<p>Hi guys, I'm from Brazil
I'm finishing high school in 2014, so... I'm just reading about admission requirements and stuff... I'm not applying for any university right now </p>
<p>So, I'm really interested in Darmouth. I'd love to study on there Furthermore, I'm interested on Yale, Stanford, Brown, Princeton, Tufts and Middlebury. </p>
<p>I'd like to know if I am on the right way... Especially about extracurricular activities.</p>
<p>I'm really concerned about extracurricular activities and stuff, because I don't know if my application will stand between thousands of students... </p>
<p>So, here's my average grades in high school by 2013:</p>
<p>2012 - 94 of 100(2nd on the ranking in my class)
2013 - 96 of 100( I don't know the rankings of this year)</p>
<p>P.S.: In Brazil, we must take all the classes in high school. </p>
<p>My extracurricular activities:</p>
<ul>
<li>I play the piano(intermediate level)</li>
<li>I was a lawyer in a jury of my school</li>
<li>I was the writer of 2 plays(100% in english) in my school </li>
<li>I had a article published in one of the main newspapers on my state</li>
<li>Honorable mention in the Chemistry Olympiad of my state</li>
<li>Gold medal in the Brazilian Astronomy Olympiad( I'm on the final stage of a selective process to choosing the brazilian team in the International Olympiada of Astronomy and Astrophysics, I may not pass on the selective, but I think it'll count as something nice...)</li>
<li>Online course(120h) in Astrophysics</li>
<li>I'm a finalist of the Brazilian Physics Olympiad(just waiting for the results )</li>
<li>I was a semifinalist in some olympiads(like Biology, Informatics, etc.)</li>
<li>2nd place on the National Geographic Olympiad. 165000 students in Brazil competed for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places, and 10 finalist medals. After this olympiad, I appeared in a advertisement of my school, and I appeared in two National Geographic magazines. I appeared in some pages in the internet, too.)</li>
</ul>
<p>I'm studying english for 5 years, too. </p>
<p>If I improve my grades next year, and take great scores on SATs and TOEFL, will I have good chances ? What can I do to improve my chances of getting into the universities I've mentioned before? Could you guys help me with that?
However, I won't do anything I don't like just because It'll be good for my extracurricular activies...
(I know I need to do some essays, have recommendation letters, etc, but I'll solve this matter next year)</p>
<p>Thank you</p>