<p>Extra curriculars
-Cross Country
-Track &Field
-Cantonese Club
-Ping Pong Club
-Key Club
-CSF Club
-Go Club (?)
-Nursing Home (200 hours maybe)
-Various Community Service (the usual)
Schedule
-Honors Algebra 2/Trig
-Honors English 9
-Honors World Geography
-Honors Molecular Biology
-Freshmen/Sophmore PE
-Level 1 French</p>
<p>Your classes don’t look really difficult, but you might want to reconsider that many clubs, especially in addition to community service. Perhaps reduce the number you’re considering (5) joining/remaining in. Quality over quantity- you can’t really devote yourself to that much and you’ll end up mediocre in a lot of things, rather than exceptional in a select few.</p>
<p>Your many clubs hurt your chances more than help. Find 3-4 that you truly love and stick to them</p>
<p>Should I drop the Cantonese club? I think it is a waste of time for me. But, I don’t want to hurt my friend’s feelings. He told me to join the club, so he can have a friend in it. Likewise, he joined Cross country, although he dropped out of it after one day. I also like playing Go, but there is no one in the club. It is kinda boring being in there.</p>
<p>On top of that I have to help my dad with the wallpaper business. As you know family comes before yourself. My dad says that a lot. Each day once I get done with school, I have to go and help him. It is a pain in the butt actually. I feel like I am doing too much extra curriculars, but my sister told me to join as many things as I can. She graduated from UC Berkeley with honors in Sociology and Environmental Biology. </p>
<p>Cross country and track and field are in different season. I will probably join NHS next year, along with working at the zoo during the summer.</p>
<p>My school is just average. I am pretty much only one of the two taking Adv. Alg 2 w/ trig. And i might have to take 3 AP classes as a sophmore</p>
<p>Those clubs sound like jokes, just saying.</p>
<p>I had the exact same schedule as you…
And I survived. Freshman year is easy.</p>
<p>Remember, it is not mandatory to state ALL your clubs in your college app. You pick which clubs to state. If you are in a club and it means a lot to your friend, just stay. However, you also want to put your time into things that really matter to you.</p>
<p>Most of your clubs are most likely meaningless to you. Your actual schedule for school is not that difficult.</p>
<p>The truth is that you are the only person that knows if that is too much. I don’t know what you are capable of.</p>
<p>Don’t underestimate the transition into high school. That alone can hurt your grades some and all those clubs might get in the way even more.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say too difficult, becuase l think I’ve seen people manage way tougher, but it really depends on the person. You can start off with a few clubs and add more as you go along.</p>
<p>At my school the key club is the biggest. CSF, I wouldn’t say it’s a really big club. It just helps you get scholarship money for your grades. I am just thinking of dropping ping pong, since it isn’t such a huge thing for me. I Also love to do running, so I’m keeping those 2 sports. </p>
<p>I’m not worried about my classes, it’s just that I may not have enough time to do homework and study.</p>
<p>I’m just aiming for uc Davis, uc irvine, and sac state for worst case scenario</p>
<p>The thing that UCs look for the most is dedication and how involved you are with the club. So it’s not going to look good if you’re just a member of the club for a year or two and do nothing with it. </p>
<p>Honestly, if all you’re looking for is UC Davis/ Irvine, you can just drop Cantonese/ Ping Ping/ CSF. You can definitely get into those UCs without those clubs and in fact, on the application, you only have five spots to put your best extracurricular activities.</p>
<p>You’ve got to do Go Club. Then you can impress future lovers with your Go skill - after you teach them how to play.</p>
<p>-Cross Country: keep it and track as a main prong of your work ethic and possibly talent. Maybe if you’re really bad (like 20min+ and not on varsity) then you could put it on the back burner if you end up not liking it as much.
-Track &Field: shares same time commitment with xc
-Nursing Home (200 hours maybe): No college will care that much, as it is run of the mill, but keep it if it isn’t that stressful.
-Various Community Service (the usual): IMO it is better to focus on one volunteer thing. Like have a purpose you are going for.</p>
<p>-Cantonese Club
-Ping Pong Club
-Key Club
-CSF Club
-Go Club (?)
@all the other clubs: focus on a few main ones. Right now you are probably showing up once a week or so, so it’s more like an activity you do when you have some spare time. Try to pick one or two that you get really involved in.</p>
<p>Be a master of one trade (or damn good at a few) rather than a jack of all (unless you can be a master of all, which is pretty hard)</p>
<p>Let’s be clear. You can join little meaningless clubs and not put it on a college application. I did that with French Club. Was it fun? Yes. What it important? No. Colleges don’t need to know about every club you join…</p>
<p>Samonuh is right.
you can stick to all the clubs if you think you can handle it. Just don’t put all of them on the common app</p>
<p>The family business thing is actually by far the most impressive of all of those (although cross country/track are important and nothing wrong with volunteering)</p>
<p>You’re a freshman, OP. Why are you already worried about college apps? Relax a little and try to enjoy high school. You’ll only be here once.</p>
<p>I think you should start off in all of them, but drop a few as the year goes on. That’s what most freshman did at my school. You figure out which 3 clubs you really like and stick with those/try to get leadership there.</p>