<p>Next year I shall be a junior in HS. However, I haven't joined any clubs yet (for the long term, that is), haven't done any volunteering, nor have I done sports for the long term. However, let me explain. As for sports: I did track/field freshman year and fell in love with it (I ran the 100 m and 200 m) and I loved to work my butt off for it; but, in sophomore year, I had two major bunionectomies ( and hence I cannot walk fully until mid-August). But I am very ambitious and very hard-working. I have maintained all A's and net year hope to continue my 'strive'; i.e. I am aiming for a 4.8 next year. My plans for this summer are to study as much physics as I can; i.e. get up to Quantum Field Theory ( that means a plethora of math, I do know that). My plans for next year are: to run the physics club at my school, to get published in my Journal for Youths in Science magazine, join the debate team, letter in track/field, peer tutor afterschool as well as at my local library and run for ABS; moreover, I am planning to get a part-time and possibly intern at a local fusion reactor/lab. THus, I am wondering-- do I have sufficient amount of 'time' to 'wow' the college-admins teams? Thank you very much. And thank you for your candor.</p>
<p>Write a well-developed essay about your situation to all of your prospective schools. The fact that you are maintaining your grades through all of this is phenomenal, and admission officers will love to see that. Score well on your standardized tests and you should be all set. Good luck and God bless.</p>
<p>Thank you CollegeEager. To be honest, I wouldn’t have let my ‘situation’ affect me, and hence I probably won’t write about it in my well-developed essay, but I shall not rule it out, of course. I’m very excited for next year because I really want to ‘go the distance’ and ‘succeed’. I realize that freshman and sophomore year I didn’t do anything extracurricular-wise ( I am one of the top students in class, though: I always discuss), but that is not going to deter me from succeeding; although my HS is very competitive and filled with very clever people. What I have learned is such: you have to be ruthless and unwavering in order to ‘stand out’. Thank you.</p>
<p>Planning is one thing, actually doing all of this is another. "Wow"ing the college admissions teams is rare because thousands of kids are doing the exact same thing, but the most important are high GPA’s and high SAT’s plus the time management of the EC’s.</p>
<p>I agree with you. A myriad of intelligent, wanting-to-succeed individuals try to ‘wow’ admins’ teams. And. moreover, you are correct: planning is different from actually doing something. There is no second-guessing for me next year: what I have set–planned-- to do, I shall commit. Thank you Bea.</p>