<p>I was wondering if someone would help me, through message, and let me know
1. how "strong" ad coms will see my activities as
2. things I should capitalize on
3. things I shouldn't include?</p>
<p>Thanks so much :) Once you comment, I'll message you a list (I prefer doing it this way to maintain privacy!)</p>
<p>Focus on things you are passionate about, and quality over quantity. If you can show leadership through these opportunities, that helps too</p>
<p>@shawnspencer I mean, I feel as though many of my activities are of high quality (though I could be wrong).</p>
<p>My main question is about which I should leave out (to avoid being seen as “spread too thinly”) For example, each year, I’ve gotten an award for 50 hours of community service a semester. The thing is, that doesn’t really matter to me. Most of my “volunteering” is more geared around planning an event, not “volunteering” in the usual sense. Do I list this? The award itself isn’t something very important to me. However, the event is. Thoughts? (it isn’t some prestigious award; you simply get it for volunteering 50 hours a semester.)</p>
<p>Another example is the “transition” program at my school to help transition new freshman and transfers. It’s kind of a joke, but I’ve done it every year. I’m not really passionate about it at all (we literally don’t do anything; it is entirely a resume padder). Do I list it? </p>
<p>Feel free to PM me because I don’t know what your extracurriculars are at this point. As for your second post, if you have shown significant dedication to it like 4 years like you have, I don’t see the harm in listing it. My main point was to avoid listing activities you did for just 1 or 2 years or having little involvement in just for the sake of listing all the activities possible.</p>
<p>Ask your guidance counselor – that’s what they are there for. </p>
<p>FWIW: Colleges look at your application and compare you to all other college bound students from your high school. They look at your transcript, course rigor, grades AND extracurricular activity list to see – relative to your peers – how well you have used the resources available to you. So, no one can realistically look at your EC list and give you an honest assessment without knowing what the average kid from your high school is doing. So, ask your GC!</p>
<p>@gibby Thank you 
I didn’t know of that practice. I will definitely do that!</p>