Are my extracurriculars "passionate"?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I was reading a thread earlier about how a girl's extracurriculars weren't very unique for a top 10 school. Do mine fall under the category of average or perhaps more unique?
*I'm a Hispanic girl who has lived in several (more than 5) different countries and is bilingual both from travel and from studies.
*I portray myself in my college essay as someone who, from my travels, enjoys helping people of different backgrounds. </p>

<p>My EC's are:
*Volunteering 2 summers at the Public Library for children
*Volunteering for 1 summer at the Geriatic Wing of a city hospital
*Volunteering for an organization that empowers LGBT citizens in the community.
Also, I founded my school's Gay-Straight Alliance and co-founded my school's Hispanic Student Union. </p>

<p>Are they "unique" or "passionate" enough? If not, do you think strong GPA and academics might help me get into a top 10 school?</p>

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<p>You sound like you’re worried…you’re a URM…anddddddddddd your EC’s are good…so calm your tits. <3.</p>

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<p>Who cares? Do what makes you happy.</p>

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<p>You don’t need unique EC to get into the top 10 schools. Just do what you love to do. If you want to increase your chances of getting in, just have a strong GPA and great SAT/ACT/SAT II scores.</p>

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<p>lol, is being hispanic an extracurricular now?</p>

<p>if you have some commitment and passion for the things you’re doing outside of school than I guess that qualifies as a “passionate” extracurricular</p>

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<p>^It is, you have like a 60% better chance of getting in if you’re hispanic. It’s practically proven.</p>

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<p>…link?</p>

<p>cause damn, I must have worked harder in high school than I needed</p>

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<p>Affirmative Action is a commonly known fact madam, just try your hardest and thou wilst succeedeth. o_o</p>

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<p>lol. What if you’re black?</p>

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<p>Black = URM.</p>

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<p>I just get annoyed at this whole “you’re an urm, the main reason you got into college is because you’re an urm”</p>

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<p>How about Hapa? I suppose it’s URM…but it’s not exactly disadvantaged.</p>

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<p>I agree with lucky2010. It’s pathetic. How about some recognition for actually busting your a** in high school?</p>

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<p>^seriously! hearing it here all the time just reminds me of that southpark “dey took mah jawbz” only it’s “dey took mah cooledge spot!”</p>

<p>I had to work damn hard, I know hispanics that got turned down from my college, hispanics that were IB with good SAT scores to get turned away from MIT and other top 10 so yeah, we work too, it’s just a diversity plus but it’s not “60%” of doing nothing but possibly speaking spanish.</p>

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<p>OP, your ECs seem quite consistent, so don’t stress over them.</p>

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<p>“*I’m a Hispanic girl who has lived in several (more than 5) different countries and is bilingual both from travel and from studies.”</p>

<p>Bilingual as in you speak English and one other language? I only ask because you’ve been in more than 5 different countries, so knowing 3 languages seems more likely and people always seem to forget that they speak English when counting up their languages (or at least I do).</p>