what looks good????

rdeng2614
Tue, 30 Jun 2015 09:09:06 +0000

If you’re talking about public schools, then sure it’ll look good, but not nearly as good as that 4.0/2300 SAT.

If you’re talking holistic admissions with HYPSM, then nothing by itself will look ‘good’ to an admissions officers (except for something like International Math Olympiad Gold Medalist).
It’s all about what you do.
It doesn’t matter if you start a club your senior year. Making a club really won’t help your application much at the HYPSM level. Rather, making the club into something big, making the club positively impact the community in a big way; now that will look good.

Summer internship by itself will not impress HYPSM adcoms as too many people have had internships. Rather, doing something that other people can’t with that internship, or writing meaningful essays about your internship experience; now that will help you and make your activity look ‘good’.