<p>I've lived in six different countries my whole life (3 of these were during my high school years). As a result, I haven't been able to create an impressive list of extracurriculars.
Will this affect my chances of being accepted to top schools that require lots of extracurriculars?</p>
<p>Living and traveling in other countries probably trumps playing a sport or joining a club. Your experiences will be much different than the average American.</p>
<p>I lived in Europe for three years long, long ago, and I still think that I probably learned more in those three years than I have during any other three-year period of my life.</p>
<p>In addition to agreeing with MD Mom, I would also note that colleges will realize your circumstances and not penalize you for this.</p>
<p>Thank you! :)</p>
<p>Being able to adjust is a valuable skill. I can imagine very amusing essays about how you accomplished that with each move. You could even talk about funny words in the different languages. You will be fine.</p>
<p>Yeah exactly! My moving experiences will definitely be the topic of my application essays.</p>
<p>Most colleges don’t factor ECs into admission. Admission stats are what they use to determine admission.</p>
<p>The few colleges that do factor things like ECs into admission are places like Harvard that use ECs and other factors (the kind of abroad experiences you’ve had) to pick and choose from their overabundance of high stat applicants to create a well rounded, active student body.</p>