Northwestern Summer Cherubs What Should I Do?!

raiderade
Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:19:43 +0000

Massive extra curricular overload is NOT good. Colleges would rather see depth than breadth. What you really need to do is hone in on a few activities that you really enjoy and pursue them as much as possible. If it is the Lymphoma Society that you are really passionate about, then really put your heart into it; try to raise as much money as you can, campaign market, try to get on a local news station, anything. I would recommend trying to get into Cherubs next year as an excellent pre-college program.

In addition to your ECs, you MUST bring up your GPA and potentially even strengthen your courseload. Is there any way you can take an AP history next year? And, unfortunately on top of all this, I would suggest studying HARD this summer for the PSATs and SATs. PSATs will get you good recognition if you do well enough (201+). And the SATs are of course critical. Since you are taking Biology this year and just took World History, I would suggest registering to take the WH subject test in the fall and Biology in May or June of this year.