[g-yo]

Blah, a lot of people are saying, you're just a frosh in high school, you have plenty of time, blah blah blah, but that's not going to cut it for Ivy Leagues and Stanford, and UCB even! I really need to get started on some good volunteering. I wanted to find the best and unique I could, but I need some help.

Right now my extra curriculars are:
-Cross Country {Fall} It kills X]
-Speech
-Debate
-Interact
-JETS {A math club w/ engineering. The problems are like O___O when you see them}
-Christian Club --- but I haven't really been active in this club so I don't know.

I want to help out in the Stanford Hospital here, but my future career is a lawyer & I want to major in English/Literature. I really really wanted to do any volunteer activities relating to the English area {like newspapers, which I can later, I might start trying to apply to write for The Mercury News. Ok, that's more extra curricular, but oh well}. I also wanted to do any volunteer activities related to legal areas/law, but every time I search up on something, it's for lawyers, or law students. Way too late I should say?

I'm thinking of going into Honors Society, running for officer {which I didn't do this year because I was totally new to the school and district. I didn't have much chance because I didn't know anybody, except for the few friends I made at the time}, peer tutoring {maybe start a ELD one?}, I quit piano, so I don't have any music background anymore, and I didn't enter any competitions, I need to find the right church and start volunteering, working at a homeless shelter?, and I wanted to join some kind of State Girls thing, but I never got any info.

I really need suggestions for community service. The only kind of community service I'm doing right now is Interact. My school doesn't have a Junior Red Cross, and I'm thinking that might be a good idea. Will somebody help me? Should I just go for medical volunteering too? I'd love to help out, but I really want these volunteer activites to reflect my future aspirations.

Thank you so much if you can help ^^

Can you tell me what volunteer activities you guys are doing and some you may recommend for me? And maybe some extra curricular? I'm in California, around the Bay Area/San Jose-ish area if someone can give me more specific activities ^^;;

I have another question. Has anybody taken sports in the spring {Well of course}, but has it really affected your studying for tests like STAR tests, or SAT, SAT II, etc. etc.? Because when I did Cross Country, my minimum sleeping range was like 10:00 pm because practice finished around 5:30.

Thank you! 감사합니다!

[indianbabe]

Aww! Just relax lol. Your volunteering position doesn't have to reflect your future...just do what you LIKE! =]

[HoO8MyRiCe]

thats alot of ec. good jbo but dont over do yourself, your grades are much more important, so when your grades start to suffer and u get stressed out more often, id drop a few.

be wwell rounded, so says my counselor. and it shows u're doing pretty well as long as ur grades are good. youve got clubs and sports.

for volunteering, go to the unitedway website and search for the stuff around where you live. theres alot.

ur lucky u found soompi when ur fresh.. i didnt know anything until last and this year. lol. im screwed


btw, good volunteer hours come from church and school service stuff. talk to ur counselor about it.

This post has been edited by HoO8MyRiCe: 24 December 2005 - 11:10 PM

[Avex]

up near oakland, there's the chabot space and science. i work there as a volunteer =).
dude, if i was one of those guys who wanted to see if ur good enough for college, i'd let u in (if you had good grades/SAT scores xD)!

but anyway, don't worry so much man. ur perfectly fine. im a freshman too. colleges dont wanna see u do it all. yeah, they want u to do some extra-cur., but don't do too much. ur already fine.

im taking tennis as a spring sport btw. im quite worried myself about my grades too, but i can work hard.
interact... ahh, my school has interact. im not sure about how active it is though cuz im not in it. the clubs in my school seriously suck. the only active ones are CSF and GSA and all the other clubs based on intrests (art, drama, etc.). KIWINS had a lot of people the first day but dwindled down.

[HT2791]

ugh im freshman, and Partial IB makes u do like 17.5 hours of volunteering to get a IB certificate..
i already have atleast 10.. (74 hours over the summer but only 10 hours accpeted T_T )
i just need 5 hours plus for art..

maybe volunteer at a local museum?

[Eddie]

Cross Country is a lot of work and the college people know that.
I used to get home at 7:30 -____________-"
What's important is that you continue these activities every year until you graduate. Perhaps you can become the President/Vice President of the club, or even form new clubs (where you'll be Pres. or something).

If you do in fact join spring sports, I don't think you'll need community service (unless you do it in the summer or something). Sports take away the MOST time imo, but don't let your school grades drop.

And then I guess you can top it off with community service. But don't do the mundane and ordinary nursing home this, hospital that. If you really want to stand out, do something different. Go look for it -- you're just a freshie!

[DMCwhiz123]

haahahahah, liddo freshies...so new to this game

well, depends on where you wanna go. If its the UCs, then GPA is king, and extra-curiculars can go bye bye, of course you gotta do SOMEthing, but just not too much

and if not, then i have no comment =)

btw, i DO go to UCB, so yeah....lol

This post has been edited by DMCwhiz123: 26 December 2005 - 10:57 AM

[chibifry]

minimum sleeping range? so you mean the minimum time for you was at 10 PM? then that should be fine..

-Cross Country {Fall} It kills X]
-Speech
-Debate
-Interact
-JETS {A math club w/ engineering. The problems are like O___O when you see them}
-Christian Club --- but I haven't really been active in this club so I don't know.

^ it doesn't matter if your club (JETS) had super hard problems unless they are nationally recognized and has received awards for this. because admissions dont know that you're solving those super hard problems and I suppose they dont really care either.

dont listen to these people ^ above about just being a freshie. its really good that you start freshman year - if I knew about things like this I would have gone for it. yea. so make sure you start this year.

Aww! Just relax lol. Your volunteering position doesn't have to reflect your future...just do what you LIKE! =]

she's right. it doesn't HAVE to reflect but its good if it does. so do what you think would reflect what you would be itnerested in as a major in college. and do what you like - yes you should!

This post has been edited by chibifry: 28 December 2005 - 11:05 AM

[SOMNOLENT]

STAR tests?...colleges don't care about your star scores. last year (jr. year) i just filled in all b's. =) but yeah playing tennis had taken time out of my studies but wasnt too detrimental. aaaand a couple underclassmen i know of are calling up congressmen n' volunteering at their local offices maybe u can try that..google it? hehe.

try san jose homeless shelter. i volunteered there for 3 years until they didnt need friday night volunteers anymore.

[ronmexico]

Realistically, you don't need to do anything that's related to what your career will be or even what you plan to major in. Most people don't even know what their major will be when they get to college, and a lot of people who think they do end up changing it. There's no reason to do all of these things and try to pad your resume. It's more important that you actually demonstrate some kind of dedication to the things you're involved in. Don't just show up at things so you can have a three-page activities list when you apply to colleges.