<p>Hey guys, this is my second post here.
I've been reading a lot about extracurriculars lately. I realized that I may be a phony (extracurriculars for colleges) although it is not true.
Here is my current involvement (I indicate position not to show off but for the purpose of answering my question:
Mu Alpha Theta President
FBLA President
Drumline Captain
NHS President
Student Council Senator
History bowl captain
BETA club member</p>
<p>That's all my school stuff.
I volunteer at the library, help freshman transition into high school, and help my church out.</p>
<p>Do all those ECs suggest I'm trying to do them just for colleges? The real answer is No. I genuinely enjoy this ECs and I would hate to give any single one up. However, it may seem to college admission officers that I am merely trying to impress them.</p>
<p>Any advice?
I really would appreciate your feedback!</p>
<p>If you genuinely enjoy them and do they because you want to you’re fine. It’ll show in your essays, letters, etc. Colleges don’t mind diverse ECs. They just don’t want shallow people that get involved in 30 activities but not deeply in any of them.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about how it appears. Do what interests you and as long as it doesn’t detract from your GPA and eventual test taking. ECs are MUCH lower on the list than your transcript and test score performance. Indeed, about 85% of US colleges don’t care one lick about ANY ECs. Please keep that in mind.</p>
<p>I agree with what others have replied – and would add another thing is how much time you actually put into these things. For example, my son is the president of a club at school but he might put in an average of 1-2 hours per week in this EC – clearly, it won’t mean much in the grand scheme of his college application – but he spends about 5 hours a week interning at two elementary schools (he wants to be a teacher) – no leadership role but far more hours which shows passion… I think the latter EC will be more important than the one where he is president…</p>