Incoming Junior, is it to late to get involved in extracurriculars that look good on apps?

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<p>PLEASE BE CRITICAL- College admissions are getting increasingly harder and I'm beginning to stress out. I'd appreciate advice on ways to improve in the next two years of high school that would beef up my college applications. I have an interest in neuroscience but I've searched and in my area there isn't a lot of activity/clubs for high schoolers to get involved. That is, unless they charge you 3,000$ or more! But I do read about it.
I'm looking at UC schools - UCD, UCI, CAL, UCLA, and Cal Poly SLO</p>

<p>*So far my extracurriculars include:</p>

<p>Link Crew (mentoring freshman during study hall)
Varsity Track freshman and sophomore year (I plan to continue all 4 years)
Yearbook - hopefully senior year I can become editor </p>

<p>*Next year I want to join a few more clubs and do more such as: </p>

<p>-Future Doctors of America club
-Caesar Chavez club(charity),
-Apply for an internship in STEM fields( I couldn't this summer because I was to young for almost all of them)
-volunteer at a local hospital (although getting accepted as a volunteer is hard work!)</p>

<p>*GPA: keep in mind I've taken the hardest classes available to my grade level throughout high school so far and plan to next year as well </p>

<p>Freshman year- 4.0 (all A's)
Sophomore year - 4.33 (all A's)</p>

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<p>The UCs are known for focusing a lot on your GPA and test scores. They claim to have “holistic” admissions, but honestly, external factors play very little in admission to the UCs.</p>

<p>Nonetheless, it is never too late to start getting involved. But of course, the old cliche swings around again - don’t do your activities for a college resume, do them because you are genuinely interested. If nothing interests you, consider finding a teacher sponsor to start your own club.</p>

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<p>Do something you’re passionate about. Don’t go out looking for something that will impress colleges. Instead, stumble upon something that you would want to do even if you weren’t applying to college. Being an incoming junior is not too late to find something like that; I discovered my passion in a volunteer organization the summer before my senior year and was able to write a lot of my college essays on it. Just make sure you’re doing stuff you love. Colleges can tell if you don’t have passion.</p>