Extra curriculars question/chance me (sorry, wrong thread section)

<p>Below I will post my info but my main question for this thread is should I do as much volunteering and EC's as i can, or just do what i like in the time frame i feel is comfortable for me to have free time? I have pretty hard classes and I go to a very competitive school and my gpa is not a problem but i am a bit unsure for what i do out of school. I mean i do lsome things but i feel im not putting all the time i could into what i do out of school. I want to go to an excellent college and im fretting over my lingering time in hs (although im only in 10th grade). Please leave a comment on my the best option is. Thanks!</p>

<p>5 APs by senior year: bio, macroecon, spanish lang, english, lang, us gov and politics
GPA by 3/4 done sophomore year: about 3.8
Took PSAT, go 169 (but cold turkey, no studying)
Guessing around 2100 for SAT next year</p>

<p>ECs
Hockey (jv 2 years, v 2 years)
Tennis (jv 1 year, v 3 years)
Cello (7 years) first stand senior year
Hebrew school aid
Temple youth group-board member next year and maybe president as senior
Organic garden club: sort of volunteering and a club
Not funded by school and we give our produce to cafeteria and local food banks</p>

<p>Volunteering
CT NOFA (northeast organic farming association) conference help over 2 days (15 hours roughly) part of garden club
Over summer: 3 week trip to yellowstone to help fix and maintain national park trails (80 hours roughly)</p>

<p>Major: NO idea</p>

<p>Also, i'd sort of like to make this a chance me so ill put some colleges i think would be good and suggestions for other schools would be appreciated. Thanks a lot!</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon
Tufts (legacy)
Emory
Vanderbilt
BC
Case Western
WashU St. Louis</p>

<p>CAn you bump your own thread? Who cares. bumpitty bump bump</p>

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Do what you like. There are many times in your life when you have to pretend to be what you aren’t, but two whole years is too much. The schools want to see what you’re passionate about, what you love, and what you show commitment to, not that you can put seventeen things in the EC spot.</p>

<p>That’s kind of the answer i had in the back of my mind the whole time. I think i really should just enjoy my next two years of high school and not worry so much about how many hours of something i did or what awards i won.</p>