<p>I guess this is a chancing post and an advice-seeking post at the same time. Please chance me for UPenn, Brown, UChicago, JHU, Columbia, Swarthmore, Northwestern, Boston U</p>
<p>Rising Junior
Asian female; NJ
Haven't taken SAT yet but PR Natl Testing Day Score was 2200 (don't know how accurate that is) and PSAT was 214.
GPA: 5.29 W, 4.2 UW
All Honors classes and AP Lang Comp, AP US Hist next year.</p>
<p>ECs:
INK! Literary Mag: Mag Editor (11)
Yearbook: staff (9-10), possibly Business Editor next year; if not, def. some kind of editor by senior year
Newspaper: Staff writer (9), Asst Op Editor (10), Op Editor and Managing Editor (11), likely for EIC (12)
Science Olympiad: 4th place regional (10)
Knowledge Masters: 7th in the state (10)
Orchestra: played since 6th grade for fun, Orch Council Librarian (11)</p>
<p>Volunteering:
500+ hrs from Chinese summer camp since middle school (Since I'm still volunteering at this place in high school, can I count the middle school hours too?)
Hospital volunteering </p>
<p>Paid internship this summer at Liberty Science Center (Museum)</p>
<p>So the advice seeking portion:</p>
<p>I've been writing for the English insert in a community Chinese newspaper. I have a chance to run for assistant editor but since I'm already editor of my school paper, lit mag, and yearbook (by 12th grade at least), will it really do much to be the editor of another paper? This position will require 2-3 hrs per week, and I'm not sure if I can handle that without dropping one of my activities.</p>
<p>P.S. I really love writing but I don't think I can make a career out of it, so I might pursue pre-med (ugh stupid influential Asian parents), but as of now, I don't think I can get into a good school if I come off as a typical pre-med Asian. Should I keep up this "hide your pre-med intentions" ploy? Blehhh don't even know if I really want to do pre-med.</p>
<p>Thanks for reading this very confusing post.</p>