PLZ chances/ec improvement? :)

College Search & Selection
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<p>I go to a public high school with a reputation for being quite rigorous and prestigious, ranked in the nation's top 50. I'm a current junior, and beginning my preliminary search for colleges, and trying to sort out some reaches, probables, and safeties, and I'd love some advice!
These are my stats so far, I'm planning to take the SAT again to raise some of my lower scores...</p>

<p>SAT: 2100 (CR:680 M:650 W:770)
GPA: 3.73 unweighted </p>

<p>ECs:
Dance Classes/Company: ~10 hours per week, 8 years
Student Council: 1 year
Science Research Program: 3 years (spending summer in a professional lab to study genetics and write lab report)
Work: Dance Studio: 2 years...hoping to work at an local indie movie theater over the summer
Writer for school newspaper- 2 years
Staff Writer for school media/culture magazine - 2 years
Editor/Contributor to school creative writing magazine- 2 years</p>

<p>*i'd love suggestions for how i can increase/improve my ECs because I feel they are a little bit lacking</p>

<p>Awards:
Top 10% Toshiba Exploravision
Semi-Finalist NCTE Competition</p>

<p>As I said previously, I need help composing a list. I'm hoping to do something with English; possibly fiction writing or screenwriting in the long-term... on my preliminary list so far are</p>

<p>Hamilton
Colgate
Middlebury
Kenyon
Emory
Vanderbilt
Bowdoin
Bates
Pomona
Rice (legacy)
WashU St. Louis
Tufts</p>

<p>I'd love to hear your opinions of where you think may be reaches or probables for me and what I can do to improve my resume! Thank you!</p>

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<p>For activities, do what you love! For you that looks like arts and culture.</p>

<p>If you like performance, create a series for your public library or a nursing home.</p>

<p>If you love to write, take an online scriptwriting class and have a portfolio to show. Maybe find some like-minded classmates and actually make a film or video. Does your community have a public access channel? Take the training they offer and learn to produce public interest tv.</p>

<p>There are lots of possibilities. Don’t do something to impress a college; do it because it sounds like fun and will build your skills.</p>