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Advice on application strengthening/Standing out?

Hi, I am currently a sophomore. And I'm trying to get a head start on strengthening my application. I would really appreciate it if anyone has any advice for me.

Here are some of my stats:

Leadership:

- Secretary for a local teen advisory board (President and VP are both seniors so I'm pretty much guaranteed to get promoted)

- Community service officer for the school's Interact/Rotary club (Essentially club for volunteering if you don't know what it is)

Clubs

- Student council

- Finance club

- Women's business association

Projects

- Lead, hosted, and planned a program called 'Skill Studio'. The program had 10 meetings, where we did various activities. There was an overall attendance of 55+ teens.

- Tutoring MS students weekly on Wednesdays for an hour

Volunteering

- 35+ hours through school's Interact club

- 10 hours through Skill Studio

- 13+ hours outside of school/clubs

Overall 58+ hours

GPA/Classes

I've never really been locked in on my grades, instead focusing on ec's. These stats are just from Freshman year. So this year I will be attempting to lock in (wish me luck y'all-I get distracted so easily).

- 3.572 Unweighted GPA

- 3.714 Weighted GPA

Took- Honors English 1 (+Honors English 2 for this year)

Recommendation

I already have one letter of rec, for a club I applied to, but reads fluidly. I know another person who will give me a strong letter or rec, as I have her for a class & she is the sponsor of a club I'm part of the exec board for. (Also typically how many letters of rec do people get for applications?)

I know that I should focus on specific clubs. So this year I will try to narrow down some of the clubs that I'm involved in. Also do you have any recommendations on whether I should take AP Lang or AP Lit? Because I'm not sure what the difference is and I feel like everyone asks that question. Also which is considered easier/harder? Lastly, what are your thoughts on AP Gov & Politics if you took the class. Because I'm considering taking it.

Sorry, I know that was a lot of information. I would appreciate any feedback or advice you have to give. Thanks!

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Unweighted GPA: 3.7
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SAT: 720 math
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