<p>I hear a lot about u guys. Guess, you would like to help me too.
I’m a highschool senior and with a 3.7 GPA and am looking forward to get into MIT or one of the IVY league colleges. I am aspiring to be a theoretical physicist and thus, getting into one of these colleges is not a fancy but a life worth requirement for me.</p>
<p>I still have an year at my hand to do whatever I can to make through the admissions. I really really need your advice on what I should do and what the college admissions boards value.
Here are things I’ve thought of:</p>
<li><p>Writing a newspaer Column in one of the dailies on scientific topics: I’m good in modern physics and know stuff which generally amuses everybody. Would this be worth anything?</p></li>
<li><p>Teaching: I really enjoy teaching and 'm looking forward to tutoring some sophomore and junior guys in sciences and mathematics. This, I think, is taken with an applause by the colleges. Should I go forward?</p></li>
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<p>Besides what he said, I’m not sure if you realize how difficult it is to get into some of those colleges. A 3.7 is on the lower end of their applicant pool with regards to GPA. Some extracurricular like that will really not make you stand out at all. If you really wanna “guarantee” (and I say that with quotes because it really won’t ensure anything) you’ll get into one of those colleges (I’m assuming you’re applying to college next year for some reason?), you have to do some sort of extraordinary extracurricular or accomplishment. Like I’m not sure what your other ECs, grades, and scores are, but for something to really make you stand out especially this late in the game, you have to do something like get in the olympics, win a nobel prize, cure a disease, publish a paper in a major scientific journal, make a big scientific/other discovery, you get the point. I don’t mean to discourage you here or anything. Anything you do can definitely help, but don’t think it will get you in for sure anywhere. If you wanna do something, make sure its genuine, you enjoy it, it reflects your passions, and it doesn’t look like some random activity that you do to impress college admissions officers (which is what it is essentially). That’s all that really matters.</p>