<p>Take advantage of the next year to develop a strong EC with perhaps an honor society. Don’t go EC nuts to try to compensate. Dig in deep to something academic that interests you. Continue next year to show dedication.
Don’t read or post in the chance threads. What you have in cc are the highly motivated students who are not a good sample of general students. Look at your schools Niviance for an idea of stats from students admitted from your school to top universities. Check colleges common data set to get an idea of what they consider most important in admissions.</p>