Extracurriculars & College

TheRealZix
Sat, 12 Mar 2016 06:36:52 +0000

Hey all, first post/thread here. (Wasn’t sure if this was the correct place to put this thread - sorry if it isn’t; having trouble navigating the forums)

I’m a sophomore in high school right now (class of 2018) and I get good grades at the moment (straight A’s this year; by the end of senior year my accumulative unweighted GPA will easily be 3.9, maybe if I’m lucky round to 4.0) but I have yet to take any extracurriculars, sports, clubs, etc. nothing. (I was in the empower club for like three weeks but I wasn’t there long enough to be considered a member) I know this is a problem. The third term is almost over, and I was planning on maybe finally joining a club my junior year or something. I am not into sports at all and they definitely are not an option.

I guess if I were to join a club that had to do with my interests, maybe the STEM club (I think that’s what it’s called) because I really love mathematics and I really love physics (and pretty much have a decent-sized interest in anything STEM-related). I want to major in Computer Science and Mathematics (double major) in college. I don’t know, I guess nothing is concrete, considering I’m only in 10th grade (is it normal for me to have an idea for a major? not sure when I’m supposed to start thinking and planning for college). I’ve been semi-interested in the Universit[y/ies] of California but I really am not sure right now. I live in Utah, and everyone’s been telling me out-of-state tuition is a waste of money and it’s too expensive and I should just go to USU (they offer the majors i want and it’s a good college). And they have a point, I guess.

What I’m asking is a couple things: What should I do about my extracurriculars (what clubs to join? how many? I’m taking 3 AP classes and an honors class next year) and is it really that big a deal if I just go to USU instead of worrying about all these out-of-state applications?

Sorry if this post was too long. It’s late and I’m tired.

Thomas