<p>Yeah when it comes down to it I will have to choose the ECs that I am most passionate about, no doubt. And I’ll have to look at where I was calculating the hours, I may have considered the tutoring with it, if not, I can probably add another 35 hours +. </p>
<p>Thank you so much for the advice and chances so far! I was mostly worried about the rigor of my coursework, because I am confident that I am applying myself as hard as I can in everything I do, so I was afraid the school I go to would hold me back. Does my lack of any very prestigious awards and honors hold me back as well? </p>
<p>And if anyone wants to reply, if you want could you maybe suggest any other colleges that might be right for me. I understand without a doubt that getting into Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and even Columbia pretty much always comes down to things that really make a particular candidate stand out, and I just don’t think I have that quality :(, and I just don’t know what more I can do to attain such a quality. Maybe I could I try to get a book published, but the chances of that happening or less than getting accepted into these colleges hahaha! </p>
<p>I just needed so assurance that I was on the track to break a trend in my school and go to a dream college (not necessarily Harvard or Stanford, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, and USC are considered dream colleges to me as well,) and not just LSU. I don’t know what else I can do to make myself more attractive to Stanford (which is my ULTIMATE NUMBER ONE CHOICE DREAM COLLEGE) and Harvard, but after these months of worrying I’m starting to think that it would be better just to do what I am doing, work hard, and send in my application and hope (pray) for the best. Has anyone else found that this approach to applying to such selective schools actually works? Hahaa…</p>