<p>I'm a rising junior in high school and academically I've done pretty well in the past two years (4.25 weighted gpa, 3.7 unweighted) but my extracurriculars have been a bit lacking. My SATs will be fine and probably in the 2100s range and I got a 790 on the Math 2, but so far the only EC's I can really put down are a year of two different JV sports. I wrestled as a freshman, sucked at it, and played football this year, and although I did alright, I'm definitely on the small side and am not going to make much of an impact on varsity. Recently, I volunteered at my temple's youth group for a whole month and I plan to do so again next year, but that's definitely not enough. I'm thinking about getting into FBLA and NHS, but I don't really know what these entail and if I could just jump into FBLA as a junior. I was thinking about doing varsity track pretty much for the sole reason of getting a varsity letter. I can currently run around a 6 minute mile time which definitely isn't good enough for varsity but I can definitely cut that down a lot as I've been out of shape lately. Basically, I'm far from nonathletic, but I'm short and not the kind of guy that someone would look at and think, "Yeah, he definitely plays sports." I'm probably over-stressing, but I want to make sure I have a balanced application. If anyone has any other suggestions of what I could do, feel free to share. I certainly don't want to do fluff EC's, but I don't have to have a burning passion for them. I've pretty much got a year to load them up. Also, I play the drums, so I could do something with the jazz band if I worked at that too. I just don't want to overload my schedule since I'm taking 4 AP classes next year and am set on getting a 4.0.</p>
<p>Does your temple do other volunteer activities? Getting involved with a religious organization is very good for a college application. Also, getting involved with music also looks great so definitely do jazz band. Does your school over Key Club or any other type of volunteer organization? Student government/writing for the school newspaper are both extra curriculars that look great and don’t necessarily have to be that hard.</p>
<p>If sports aren’t your thing, then you don’t have to do sports. People seem to think that EC’s are like a checklist (must play sports, must do art, must play an instrument, etc.) but really you just need to find one, two, maybe three things that you’re really passionate about and stick to it. </p>
<p>Also, you say you sucked at wrestling - but trust me, wrestling is one of the few sports where being small can definitely give you an advantage (more muscle mass compared to your opponents, less vulnerable to shots, easier for you to do takedowns, the list goes on). It’s never easy the first year, but you’ll get better. It’s one of those sports that isn’t really a natural gift, but you can easily improve through hard work and practice.</p>