Hello, I need help knowing what I can do to stand out and be a more efficient student for USC. If you have any ideas for extracurricular ideas and/or honor awards, please let me know!!
Major: Health and Human Sciences/ Public Health
GPA (as of right now, junior): 4.0W
Honors/IB/AP: AP Psychology, Honors Geography, Honors English, Honors History II, IB HOA HL, IB Bio HL, IB Arts SL, IB English HL, AP Physics I, and Math III Honors
extracurriculars:
creative writing club (writing in journals) I am a secretary
NHS
CSF
BSU
HOSA
Future Pre-Med (Founder)
Created a social media page to give opportunities to future pre-med students
I think what admissions officers are looking for is passion. I don’t think it’s more complex than that, but then again I’m a Junior and I haven’t applied to colleges yet. Find what you like to do and expand it. It doesn’t necessarily have to be connected with Public Health, it just has to be something you really enjoy and largely make an impact in your community (although if it is connected with your major then that’ll really help). Once you find an opportunity, if you do well then other opportunities will come to you. It’s a little too late to get any national awards and such, but there are some out there depending on your interests. Make sure your essays and letters of recc are good and to be honest two or three clubs with streamlined focuses are enough (they’re also so much easier to manage). Good luck!