<p>Ok so this is specifically about my extracurriculars.</p>
<p>I feel like i've done plenty of ECs, but my problem is a) i don't really have anything that I've done for all 4 years of high school other than community service and b) i have no leadership roles. None. Zip. Nada. And it's not like I haven't tried, I just wasn't really popular/well known enough to be a leader in anything. Plus being an officer of my class or a club would require extra hours, which never worked for me because I always had transportation problems.
Another flaw is I have no work experience. Again, solely because of transportation problems and lack of time. My parents never allowed me to work during school. And in the summer, I couldn't try to get a job because someone had to watch my brothers. So I like to tell myself that babysitting my siblings and relatives 24/7 counts as "work experience" haha. (Should I mention these reasons in my application? The part that says elaborate on certain circumstances or qualifications?)</p>
<p>So these are all the ECs i'm planning on including in my application (common app). Please let me know if i should add , take out, or switch the order of anything, because I'm so unsure of what could reflect me as a person. Also I would like to know if the hours a week/year mean anything, because some of them may seem low but those were really just a once a month thing.</p>
<p>1) National Honor Society: tutoring and community service
11-12th grade, school year, about 1 hr/wk 20 wks/yr
2) Played on school varsity tennis team and/or outside of school, earned 1 varsity letter
9-12th grade, school year & summer, about 10 hr/wk 10 wks/yr, intend to participate in college
3) French Club and tutoring in French Honor Society
10-12th grade, school year, about 1 hr/wk 30 wks/yr, intend to participate in college
4) Tutor in school Writing Center
11-12th grade, school year, about 2 hr/wk 10 wks/yr, intend to participate in college
5) Volunteered for the organization Maddie's Blankets by making blankets for sheltered animals
11-12th grade, school year & summer, about 5 hr/wk 40 wks/yr
6) Staff member and editor of school literary/arts magazine, Syzygy
9-11th grade, school year, about 2 hr/wk 30 wk/yr
7) Mentored underclassmen in the Advanced Academics Mentoring Program
11-12th grade, school year, about 2 hr/wk 15 wk/yr
8) Writer for award-winning school yearbook, The Predator
12th grade, school year, about 5 hr/wk 30 wks/yr
9) Various volunteering around my community including cleaning up and distributing snacks to children
9-12th grade, school year & summer, about 2 hr/wk 20 wks/yr, intend to participate in college</p>
<p>Also, the one I chose to elaborate briefly on was the Writing Center (#4), because I loved that the most, but do you think I should talk about another one?
Wow this is a lot to ask but I really really need help! Thanks to anyone who replies!!</p>