paki786

okay so im a HIGH SCHOOL sophomore going into my junior year (08-09).
i am really aiming to get into a BS/MD program in 2 years.
i am sort of worried about my extracurriculars so please HELP!!

Extracurriculars:
9th and 10th grades.

-Freshmen Track
-Student Council Representative
-Yearbook staff
-Volunteer at hospital- so far 50 hours -- will be like 100-200ish by end
-Quiz Bowl team member
-Spanish Honors Society (i doubt this will count, i barely did anything)
-Health Occupation Students of Am. - club member

that is about it right now.

this summer i am planning on:
-more Hospital volunteering
-doctor job shadowing
-Red cross volunteering
-i might look into EMS volunteering (i dont know how to get in there tho, help me if u can)

Next year (junior year), i doubt i will have any time in the school year for too much extracurriculars. I am getting a job at a hospital clerikal type. It requires about 20 hours of work a week. Thus, i will be working hard to just manage that and school.

How are my ECs looking so far? What else should i do to make my chances at BS/MD programs better? Should i not work next year and focus on ECs?
we are sort of low-income and the job will get me some experience even though it is clerical type but in a hospital setting.
Advice/help?

joelmac

My advice is to post this in a different section of the forum, since most of the people in the AP test section are here to talk about AP tests.

But yeah your extracurriculars look fine, I'd try to become an officer in a club or something so it looks like you were a little bit more involved though.

Invoyable

This really seems like the wrong place to post your Extracurriculars in AP section, but your sh'tuff's look nice.

Placidia

Try the "What are my chances" thread!

you'llsee...

they're okay

PBailey

They're definitely better than mine. I think grades and standardized test scores are much more important now that selective colleges are getting flooded with overachievers with lots of breadth when it comes to extracurriculars but not so much depth.

Ilovesoftball44

I agree with the above post you need more depth in your ec's. Leadership matters more than quantity.

paki786

sorry guys, but on the other forums no body answers. You guys at least answer on here and provide good feedback but yes i do agree it is the wrong place to post.