How to improve ECs for Brown PLME

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I am currently a freshman in a highly competitive central Jersey high school. I am interested in building up ECs for eventually applying to Brown PLME. My weighted GPA is currently a 4.8, with unweighted being a 3.85ish. I am in mostly honors/ap courses and plan to finish 8 ap courses by the end of senior year. I am trying to improve my extracurriculars and hooks for PLME. SO far i have:

  • eagle scout (150+ hours of community service)
  • executive board of medical exploring program at St. Peters university hospital
  • about to begin working with a doctor at St. Peters (shadowing, research, etc.)
  • Work experience at a cub scout day camp
  • I plan on doing summer at brown, summer at princeton, and summer at yale by the end of high school
  • organizer of annual toy drive for local food/toy pantry (going on 4 years)
  • varsity wrestling
  • HOSA (prob executive board by senior year)
  • science olympiad

Hooks: first generation american, indian american interested in medicine, etc.

Is there anything I can do to improve my chances of getting into PLME by senior year, whether that be ECs or general tips to strengthen my applocation? Thanks in advance!

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the college summer camps are not worth the money and won’t help you.
Read this article:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurareston/2015/07/01/college-summer-programs-for-high-schoolers-are-they-worth-it/#460622e4b575

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the college summer camps are not worth the money and won’t help you.
Read this article:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurareston/2015/07/01/college-summer-programs-for-high-schoolers-are-they-worth-it/#460622e4b575

4

Just FYI, being Indian-American and interested in medicine is not a hook.

I agree with what the above poster says about summer programs.

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First-gen American is not a hook – first-gen college is.

My advice is to avoid this website for a couple years, do things that you love to do and try to make a positive impact on your community.

And instead of going to the college summer programs, get a summer job.