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Do extracurricular activities weigh a lot on a college application?
Hi. So some background info about me. I'm currently a sophomore going into junior year. My GPA for this year is 3.72.
My Schedule this year is:
Literature
Accelerated Math 2
Spanish 2
Yearbook
Chemistry
World History
When I was a freshman I took AP Gov and scraped by an 84 after the AP weight and I got a 2 on the AP Exam. So I decided not to take AP World History like most people in my grade were doing. I this going to hurt my chances? I just didn't want to do badly on the exam again. The schools I'm thinking about applying to are:
NYU - MY DREAM SCHOOL!!
Boston College
Notre Dame
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Syracuse
UGA
Anyways...back to my question
I wanted to to know if extracurricular activities and being president of clubs count a lot towards your application because in my school being everyone gets involved in everything. Almost all my friends have amazing grades and perfect straight A's across the board and do extremely well in AP classes and I'm taking all normal classes and my grades fluctuate between A's and B's. There are also lots of people who do poorly in school and those who get mostly B's and a few A's. But they have sports and extracurricular to help back them up,
I'm in Spanish Club and Student Council. I wanted to run for officer for student council since I'm usually the one who spends most of my getting things ready for homecoming but other people want it also because it looks good on a college app. These things are usually popularity contests and I never end up in any position. So I'm stressing out about what to do!
I wanted to join a lot more clubs but there was always a miscommunication and I always never get in on time...so I was wondering since I'm going to be more involved junior and senior year(I'm determined to get in next year!), does that make me look like I'm only trying to get stuff in for my application rather than having a genuine interest in the clubs I'm joining? I don't know what to do anymore. College applications will be the death of me..
Thank you so much for listening to this LONG question.
I really appreciate it! :)
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