Okay hear me out: I'm a sophomore and I know people will be like you're too early to be worrying for college apps but I want to do as much as I can to ready myself for my dream schools Yale and/or Stanford. I wanna study international relations so please please give me strong criticism - any valuable advice will be much appreciated 😭

• Race/ethnicity/state: Asian/South Korean/East coast
• Gender: Female
• School: Attending a decently big public high school; surprisingly had 5+ people attend Ivies and 10+ people go to T50s last year
• Income: low income; ~$30k for a family of 5
• GPA: 3.96/4.0 (i don't like some subjects...)
• SAT/ACT/PSAT: PSAT coming out soon but i don't have SAT or ACT yet
• Coursework: All honors except spanish last year; all honors + APUSH + AP Sem this year except spanish
• Major: International Relations

Honors:

(they're very mid for now)

1. Hugh O' Brien Youth Leadership Student Seminar Nominee
2. USBands Group III Open Class 1st place State Championships
3. Civics Unplugged Fellow
4. DemocraShe Fellow
5. KAYF WAFL Fellow

Activities:

1. Federal/ Congressional Consultant (9-10): Advocated to Congressional members (Senate HELP, GOP, OPE) in meetings for their endorsement of bill (HSVEA) designating high schools as voter registration agencies with federal support; outreach to media outlets/reporters for media recognition

2. Polisci Research Group Founder/Research Manager at an org(9-10): Leading 14 researchers (high school~college students) conducting formal research on environmental sustainability in developing countries

3. Executive Director at an org (10): Heading all intl and ntl programs/affairs as chief role at org's Executive Council; securing grants, implementing new initiatives and opportunities for members across several platforms

4. Research Scholar at a program (10): Admitted to competitive research program with full financial aid (more competitive because limited spots for aids); currently researching topic under global affairs (likely global conflict alleviation) mentored under a Ph.D graduate

5. Founder/Blogger (9-10): Founded blog/newsletter on recording recent global events and diplomacy to an audience of 300+; created my own website, following, and platform (currently revamping)

6. Tutoring Program Coordinator at an org (9-10): Overseeing the educational supervision and direction of NJ Chapter; Organized tutoring sessions for underprivileged youth in my area; acted as deputy director for when current director was absent

7. Executive Director/Court Watch Intern at an org (9-10): Selected as one of 10 people from the internship program to become “backbone” of executive team; responsible for outreach (connecting with national court watching programs/offices) and logistics behind the internship

8. Korean Language Tutor (freelance) (9-10): Provided personalized tutoring sessions and enhancing bilingual skills (English and Korean) to develop student's proficiency of lesson plans

9. Marching Band Drumline Member (9-10): Behaved as a leader guiding new drumline members on fundamentals of music and drill; won 1st in States, 5th in Nationals

10. Class Representative (voted 9 and 10 but this is only for 9): Contributed to selling ~$4,000 worth of Freshman merch, the most earned in many years; directed freshman class's engagement to win high school's first-ever spirit wars

LORs:

(unsure but for now):

• My history teacher or APUSH teacher (need to get closer with him though)
• One of my directors from the aforementioned orgs

Be brutally honest please; also for most of them it's great because these are all things I'm really interested/passionate for