<p>Okay, don't want anyone feeling pity for me but here's my story. Before I start I appreciate anyone who reads this and gives me honest advice. </p>
<p>My dad pretty much abandoned my family when I was ten. I am 15 about to be 16 in a couple weeks and I haven't laid my eyes on him or spoken to him since then. My mother is an extremely busy attorney. We are not rich in due to the heavy load of expenses my mother has (i did part of her taxes once). Because I am the oldest child, I am pretty much responsible for all the house chores. I cook dinner for my mom and a full house(our uncle lives with us and our grandparents stay with us for periods of months at a time) everyday. My life right now is full with me going to school everyday and coming straight home. I lack any ECs except for Track(first year doing it too).</p>
<p>I do not plan to continue like this. In fact by the grace of God, I plan on getting a car summer before Junior year and from there I will become heavily active in my community. My main question to you guys is, seeing as I will be applying to colleges summer of SENIOR year, they will only see my ECs from one year(junior). How will that affect my chances? </p>
<p>On grades I am in all honors classes and except for Algebra 2(with a damn 85) I am an A student. The PSATs are coming up and that will pretty much determine my testing aptitude. (On state test I always get near perfect but I don't think state test compare to the SAT/ACT/PSAT). I have a very bright mind but I recognize, these days that just doesn't cut it.</p>
<p>My goals are not flat out Ivy League. It's not a do or die thing to me. However I do aspire to get accepted into a top 25-35 school that has some prestige. That is really important to me.</p>
<p>Once again, I appreciate everyone who even read this and posted some advice. Thank you, and God bless :D I also want to apologize for any grammar and spelling mistakes I made. I've had a long, tiring day( ran 16 100s in track and took a test in Spanish 3).</p>
<p>I also point out I'm not one of those "resume builders" who engage in countless EC simple because they aspire to have a detailed resume. I actually want to do certain things, but my schedule and responsibilities is just too much right now.</p>