I mean, you really don't have to decide now. The kind of stuff I wanted to do when I was a freshman is so different from what I want to do now, and that was only three years ago. Think about that.

Someone I respect a lot once told me that his life philosophy has been to take all opportunities that open more doors than they close. There's no point of trying to figure out your life on 3 or 5 or 10 year tracks. Too many circumstances change - you change! Just take opportunities as they come.

Open doors for yourself by doing what you want to do - it's great that you're getting involved with these organizations and professors, but don't do it for a leg up in the admissions process, do it because it's what you think is fun and what you think could contribute to your growth.

I've seen so many people burn out who put themselves on these 5 year plans to success. It's not worth it. The people I know who are the most mature, who are the happiest, and interestingly enough, most successful, are those who pursued what they wanted to pursue, and didn't miss the trees for the forest.

Depends on fit and what you want to do post-law school. If you are set on public interest, NYU's LRAP is nearly impossible to beat (seriously, 3  years in public interest and nearly all your loans are forgiven). if you think you'll do biglaw straight out, Penn is probably the path you want to take.

I strongly encourage everyone to stop giving a damn about lay prestige.  It's meaningless.

this looks like fun:

harvard - reject
stanford - reject
yale - reject
columbia - waitlist, accept
nyu - accept
chicago - waitlist, accept
berkeley - waitlist, reject
upenn - accept waitlist (withdrawn)
umich - accept $
uva - accept $
duke - accept $$
georgetown - accept $$
gw - accept $$$
fordham - accept $ (withdrawn)

items in bold are already true as of the writing of this post.

if this is how my cycle actually goes, im pretty okay with that.  a waitlist at hys would be nice, but i wouldnt give myself a snowball's chance in hell at getting off a waitlist at any of those schools, so it's really an ego thing more than a practical desire.