Chance me for Colgate, Princeton, Middlebury, Brown and U. Of Richmond

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi everyone! I’m a sophomore , about to take the PSATS and want to see how my extra curriculars and resume looks before I get my grades back!

Honor roll
Spanish 2 Honors, English 1 Honors, Spanish 3 Honors, English 2 Honors, US 1 Honors, Lab Bio Honors, Geometry Honors, Highly Selective Academy of Health Careers

GPA : 93 - will be higher

Awards
Outstanding Volunteer Award at Tutoring Club 9th
Student of the Month 10th (leadership, academic excellence, extracurricular involvement, outside of school involvement, kind to peers)

Leadership:
Mentor/Tutor at Manasquan Elementary School 9th, 10th
We Stand Together

  • President
    Hands Together
    -founder and president 9th, 10th
    Student Council 10th
  • started a 9/11 annual tribute , a Coins for Kids UNICEF Halloween project, hosted Welcome Back Teachers event, College Fair assistant
    Freshmen Transitions 10th

Clubs:
Tutoring Club 9th , 10th
Life Is Good Club 9th, 10th
Dance- A-Thon 9th, 10th
We Stand Together 9th, 10th
-hosted Respect Week event
Founder of Hands Together
(A club that utilizes the artistic ability of students to create things for elderly homes, a foster home, a special needs home and the military) 9th, 10th (created it in 9th became a club in 10th)

Community Service
Food Bank 9th/10th
Drug Alliance 10th
Salvation Army Clothing Drive 9th/10th
Senior Citizen Volunteer 9th/10th
-intergenerational relay
Cooking Club 9th/10th
Holidays for the Homeless 9th/10th
Life Active Member of Church 9th/10th
Produced sets for productions for theater 9th/10th

Skills:
Computer skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Publisher)
Public Speaking (made speeches for running for student council, being in student council, being a founder of a club giving speeches each meeting and at freshmen orientations)
Social Skills (have spoken with numerous state organizations for involvement with my club, have spoken with board of my school to allow my club to become one)

I have a sibling at Brown, a cousin and uncle at Princeton and yeah! Just let me know what I can improve on please!

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Bump

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Without scores and a firm handle on gpa, there is nothing to be said. You have a lot of ecs, try to develop leadership in one or more. If you plan on highlighting public speaking you would need an activity like forensics or debate.

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Hi, as someone who as a very avid public speaker, I have some advice for you to work on that if that is your passion. Considering you’re still a sophomore, you have a lot of time.

Firdt, a bit on my public speaking journey.
I have Tourette Syndrome and have been bullied many times by friends, family, doctors, teachers, coaches and many others. It’s been a hard fight against social stigma around disabilities, and a fight against ignorance. Many aren’t educated on Ts, and that leads to misdiagnoses, bullying, teasing, and discrimination.

Sophomore year I joined a program as part of the Tourette Association of America. After being trained about public speaking, I was fortunate enough to schedule meetings with Senator Feinstein, Boxer, and representative Speier.(California). I advocated for more money to educate doctors and teachers on Tourette syndrome, to better support individuals with TS.

That med to present to many public schools in my area on Ts, as well as speak in many panels in my own school. All aimed at educating the public, to reduce stigma around mental health, disabilities, and Tourette Syndrome.

I then got invited to a local TEDxTalk where i continued to speak about my passion, and continued to spread awareness on Ts. Of course some media picked up on my efforts. And I’ve had an easier time in securing speaking outings.

Obviously I could keep going on, but for the sake of time, I’ll get straight to the point.

It’s great that you love speaking, but you have to develop that passion even more. Find something you want to talk about. find something that is going to be on your mind all the time. Something that you would sacrifice parties, and social time, in order to do. Something that will get you out of the bed early in the morning, and keep you up all night planning for your next speech. THAT, is what it means to develop an extra curricular activity. And, that passion. Is whatever you want it to be. It’s great that you’ve discovered and done so much(waaayyyy more than I did by sophomore year), now focus on one. Expand on it. Don’t stay within your school. Use your talents and passions to improve your community, improve those around you, and work for a common issue.

Good luck on everything you do.

Good day :slight_smile:

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If you read a little more carefully, I state I am president and founder of one club and president of another club.

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You have a lot of random clubs and interests right now. Try to hone in on what you truly care about and dig deeper.

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You seem like a great person and you are taking the right course load. Make sure you start taking AP courses as soon and as many as possible.

My daughter is applying to many of the schools you list as targets, so what we have realized in this journey is that the top schools want well rounded classes, but not well rounded students. They seem to want students who are excellent in something. As a sophmore, you have plenty of time to figure that out. Maybe with your club and magnet school, it would be elder care - just a thought. You need to decide on your own.

Just take off any preconceived limits you have on what you can do. Best of luck!

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I’m the president of two of the clubs I’m in, received an award for one of my clubs and then the dance a thon I cannot be a member in until senior year.

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Thank you sir, I hope my club takes off and shows my excellence of being a leader, changing my community, and helping others . Thank you