<p>also considering applying to dartmouth and johns hopkins)</p>
<p>im just starting my junior year at a very good high school in vermont...</p>
<p>unweighted GPA: 4.27
weighted GPA: 5.17
rank: 1/166
have not taken SAT's yet but will soon</p>
<p>am taking 4 AP classes this year (none were offered to sophomores) and will probably take at least 3 next year; the rest are honors classes. have only taken two electives (they were required credits)</p>
<p>i know my extracurriculars suck so be nice...</p>
<p>member of my church's youth group (we did events such as bowling for kids' sake, packing christmas presents for foster children, making dinners for reformed ex-convicts, and other things)
nursery coordinator at my church
member of the CED (christian education) board at church
on my town's tree committee
i have been shadowing my local veterinarian since the summer before my freshman year
book drive for africa
babysat kids at a local day school
tended to the school's garden
taught at a tennis camp
am a member of the northshire tennis association (a summer, non-school-related team)
went to tufts avm (adventures in veterinary medicine) session after sophomore year
cross country since sophomore year
varsity tennis since sophomore year
tennis club
volunteered at the animal shelter</p>
<p>i also was a runner up in uvm's essay writing contest and have been awarded the english excellence award the past two years. and my ap bio class is going to do some studying in belize this coming february</p>
<p>so my ec's are not that great at all and are definitely my biggest weakness and will probably prevent me from getting in... but this year i am planning on participating in scholar's bowl, doing more service activities, joining the ping pong club, and i am definitely running for senior class president. </p>
<p>what are my chances and can anyone offer ideas for more impressive/involved extracurriculars?</p>