<p>I only want to go to the University of Washington, my grades are decent, but I got to the best public school in washington and they tend to love students from my school, 46 got accepted at the UW last year. </p>
<p>I feel like I might lack in community service</p>
<p>--I volunteered at an animal rescue place 7th-9th grade, but haven't really done it since.
--I've done 10 years of 4-H
--Baseball all High school, some soccer.
--Drummer for 10 years, pianist for 4, play in a band since 8th grade
--I run the sound for local concerts for free (qualify as community service???)
--Helping coach a recreation basketball team, sort of. </p>
<p>It doesn't seem like a lot to me, especially the community service. Will the college see that I don't just waste my free time, even though I don't volunteer a TON of my time? I just simply don't have the time or the money to fly to mexico and build houses for the poor or stuff like that.</p>
<p>Being the volunteer sound tech for local concerts counts as community service, and ties in with your strong musical interest and commitment. If you are still doing 4H, maybe you could link that with the animal shelter thing. If your baseball is on the high school or competitive level, that's good too. So overall you have depth in your ECs but no, not too much community service within them. Also, I would not stretch the truth about sort of helping with a rec team, unless you are officially an assistant coach.</p>
<p>I agree that running the sound for local concerts counts as an EC. And I don't think that not having a trip to Mexico to build houses is a negative. I've been told by the college counselor at our school that many colleges view them as boondoggle trips for well to do kids who can afford them, rather than good, meaningful community service. You don't have a lot of the ECs typically seen on CC, but I don't think CC is the real world. Your music ECs show a consistent interest in music and you've got some sports. More community service would be good, but lots of kids have gotten into their schools of choice with less. You say that you don't waste your free time. What ARE you doing with your time? Are you spending it on your music? On 4H? If so, emphasize that. A short list of ECs on which you spend a lot of time and for which you're passionate is a great thing.</p>