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Im in y12 right now and I believe I have the academics - I am likely to get 3 A*S for my A-Levels and an A* on my EPQ. I will be taking the SAT soon, and from how I’ve done on previous ones I am hoping to get at least 1500. Im more worried about my extracurriculars because all I keep seeing are people who have either started a non-profit, or are country level for something. here are my ec’s:

grade 8 flute (currently preparing for diploma), grade 6 piano, volunteered at my local charity shop since feb 2023, a leo for lions intl club, im doing 2 weeks volunteering in uganda in april, i tutor a girl in school for spanish, 1 week law work experience with a judge, 1 week with a human rights lawyer at amnesty international, ucl law weekend experience, spellian for 3 years (a program to do with spanish), in two musical groups at school, co-started the law society at my school, part of philosophy society and will hopefully have a leadership position for it next year when my school allows us to.

I have also entered an essay competition and will be entering a few more (hopefully) once they open.

I dont have anything that is at a country/national level or any extremely impressive awards/activities, so are these ECs enough for stanford in particular, or any ivy leagues?
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What did u get at GCSE, ur extracurriculars are OKAY, try and secure the leadership positions and show how much of an impact u make, also, in your essays u need to talk about how the extracurriculars you’ve done has shaped u as a person.
Original post by personal-chef
Im in y12 right now and I believe I have the academics - I am likely to get 3 A*S for my A-Levels and an A* on my EPQ. I will be taking the SAT soon, and from how I’ve done on previous ones I am hoping to get at least 1500. Im more worried about my extracurriculars because all I keep seeing are people who have either started a non-profit, or are country level for something. here are my ec’s:
grade 8 flute (currently preparing for diploma), grade 6 piano, volunteered at my local charity shop since feb 2023, a leo for lions intl club, im doing 2 weeks volunteering in uganda in april, i tutor a girl in school for spanish, 1 week law work experience with a judge, 1 week with a human rights lawyer at amnesty international, ucl law weekend experience, spellian for 3 years (a program to do with spanish), in two musical groups at school, co-started the law society at my school, part of philosophy society and will hopefully have a leadership position for it next year when my school allows us to.
I have also entered an essay competition and will be entering a few more (hopefully) once they open.
I dont have anything that is at a country/national level or any extremely impressive awards/activities, so are these ECs enough for stanford in particular, or any ivy leagues?

heyy, Im in year 12 too and also want to apply to ivy leagues and i wanted to kinda create a place where volunteer students could mentor and tutor younger students in stem subjects (maths, further maths, biology, physics, chemistry). for example this could be an year 12 or 13 student tutoring a gcse student, or a gcse student tutoring a younger student whos probably in year 4 to year 9, or a uni student tutoring an a level student perhaps. the aim is to kind of create a community to help those who might need a tiny bit of help for free ofc. it was just a thought but if anyone would be interested in volunteering or perhaps wanting to be the one receiving the tutoring/mentoring could you please let me know. it would be online and could be useful to show leadership and impact on community
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Original post by Shush’s
heyy, Im in year 12 too and also want to apply to ivy leagues and i wanted to kinda create a place where volunteer students could mentor and tutor younger students in stem subjects (maths, further maths, biology, physics, chemistry). for example this could be an year 12 or 13 student tutoring a gcse student, or a gcse student tutoring a younger student whos probably in year 4 to year 9, or a uni student tutoring an a level student perhaps. the aim is to kind of create a community to help those who might need a tiny bit of help for free ofc. it was just a thought but if anyone would be interested in volunteering or perhaps wanting to be the one receiving the tutoring/mentoring could you please let me know. it would be online and could be useful to show leadership and impact on community

I could work with you as me and some of my friends were already thinking about this idea, if I could get some leadership role in the initiative, I would be glad to do it (I’ve already reached schools about my idea)
Original post by Grade9er
I could work with you as me and some of my friends were already thinking about this idea, if I could get some leadership role in the initiative, I would be glad to do it (I’ve already reached schools about my idea)

perfect! that works for me, so just to confirm tho when you say a leadership position do you mean getting it started and all that kind of stuff or something else?
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Original post by Shush’s
perfect! that works for me, so just to confirm tho when you say a leadership position do you mean getting it started and all that kind of stuff or something else?
Getting it started, co-ordinating for different jobs/schools, getting different people on it etc.
Original post by Grade9er
Getting it started, co-ordinating for different jobs/schools, getting different people on it etc.

yes absolutely :smile:
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Original post by Shush’s
yes absolutely :smile:

Pm me your e-mail, we can start setting it up
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Original post by Grade9er
Pm me your e-mail, we can start setting it up

I wanna keep this formal 😭
Original post by Shush’s
heyy, Im in year 12 too and also want to apply to ivy leagues and i wanted to kinda create a place where volunteer students could mentor and tutor younger students in stem subjects (maths, further maths, biology, physics, chemistry). for example this could be an year 12 or 13 student tutoring a gcse student, or a gcse student tutoring a younger student whos probably in year 4 to year 9, or a uni student tutoring an a level student perhaps. the aim is to kind of create a community to help those who might need a tiny bit of help for free ofc. it was just a thought but if anyone would be interested in volunteering or perhaps wanting to be the one receiving the tutoring/mentoring could you please let me know. it would be online and could be useful to show leadership and impact on community
hey I’d also be interested in this! im also trying to look for some more ways to show leadership skills so if i could help you set up too , or anything similar im happy to :smile:
Original post by personal-chef
hey I’d also be interested in this! im also trying to look for some more ways to show leadership skills so if i could help you set up too , or anything similar im happy to :smile:

heyy that would be great, so could you please send me your email address though private messages and we could get started 🙂
Are you guys applying to the Sutton trust US programme?
Original post by Grade9er
Are you guys applying to the Sutton trust US programme?

I am, are you?
Original post by Shush’s
I am, are you?
Definitely. Have you started the essays/videos?
Original post by Grade9er
Definitely. Have you started the essays/videos?

I had a look at the questions and stuff but i haven't actually started doing them yet. gonna get started soon, hopefully in the next few days

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