After getting my AP scores today, I felt motivated to work on my Common App, specifically in the “activities” section. Here’s what I have so far:
-Yearbook – Editor-in-Chief (10, 11, 12) (only ENC for 11 and 12)
-National Honor Society – President (10, 11, 12) (only President for 12th though)
-Local teen volunteer organization (12)
-Creative Writing Club – founder and President (10)
-Environmental Club – co-founder and VP (12) (we started working on this club junior year, so should I mark it off for 11th grade, too?)
-Youth Group (9, 10, 11, 12)
-local Odyssey community – Editor-in-Chief (11, 12)
-local teen leadership organization (12) (I was just accepted into this and the program doesn’t start until August so idk how to really describe it)
-Advanced Career Experience (12) (again, this starts with the beginning of the school year and is really just an extension of my school’s career program [I’m in multimedia] and allows me to have an additional, more in-depth yearbook class period. It’s counted as a “club” at my school)
-PacSun sales associate (11, 12)
I intend to double major in communications and business. If an adcom were to look at this, would it look like there’s a lack of focus? Like I stretched myself too thin just for college apps? The saying goes, “Quality, not quantity,” so I’m afraid having to fill out all 10 slots for activities on CA looks silly.
If anything, I’m thinking of removing Creative Writing Club because I started it up in 10th grade and only did it for a semester before passing it off to someone else for my junior year because I was busy. I already cut out Spanish Club on this list for the same reason, but I’m hesitant to do so with writing club because I actually started the club.
All in all, I just like leading, so I take on a lot of leadership-based clubs. My “main” club is yearbook, and my other clubs don’t require as much attention as yearbook, but I still play a prominent role in all of the other clubs I lead.
Any feedback would be much appreciated!