<p>I want to get into a UC. (I live in Cali).
I signed up for dozens of clubs, but i never went to any meetings (or lack thereof i was never notified of meetings or anything) because i live far away from the school and commute and all.
Should i still put the clubs i signed up for on my application?</p>
<p>and i'm looking for a summer program (art or traveling) could i put that on there too? which has nothing to do with the occupation of being a surgeon except maybe the art....</p>
<p>keep in mind i have never joined any sports or extracurs.
i'm in 10th grade and there is 12 more academic weeks left.</p>
<p>am i screwed?</p>
<p>No. Just because you signed up for a club doesn't mean you are in it. You didn't go to meetings. You weren't involved. That's called lying.</p>
<p>If you live in SCA, you might want to check out MOCA. They have some cool things going on there that you might be able to be a part of during the summer.</p>
<p>Why don't you join a club you are ACTUALLY interested in and become involved? Stop doing things FOR your college application. If you do something you are passionate about, that'll come across. If you do it just for your application, that will come across on the application as well.</p>
<p>And you are in tenth grade-you have time. </p>
<p>You're not "screwed." If all you want is to get into a UC - ANY UC - just get a 3.0 and I'm sure you'll get into at least one, more than one actually.</p>
<p>No: just change what you're doing right now and do everything you said that you weren't doing right (i.e. signing up for clubs but not going- go to the clubs!, not joining sports or other extracurriculars, join!, looking for a summer program- go!)</p>
<p>you already know what you need to work on. all you need to do now is work on it.</p>
<p>Aside from all of this, what REALLY matters at the UCs is basic statistics (Grade-point average, SAT's, AP tests). Most of the lower UC's will ignore extracurriculars if your grades and SAT scores are stellar. </p>
<p>In regards to extracurriculars, pick a few different activites in which you can become interested and stay interested. Tenth grade is a fine time to start, just show some sort of direction. What the UC's don't like are floaters, who never seem to have any passion about anything.</p>
<p>I agree with optimization. It's disingenuous to put that sort of thing down. (It bugs me that people put "Key Club" on their application, when all they did was pay their dues and never come to the meetings, much less do anything for the club, the school, or the community.)</p>
<p>to be in the club, you have to participate, not simply have your name in the list of members.</p>