These are my ec’s and if there is any way I can improve them or advance in them please let me know
I put a (?) next to the tentative ones.
2 years of shadowing neurosurgeon
Science blog
FBLA four years (I might be able to get a position idk)
Red Cross Club (10-12; might get a position in the future)
Chemistry League (11-12)
Donation Drive (I collect clothes, books, etc. for 6 months and hand them out at the local homeless shelter // this is not affiliated with school)
Pre-med club (9-12; might be able to get a position)
Research with professor (?) (I want to do this but I dont know how to email the professors, please help me on my previous thread)
Founder of Art Club (?)
Math league (10-12)
Volunteering (through red cross and service learning)
These all sound great! Do work on getting leadership opportunities…but keep in mnd that leadership isn’t just a title…so VP of FBLA is one thing, but organizing a Donation Drive is another example of leadership.
Do you just college the clothes books on your own? Is it through another organization? Either way, could you talk to someone at school about collecting clothes and books there as well
Check out “How to be a High School Superstar” by Cal Newport. It may help you figure out how to expand the Donation project.
“The basic message of the book is this: Don’t wear yourself out taking as many classes as you can and being involved in every club and sport. Instead, leave yourself enough free time to explore your interests. Cultivate one interest and make it into something special that will make you stand out among the other applicants and get you into the toughest schools, even if your grades and scores aren’t stellar. Newport calls this the “relaxed superstar approach,” and he shows you how to really do this, breaking the process down into three principles, explained and illustrated with real life examples of students who got into top schools: (1) underscheduling—making sure you have copious amounts of free time to pursue interesting things, (2) focusing on one or two pursuits instead of trying to be a “jack of all trades,” and (3) innovation—developing an interesting and important activity or project in your area of interest. This fruit yielded by this strategy, an interesting life and real, meaningful achievements, is sure to help not only with college admissions, but getting a job, starting a business, or whatever your goals.”
