How do my EC's look for top schools?

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<p>Hey, I'm a rising senior, and I was wondering how my EC's look for schools such as UVA, Duke, Cornell, Dartmouth and Wake Forest..My grades are pretty good, and I go to a relatively-competitive public school in NY. Thanks! </p>

<p>I started a book drive this year and collected 5,000 books and donated them to a poor school.
I'm a three-season JV athlete, maybe captain next year.
I'm an editor on my school newspaper.
I'm President of NHS at my school.
I'm Student Rep to the Board of Ed.
I came 2nd in the state in DECA and competed in Orlando for nationals.
I volunteer with my church and at a local hospital.
I compete in Science League.</p>

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<p>The book drive is probably one of your best because it shows initiative. Otherwise, not lacking, but not stellar. They could be better for Duke and Dartmouth, but for the others, they’re probably fine depending on academics. If academics are strong, ok. If academics are weak, ecs won’t cut it.</p>

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<p>Well, you have alot of leadership positions and alot of volunteer work. Not too much extra-curricular, but just enough. Sounds GOOD :)</p>

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<p>average, you have to realize kids who want to go to the ivies strive for the best. to get into uva probably 3.85 gpa, 31 act(33 to feel good) duke, dartmouth, cornell 3.9 gpa 33 act
wake 3.75 gpa, 30 act
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<p>Ok thank you guys! Anything else I could do before application time to improve my EC’s? How much would being captain of a sport add?</p>

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<p>bumpppppppppp</p>

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<p>GPA/ standardized tests / courseload?</p>

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<p>This was just supposed to be EC’s, but 2240 SATs, 8 APs, and 4.2 GPA. Around top 10 percentile, although school does not rank.</p>