<p>Start an economics club, get an internship this summer at a firm/company related to your intended major, do tons of community service.
Write absolutely fantastic, original essays. </p>
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No. So many people write about how they went to help out people in a third world country and how they learned so much and to be greatfull, you really need to make yourself stand out, if you can’t you have no shot. </p>
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IT’s good, They will acknowledge that you put effort into learning a language. To have 5 years of german opposed to 4. It doesn’t even make a difference, it’s such a small thing. </p>
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REally bad idea. If you want to work hard to study for SATs go ahead, if you want to join a club go ahead - don’t do things only for the hope of getting into a school. It’s a waste of your time. Do things you enjoy, do those things really well. Spend the next year of highschool having fun, doing activities that interest you. Honestly, if you have a gap in activities and then all of sudden have an abundance of 6 month long activities that you never showed any indication of liking before, it will look weird and they’ll catch on.</p>