Help me please

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Hi, I’m new to this. I’m a rising sophmore and I’m beginning to I guess show interest is some colleges. I’ll start off by saying this year I had a 3.2 GPA. After moving to a new place this year it was hard for me to adjust and I had to deal with a couple of bad experiences at school. I’m normally a 4.0 student but this year I sadly wasn’t. That being said, I’ll give some “stats”

3.2GPA
(Taking algebra 2 and Spanish 2 online right now so I can be head next year)

Sophmore classes:
Spanish 3 Honors
A.P. Computer Science
Chemistry Honors
English (no honors offered)
Math Analysis( pre calculus)
World history( no honors/ap offered)
Social physiology/ TEacher assistant (1/2 sem)

Extra Curriculars:
Jack and Jill( Black youth group outside of school, officer)
Black student union (founder, president)
Key club (officer)
Service learning club (officer)
Buisness and finance club( officer)
Basketball (will play for all four years
Track( starting next year, will play for three years)
Guitar for four years.

Job experience-
15 hrs paid as a basketball score clock runner
Will do something this summer

Community service:
40 hrs

Urm and dad went to Yale.

That being said, I’m dedicated to that 4.0. It’s normally something I can do, just this year was a little fought for me. I guess ending high school my gpa will be a 3.77 if I consistentally get a 4.0 for the next three years. My high school is very competitive as well.

I would like to know if I’m on a good track I guess. I understand it’s premature, but I would just like to be prepared for my chance. Thanks in advance.

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Hi! Im no expert by any means on this topic, but I share similar ambitions. I’m currently a rising junior and wish that I had been more committed to my pursuits as a sophomore. I’ve done a lot (and I mean A LOT) of reading about the college admissions process recently. The best advice I could give is to keep developing what makes you unique. When you think about it, there are thousands upon thousands of highly qualified applicants. What matters is how you market yourself. How do YOU stand out from other students? That being said, it looks like you have quite a diverse extracurricular agenda. Keep that up. Follow through with what you enjoy, until you reach positions of leadership (This is what I personally regret the most. I dropped many of my extracurriculars, despite them being what I love, to a pursue a 4.0 at my highschool, which is also very competitive.) Use and share your talents to make you stand out. If you haven’t already, start practicing skills such as public speaking, and perfect your writing now to make the rest of highschool easier. These will also help develop leadership skills. It also may help to begin some preliminary SAT prep. SAT scores are an important part of college admissions, and it will help for you to be ahead.
Best of luck!