<p>I am a sophomore at Ringgold High School, and I am getting high As in all the highest classes I can take, so grades aren't a problem for me...yet. As of now, I'm not in too many extracurricular activities, especially not in any "leadership roles" colleges apparently love.</p>
<p>This is what I'm in, and I'm wondering if I should do more.</p>
<p>Gifted education
Debate (a competition within the school) 9th and 10th grade, and we won our matches
Stock market game 9th grade
JV mock trial (another within the school thing competition) 10th grade
Science Olympiad 6th-10th grade cant remember everything I won, I think I placed 3rd, 4th, 5th in my events at a regional level
Sadd (students against destructive decisions) 9th, 10th
hopefully TEAMS (a science/engineering thing) later this year
Government speech contest later this year
JV Academic Team 9th and 10th grade (a trivia game thing)
I applied to governor's school of the arts but don't know if accepted
I will also get a job and do some community service later this year, and maybe do a job shadow/seminar about the job shadow later this year</p>
<p>The thing is a lot of this stuff is within the school, and I don't have any kind of leadership role in any of them, but then again there aren't many other things available. In fact other than math league, English festival, varsity mock trial, and French club there literally is not any other academic extracurriculars, and I'm not good enough for sports. </p>
<p>I don't really know what I want to do at all, but I was wondering what level of college that level of stuff would get me into, and what else you could suggest for me to do.</p>
This is what I'm in, and I'm wondering if I should do more.
As a sophomore, your prospects for leadership in high school activities are limited. It seems like you've done more or less the right thing so far -- you've tried a whole bunch of different stuff. My suggestion: In your next two years, streamline and specialize. Pick one or two activities that are most meaningful to you, and dedicate yourself to those activities. By spending more time on those, you'll find more opportunities for leadership and recognition, including regional recognition in some cases, and you'll cultivate the depth of experience colleges associate with dedication and "passion." If you continue spreading your time among a dozen different activities, you don't give yourself much opportunity for more than showing up and being a member -- not as impressive.</p>
<p>But the very, very best advice I can give you is to get off of College Confidential and go live a normal life for the next year and a half. CC does have nuggets of good advice, but much of its content has little bearing on reality. It's a twisted place that breeds insecurity and unnecessary stress among fine young students like yourself, and the "chances" and "stats" that people post here are often exaggerated or manufactured. Save yourself. Leave now. Really. :)</p>