<p>This year, I am planning on doing: Chorus, Newspaper, the Literary Magazine, School Magazine, Math Team, Varsity Hockey, an intensive Science Research program at my school, and a writing program outside of school. And I'm tutoring 2x a week. </p>
<p>I am a Junior. I am in honors everything and my school doesn't let you take AP's in Junior year but I have exhausted the math courses offered to 11th graders so I'm taking AP Stat. Oh, and I'm taking APUSH and if I have time I'll do AP Psych on my own. </p>
<p>I go to a rigorous private school and I get home at around 7 every day. I get a lot of homework.</p>
<p>Do you think I'm doing too much? Too little? I am aiming for Penn/Stanford/Brown. I like the things I'm doing after school, but I don't want to overload myself, and at the same time, I don't want to do too little because I don't want to regret it if I don't get into the college I want to get into.</p>
<p>How much do I have to do after school? Am I "well rounded" enough? Help!!!</p>
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<li><p>Only the very top colleges -- the places like the ones that you list -- care about ECs when it comes to admissions. That's because they have such an overabundance of highly qualified applicants that adcoms can make decisions based on more than stats.</p></li>
<li><p>When it comes to the top colleges, it's not the # of ECs that matter, it's the quality: leadership, impact, creativity, honors. If you're simply a member of lots of organizations, that won't help you. For the top colleges, you'll be competing with students who are state and national officers and award winners in one or two ECs.</p></li>
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<p>I'm the Junior editor of the school newspaper and I'm the editor of the school magazine. I might become a captain in Hockey this year (the season hasn't started yet). </p>
<p>The science and writing programs don't have captains. </p>
<p>Well, my hobby is writing. I do it out of school, in school, etc. I think that shows on my list, because over half of my "activities" involve writing.</p>
<p>is there any volunteer things ur interested i just came back from a hour spent playing games and hanging out at a deaf-blind center its not just community service its a blast the people there r so sweet and i dont know a ton of asl but everyones putting there time and effort in to teaching me more...(i only just started a while ago..)</p>
<p>For the best schools, you have two misconceptions.</p>
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<p>Who wants a brainsurgeon to operate on their child who also speaks Russian? Who cares! It's much more important that he keep all those latin words straight. If you truly happen to love all those things and can passionately pursure them, fine, but normally, pick your main love and go after it full steam.</p>
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<li>"Enough EC's"</li>
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<p>Similarly to number one: if your the best singer ever, no one will fault you for not being able to find your way around an algebra problem. But if you're just "good" at both, and just somewhat involved in both, your not special. No one will remember your application. </p>
<p>Both of these might be good things at ok schools, but for anything top tier, you should kick @$$ at what you love to do, and show both your passion and excellence.</p>
<p>It's much more important for a college app reader to create a wellrounded CLASS, not accept a wellrounded student. Just stick to those EC's that you are passionate about. It can be like 3 or 4 EC's if they all exemplify your passions, and you are very committed/ have a substancial leadership role in them. You don't have to cure cancer or build bathrooms in the middle of the Sahara desert, but you should show the readers some fire about you through your activities.</p>