EC Passion, Padding, and Questions galore :)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Duke University
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<p>Hello, everyone! With all the hype surrounding the importance of having at least semi-focused extracurriculars, i have begun worrying about mine. could you please glance over my list, and see if it appears that i have been "padding" my resume?</p>

<ol>
<li>mayor's youth council</li>
<li>class treasurer</li>
<li>Habitat for Humanity President</li>
<li>German Club Board Member</li>
<li>International Relations Club Board Member</li>
<li>German Exchange Program organizer (with sister school in Germany)</li>
<li>Academic Team 2-year Captain</li>
<li>NHS Officer</li>
<li>Tutor at my school and downtown</li>
<li>Captain of Baseball team (not good enough to be recruited :/</li>
<li>Captain of Cross Country team</li>
<li>Work at DQ in summer</li>
</ol>

<p>I joined the clubs that interested me, and in no conscious way tried to pad my resume. I'm just worried I'll come off as just another crazy-busy high schooler to the big schools. My three biggest passions are German, government, and community service....is that clear? Should I delete NHS and Tutoring? Thanks for your time!</p>

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<p>If it means anything, I’m going to try to express some of my interests in my essays:
activity essay-mayor’s youth council
personal statement-german</p>

<p>Hopefully that will group my activities for the adcoms…? maybe…?</p>

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<p>NHS always seems like padding to me but if you’re an officer it’s probably okay.</p>

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<p>Hahaha you make a good point! We really don’t do much at my school…but I figured it’s pretty much expected, so it would be weird if I didn’t put it.</p>

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<p>Yeah I have a 2340 SAT/4.0 GPA/Class Rank of 1 and I’m not in NHS or SNHS. Lol maybe it will make me stand out not having it because everybody else does.</p>