Please help......

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am currently a sophmore at a high school in the Milwaukee suburbs. I am posting this thread because I just simply want to know what I can do to improve my situation. Here are my stats so far.
_<strong><em>FRESHMAN YEAR</em></strong>
SEM 1 GPA - 3
SEM 2 GPA - 3
MATH CLUB MEMBER
SPANISH CLUB MEMBER
PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB MEMBER
- this year sucks and I regret it</p>

<p>_<strong><em>SOPHMORE YEAR</em></strong>
SEM 1 GPA - 3.75
SEM 2 GPA - ?
Q3 GPA - 3.95
Q4 GPA - ? hope fully higher with AP Cred.
I'm taking AP Java and next week I have my AP Exam
Computer Officer Math Club
Spanish Club member
News Paper columnist and writer
Chosen twice for Academic Olympics
Planned ACT Score - 29
Current GPA - 3.3
---also I am a Russian immigrant-----</p>

<p>This summer I also plan to get a job and volunteer at a hospital. I am also a musician and I have been involved in art for quite some time.</p>

<p>If I keep on improving my overall record, do you think I will have a chance at getting accepted at well known public universities?
Ex - UW Madison
- Univ. Minnesota
- UCSC
- etc.
Also if I raise my stats, could I have a shot at going to NYU?</p>

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<p>EC very low. All those clubs take like less than 3 hours a week. You should do sports or join more clubs cuz with these ECs are poor</p>

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<p>Well, I will also tutor kids in math next year, and try out for NHS and Spanish NHS. It's just that I have never been good enough to play sports because I'm not athletic. If it helps I've also been selected by a teacher to go to an international technological leadership forum (not a scam).
<a href="http://www.nylf.org/tech/index.cfm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nylf.org/tech/index.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Islav:</p>

<p>UCSC: Match (out of state)</p>

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<p>NYLF is not a scam, but it is worthless... like NSLF and all the others, its purpose is experience, not prestige.</p>

<p>I was selected (along with anyone else who wanted to be selected) from my school. I don't think NYU or UCSC would be especially impressed.</p>

<p>I also agree that your ECs don't take enough time... if you're tutoring kids in math, it would have to be at least 5 hrs/week to look impressive. Could you become a newspaper editor? That would help a bit.</p>

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<p>Well thanks everyone. All I can do now is study, study, study and try out for new ec's next year. Thanks again.</p>

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<p>How do you plan to get a job at a hospital?</p>

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<p>Join sport, it doesn't matter how good you are. I was a benchwarmer my first year of water polo on Varsity (cuz I have never played before), but now I am very athletic swimmer, even though my times aren't great over last 2 years I've been spending 10-12 hours on sports each week and this is impressive. College don't cxare how fast/strong you are. The like it as long as you do it.</p>