What kind of clubs are these? If there is still time, then try to get into and place high in state and national competitions… which is done by some clubs.

I was in four clubs in high school and the only serious one was the Future Farmers of America… I competed in state compeitions and placed high. I was only in it for two years though and the compeitions I did were team ones and as a whole our teams didn’t qualify for nationals.

Then again with my ACT scores of 23.. I knew I wasn’t going MIT or anything. However, the university I end up going to wasn’t bad it got me into graduate school. My master’s program got such a good reputation I could probably get into MIT or Standford… definately anything in the Big Ten

In the meantime, consider a good handful of safety schools. The Ivies are admitting in record low numbers and students with 4.0+ GPAs are being denied. A state university can be and often is just as good as an Ivy.

Best of luck to you.

You will need to get 2200/2400 on your SATs and write a killer essay.

Even then, there is no way to ensure entrance. Harvard (and all the top schools) turn down lots of qualified applicants all the time. But don’t worry about it too much — because you will get into some great university.