I’ve often heard that, when applying to top colleges, strong extracurriculars that show interest in your passions are key. Can I please get some feedback about how mine are and if there are key components I’m missing?
Computer Science:
Member and leader of Tech Club at school
One of the founding members of an outreach program to teach Programming to kids at a local middle school
Competing in ACSL (American Computer Science League) and may qualify for the national tournament
Have been doing an internship with professors at a local university to develop an app
Participated (but not won) in a few local hackathons
May develop an android app of my own
Speech & Debate:
Officer of school team since sophomore year, will be president next year as a senior
Have won several regional awards in Informative Speaking and qualified for the state tournament as a junior
Will plan to host a tournament at my own school next year
Other:
Volunteer instructor at a local Math Learning Center, will plan to eventually make this an earning position.
Other community service hours, which, combined with Math volunteering, is approximately 60 hours (and counting)
Member of NHS
In a lot of threads I’ve seen people with so many different clubs and was worried as I myself only had about 3 activities which I’ve deeply committed myself to. If I convey my passions and activities well through my essay, will I have a good shot at some top Computer Science schools?