These are all reaches.
I am looking at your desire to be away from Missouri?
With the UC’s, you need to understand that a plethora, or list of activities, is not going to impress the admissions committees. These universities do a holistic review and they formulate classes according to the applications that have come in, and the PIQ responses.
I think what people are trying to tell you is to streamline your laundry lists because your common app will have limited space.
I don’t know why every kid thinks he has to start a nonprofit.
The UC application is a beast in itself. It won’t open till November 1 and closes November 30.
The UC’s are publicly supported universities. The taxpayers fund these schools so the priority for admission goes to residents. You’re competing against other non-residents who have laundry lists, like you, in an impacted major.
Also, for the UC’s, instate residents have had practice in writing their PIQ’s, in their English classes, for at least 2 years.
Our son’s activities were similar but they were unintentional. He didn’t strive to gain awards, they were just given to him. He only submitted however, information on his sports teams, Boy Scouts and part-time work. I don’t think he had any leadership roles other than directing the construction of a storage building for his school (Eagle).
He was in a very large high school and yet every staff member spoke highly of him and often sought him out to help new students.
He got into every school where he applied and ended up at Caltech. He didn’t get into Stanford but we figured that’s because he sent in his application late.
So it’s not how long you can make your list, it’s how you handle a few of the activities that make you who you are
(He is now a computer software engineer.)