<p>I will become a junior this Sept.I feel like I'm in a crisis. I feel like I'm doing too much, but I feel that if I drop an activity I'll be doing too little. Here is what I have so far:</p>
<p>-Straight A's freshman and sophomore year [I've taken higher level courses] GPA: around 4.3
-Volunteer: Medical Center, Red Cross, Art Museum, Temple [Museum & Temple are what I'm currently involved in]
-SAT Classes [right now] shooting for a 2300+ but on soph PSAT got 1860 and Kaplan diagnositc test: 1740 :/
-Tae Kwon Do [Purple belt]
-Piano Lessons
-"Co-Leader" position in cultural youth meetings [just got it] Extremely devoted to temple activities
-Couple of clubs at school [Secretary position in Pre-med club]</p>
<p>Am I doing too much or too little? My biggest goal is to qualify for NMSQT junior year. How would colleges look at me? Also, I plan to apply for various scholarships to make myself stand out. Any suggestions? Help would be Greatly Appreciated..</p>
<p>You’re not doing too much, unless you are feeling burned out and lacking sleep, which is something only you can determine. </p>
<p>Think about what exactly you want to accomplish in college, what you want to study. Are you targeting your activities toward establishing what your passion is? </p>
<p>BTW … jumping from 186 to 230 is pretty ambitious. I mean, do your best, but what will be will be. Focus much of your college search based upon your real test scores, not your wished for scores. Good luck.</p>
<p>Any scholarship suggestions? How big of a role do they play? I mean, I was thinking that they’d help me ‘stand out.’ among the admission process. I really like art, but I’ll most like major in chemistry. I’m not sure what I want to do in college yet. [i wish i knew] But I’m thinking: Pharmacy or Biochemical Engineering</p>
<p>Applying for scholarships will help your financial aid, but generally they are announced after college admissions are decided, so those will not help admissions. The ones that are based on need also will not have any effect. (Your scores and GPA will already have been analyzed by the colleges so the merit based ones will be no surprise to adcoms.)</p>
<p>Agree with fauve here. Drop the word “scholarship” and replace it with the word “awards” or “honors.” Like chem? There are a ton of science competitions where you can demonstrate your chemistry passion. Art? Same thing. For app purposes, a trophy, certificate, or ribbon is just as good as a scholarship check. The idea is to find things you like and to get off the bench and into the game.</p>
<p>Thank You So Much! I plan to apply for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. And I’ll do more research on other scholarships. These will help me stand out on apps right? Are there any specific honorable awards or competitions offered by certain organizations? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Use your search engine. Also, utilize your HS as a resource. Ask your teachers in those subjects. They are most likely to know about local competitions, many of which can lead to state, regional, or national honors. In art as well as in science, many kids enter local or county-wide competitions and then use the same project or work, once it has been honored locally, and enter it in higher level competitions.</p>