth, but don’t do them to get into college.</p>
<p>Are these Extracurricular’s worthy enough of Ivy League/top colleges or is that just a pipe dream - Looks like “college prep normal” to me. Unless you started a national organization, or are very well connected, the Ivy’s are going to be looking almost exclusively at your GPA/SAT. Now having said that, Lots of great non-Ivy’s will look at your EC’s to try and figure out who you are and what you would likely bring to their campus. </p>
<p>If your looking to kick your EC’s up a notch then I would concentrate on debate related competitions, Leadership (or Successful Entrepreneurship), and community service groups outside of HS. An interesting (paid) job is considered a good EC.</p>
<p>For most colleges look at what the common app is asking. Limited space for EC’s / Awards / Leadership / Jobs. But you can elaborate on your essays. So remember passion and success is better than a huge number of EC’s</p>
<p>’ Unless you started a national organization, or are very well connected, the Ivy’s are going to be looking almost exclusively at your GPA/SAT. '</p>
<p>Not true. Saying this as a Harvard alumni interviewer.</p>
<p>University of Pennsylvania-Wharton
Cornell
University of Virginia</p>
<p>Mostly i am looking at top notch undergraduate business schools, as that is where i see myself headed. With those i guess caliber colleges in mind are the things i do on the same level as those who get admitted, i understand the whole passion trumps number of EC thing, so i know not to do EC’s purely for college. I am only doing more EC’s this year because i have more time after school.</p>