Hi,
I’m new to CC so I apologize if I put this in the wrong category aha. I’m a grade 10 student in Canada looking to apply to top-tier business schools in Canada (Queens, UWO, York, UofT, UBC, McGill, etc.). I have a 4.0 unweighted GPA and a 97% average for this school year so far. Unfortunately, I go to a very small private school so there are no AP/Honours courses except for AP Math in grade 12 (which I plan on taking). I would like to compensate my lack of rigorous courses with better and more extracurriculars, however my ECs are currently sub-par since I dropped a lot of ECs in the past two years. Right now, my extracurriculars are:
- Founder/president of my school’s community outreach club (volunteering at various organizations/events and fundraising)
- Yearbook club
- Writing club
- Piano student (3 years)
- Top volunteer at an organization; by the time I graduate I’ll have volunteered there alone for approx. 200 hours
Here are some of the extracurriculars I plan on taking up: - Student council treasurer in gr 12 (no guarantee)
- Teaching myself German (I would like to gain fluency)
- Photography (potentially I would like to enter competitions, start a photography blog, etc.)
- Competitive horse riding
- Youth council for my city
- Duke of Edinburgh’s Award program
- Tutoring
- Starting another club - any ideas?
- Other volunteering of course (summer camps, school programs, etc.)
What do you guys think? Are any of the ECs I’m interested in not worth pursuing? Can you suggest any other quality extracurriculars? Any other advice? What were some of your ECs that got you into business school?
Thank you!