Please evaluate my ECs? (for sophomore)

Applying to College
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<p>(academic stat is good so I won't mention it)</p>

<p>Writing:
School literary magazine (founder, editor-in-chief)
School newspaper (editor-in-chief)
National student literary magazine (head poetry editor, might get editor-in-chief in junior or senior year)
Writes for city newspaper
Screenwriter for film club, assistant director
Founder and editor of LGBT blog that features weekly writers
Taught writing at local elementary school (50 hours, got fired because of new policy at school)
Organizer of annual school literary festival
-lots of national writing awards, some prestigious, some not so much</p>

<p>Miscellaneous:
NHS secretary
Orchestra
Honors Ensemble
Fencing (nationally ranked)</p>

<p>Summer plans:
Internship at government office/summer arts camp (creative writing)
SAT tutoring
Volunteer at LGBT film festival</p>

<p>Next year's plans:
-get extensively involved with the LGBT rights movement (as a straight person in a place where the LGBT community is invisible) by organizing protests, creating petitions (lots of unfair things happening right now!), creating this art/poetry video project about LGBT rights w/ spoken word poets and LGBT poets --> not doing this for college, I really support them all!
-do a lot of acting...as in join the city drama club, create a drama club at my school's elementary level students (approved by principal) and train them for national competition, internship as local drama company...I'm running out of ideas, help?
-run for student council
-raise money to buy books for underprivileged children
-write & publish children's books</p>

<p>Do you think they're pretty competitive ECs? I don't really have anything that stands out, I know, but would this list show a clear interest/focus on my passion? I'm looking at some of the top schools so what do you think I need to do to strengthen my ECs? Plus, I'm from a low-income family ~30K a year and I'm receiving an academic scholarship from school. The school administrators have high expectations of me so they are very supportive with whatever it is I do.</p>

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<p>Bump</p>

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<p>No comment on your ECs but being from a low income situation, you should definitely investigate questbridge.org</p>

<p>Good luck to you</p>

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<p><em>Bump</em></p>

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<p>Not really my place to give out info since I’m a sophomore myself, but your EC seems plenty, and definitely more than what I have. Not sure if it’s enough for your college choice, but it looks impressive to me, and looks like your focus is on writing and literature, so you want to emphasize that when you do your application to show your skills and commitment in that field.</p>

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<p><em>bump</em> lol…</p>

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<p>They are amazing, but a college is going to question how committed you really are to each one because you have so many. It seems like you are padding your resume instead of trying to get the experience.</p>

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<p>Why don’t you just do what you like and not worry about what colleges think? There’s an idea. If you’re planning activities to be “competitive”, that’s honestly so artificial and disingenuous. Stop.</p>