<p>Plans sounds impressive and I would say go for it. However, if your target is CalTEch, then I would suggest you go easy on the politics and concentrate of the science. It is OK to want to apply to the WestingHouse Competition (which does not exist today and has replaced by Siemens and Intel), but then you would need to spend time on doing the reserach, you cannot apply without that. Similarly for all the other competitions. Mock Trial and moot court may not be as impressive as being a Siemens Winner.</p>
<p>At the end of the day, it is the results that matter</p>