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Are my extracurriculars good enough?

I'm a junior at high school in India. I plan to major in Economics and I'm targeting some of the most competitive colleges (Ivies, Stanford, Amherst, UChicago, etc). Is this profile below good enough?

Extra Curriculars:

1) Community Service - I have been tutoring poor children from the slums for the past two years at a local charity nearby. I have more more 100 hours of tutoring. I have also written a blog about my experiences and included a few testimonies from the students I tutored.

2) Research and Blog - I have done quite a bit of research on various topics in Economics and have written a research paper which is published in a social science journal. I also a blog where this paper and other articles on current affairs, public policy and global finance can be found.

3) Music - I have an ABRSM Grade 4 in the guitar and I'm also part of the guitar ensemble at school.

4) Leadership - I'm the vice-head boy of the school council and part of the student government. I have done various things like organise sports day, invited guest speakers to speak, etc

5) Volunteering - I'm the president of the Leo Club at my school. I have done various things from organising a river cleaning program to supplying food and water to the slums. I have more than 100 hours of volunteering.

6) Employment - I have interned at a local NGO and worked as a book keeper, maintaining a record of the charity's finances and put my knowledge of economics into practice

7) Sports - I play varsity cricket for a club and have represented them at regional level. I'm also on the school football (soccer) team and have played at regional and state level.

8) Video Editing - I'm part of a video editing group that me and my friends created. I work as a content creator and script writer and we offer services to clients such as ad-making, photoshop editing and much more. I also manage all the income that we receive and am the treasurer.

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Unweighted GPA: 3.7
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SAT: 720 math
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| 800 verbal
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