Help with my ECs & Volunteer pls

Applying to College
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<p>Hello everyone. I don't have abundance of ECs and Volunteer is a so-so. </p>

<p>Volunteer Experience</p>

<p>I don't usually have time to volunteer because of time complications, but I try to volunteer when I'm available at a posted time and date. Usually, I get a chance to volunteer, and get pleasure for doing things I don't get paid. </p>

<p>But I'm all over the place when I do:</p>

<p>We cleaned up a nearby street (1 day)
I helped with the annual college fair at nearby mall (once in 2004 & once in 2005)
Weeding at a bluff near the beach (1 day)
Weeding at a city zoo (1 day)
Weeding at a mountain (1 day)
Hospital Volunteer (Summer 2005 every Sunday - couldn't do everyday because I was taking UCB's summer program)
...and the latest one I did was to help with constructions for Habitat for Humanity (1 day)</p>

<p>As I notice on these boards, students have a great deal of volunteer experience for a period of time. As I look over mine, it seems that I am really all over the place and the volunteer experiences I did during my high school career is very VERY inconsistent. I have these volunteer experiences in my resume, but is it even worth mentioning to colleges or even listing them in a resume?</p>

<p>Extra-curricular Activities
I am not a stellar student, but I try to make the most out of my high school. My ECs are what you can find in mostly every applicant. But I have 4 solid ECs that I really love doing and 2 other ones that I recently joined this year and made a great personal growth.</p>

<p>At the end of my junior year, a faculty gave me the opportunity to take part in a Principal Selection Committee. Our HS's Principal is retiring and so we need a board to select one. But the thing is, we only met 2 days (a day of screening and paper evaluations, and a day of actual interviews and deciding on who to forward to the Superintendent of the district). But in those two days was one of the most interesting experiences of my high school career. Will this count as EC? The faculty who recommended me highly said yes. But I doubt it is, because of the time I was involved (2 days!!!).</p>

<p>Also, I'll be an Editor-in-Chief for our school's Yearbook next year (Senior year). I was one of the only few who will be stepping up to create a well organized yearbook next year (I had enough of seeing unsatisfactory/disorganized yearbooks my whole HS career and I want it to be different next year). I have already been working on Yearbook stuff over this summer. But is this even worth mentioning? </p>

<p>Any feedback? Thank you guys!</p>

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<p>awesome bro. you are like me. A lot of small volunteering but not much huge stuff.</p>

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<p>It's only the very top colleges that put much weight on ECs in college admission. That's because those colleges have the luxury of having an overabundance of applicants who are valedicdtorians with sky high SATs.</p>

<p>In most schools, grades, scores, class rank are what make the difference between acceptance and rejection. Assuming that you're not applying to places like HPYS, your ECs are fine. Being yearbook editor in chief is very impressive because everyone knows that such a position requires a lot of work. It's not resume dressing.</p>

<p>It also could be a good idea to have your yearbook advisor do one of your recommendations because presumably that teacher knows you well and can vouch for your leadership, intelligence and maturity.</p>