Okay - I have terrible EC’s. I honestly think the only things i’ve done other than school and messing around the past 3 years have been:
Cross Country
Track and Field (Both sports pretty seriously)
Link Crew before Junior year (Program to help incomming freshman)
Volunteering for one day at a food bank with my cross country team.
…Actually, that’s all I have.
So - no joke, I need help. What is something I could do over the summer that would look good for who I am and what I am interested in (Maths and Sciences). I am only avaliable for about 6 weeks of summer.
BTW - I want to be an EE Major, and here are my stats:
Race: White/Asian
Gender: Male
Location: Nor Cal (Bay Area)
Total weighed GPA (@ end of Junior year): 4
Total nonweighted GPA: 3.72
PSAT: 235
SAT I: 2230, Retake in June
SAT II’s: Haven’t taken yet. Math II/Bio/Chem, expect high 700’s/800 in all.
Class Rank: School doesn’t rank.
Report:
Soph:
Latin II: A
Physics: A
Chem: A
AP Calc AP: A (5)
English: B
AutoCAD: A
Junior:
Latin III: B
AP Chem: A (Prob 5)
Ap Bio: A (?5)
Ap Calc BC: A (?5)
English: A
US Hist: B
<p>Start an organization with your friends. Name yourself founder and president. then, Do something..</p>
<p>Volunteer like crazy. 5 times a week. go to a hospital or something.</p>
<p>go fundraise for something. say you collected how much how much</p>
<p>write a poem, go publish it enter it in some contest/scam contest
go do something with your friends that are somewhat related to school/activities.</p>
<p>Do something community based, or assist the school in some way, maybe an independent project? Talk to your administrators and see if they need help with any programs. Do something extravagant, anything that'll catch the adcom's eye.</p>
<p>right, do ANYTHING.
right now, screw the "I do it because i enjoy it"
DO THE "I do it because I need to put it on my resume"
^that's your priority lol</p>
<p>Hasn't it occured to anyone that doing things for the purpose of college admissions is pointless? Your priority is to get in the college you belong, not to try to do things you don't want to do to go to a college where you probably won't fit in.</p>
<p>That's bull too, tetrahedron. Any college could fit you if you made an effort to adapt to it. Spartan wants to get into a lot of colleges so he'll have more options and can decide which one is best for him. You SHOULD do things you enjoy, that's what I did, but if an opportunity comes up for an EC that you might not enjoy, but that could be beneficial to you and others, you should take it.</p>
<p>Sure aim78, its beneficial, but is he really going to be happy about doing this activity or having done it? If it's really going to help him to that extent for the college of his dreams, then perhaps. But I just don't think that its the "top priority."</p>
<p>if the OP is looking for ivies and other top schools, doing something above average (i.e. volunteer building houses in costa rica or whatever) probably isn't going to be of any help at this point. colleges want to see dedication to extracurriculars. i wouldnt call tetrahedr0n's ideas bull. you shouldnt be doing something just to get into college. but if that's your game, then go for it.</p>
<p><em>only</em> available for 6 weeks in the summer? Heck, I might only get 6 weeks of summer break... <em>grumble grumble...public school...grumble grumble</em>... </p>
<p>Is there a local college where you could attempt to call up some proffessors and ask for research opportunities?</p>
<p>shahein brought up a good suggestion... as someone who intends to pursue engineering or science/math, its impressive to get some research experience already, and this might be possible through your local college. i know several friends who got into top schools, and one of their activities included bio research at cal state fullerton. not that it will be the biggest boost your resume ever, but its a solid addition.</p>
<p>Please don't go start ANYTHING like some people here stated, and get yourself in more of a mess. </p>
<p>Rather, EXTEND on what you have, like the Link Crew thing, what about creating a program helping all freshman in local high schools? Tutor programs are nice, try getting other schools involved, etc.</p>