<p>I'm currently a junior attending a nationally ranked public high school. The schools that I'm interested in are:
-Georgetown
-Boston College
-Pomona
-Claremont McKenna
-Syracuse
-Tufts
-Macalester
-American University
GPA: 3.97 UW not sure about my weighted GPA
ACT: haven't taken it yet but I'm pretty sure I can score at least a 31
AP Classes by senior year: World History, APUSH, Microeconomics/Macroeconomics, Biology, Lang, Lit, Stats, Comp Gov, American Gov
Major: International Relations, Political Science, Journalism
ECs:
-Member of Speech and Debate club since freshman year have won a couple of awards at regional tournaments, I will be secretary or treasurer next year
-Member of NHS next year
-Member of Marching Band since freshman year
-Volunteered at a Summer Intensive Program for autistic children last summer and probably this summer as well
-Participant in district's Solo and Ensemble Festival for six years both as a soloist and part of a trio
-Recieved Knight Valor (my school's community service award)
-Volunteer at the Puget Sound Blood Center last summer
-Participated in DECA this year and competed at State (placed 4th overall in Area), I will at least make state next year as well
-Reading and Music Tutor last year
-Teen Docent at the Bellevue Art Museum so I give people tours and answer their questions about the art
-Member of NJHS in middle school
-Member of Invisible Children's club freshman and sophomore year
-Will be a reporter for my school's newspaper next year
-Member of Robotics Club this year
-Member of The Hunger Project Club (supports the homeless) and will be secretary next year
Thanks guys!</p>
<p>With your EC’s, it seems as if you just tried to make your resume longer. However, people like you make me jealous. Your GPA is great, and you’ve taken a great amount of AP classes, more than my school offers, and it’s a good public school, too. The only one I can rank is Boston College, and you’ve got great chances for that.</p>
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<p>Keep in mind, if you’re part of a bunch of clubs that look good but haven’t really accomplished anything OUTSTANDING (fundraising like 2,000 dollars for ex.), they will prefer someone with half as many EC’s. I see you are part of some organizations that may/ have this potential, it’d be even better if you could say “I did this on my own…I raised this!” etc.</p>
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<p>*half as many EC’s that has done something outstanding with them</p>
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<p>Thanks for replying! I know it seems like a lot of my ECs were done just to make my resume longer but I was mainly trying to figure out what I wanted to focus my time on. Would it be a good idea to leave some of them out on my apps? I spend most of my time on debate, marching band, and volunteering at the museum.</p>