<p>How does a college judge if a person has interest? Is it enough to simply be a member? (id bet no) Do you just need leadership in a club or an award to demonstrate interest?</p>
<p>For me, i love running. I ran a bunch of small races, but my big accomplishment was when i ran the chicago marathon. Im planning on writing an essay about how awesome running is and how much i love it (is this too shallow? should i relate it to how i overcame obsticals or something, or would talking about how awesome it felt to run a marathon, and how much dedication was required be enough?) Im hoping by doing this i can prove i really like running, and demonstrate my passion for the sport.</p>
<p>I have other interests, beyond running, mostly in the sciences. what do i need to do in those clubs to show im a leader/am dedicated to them. Im in a lot of english related clubs (forensics, mock trial, i even tried to form a debate team, but no one wanted to do it) also, im in a lot of science clubs (try all of them, even my transcript looks like im addicted to science in that almost all my classes are science classes) anyways, i have some leadership or an award in almost all of my ecs (like im either pres or a medal winner in them) i founded 2 clubs and am pres of them (i might found one more lol) so is this enough? (hmm, i dont think i really stressed what im trying to say lemme try again)</p>
<p>Real Question<strong><em>Is getting an award or some leadership position in an ec enough to prove that you are dedicated to it? How do you prove you are dedicated?</em></strong></p>
<p>well, i run 45 min to an hour a day, plus on weekends i run 6-10 miles and on alternate weekends, i run 20 something miles (well i did during training-now im just doing the 45 min to an hour and the 6-10 mi weekends) im planning on preping for another one. </p>
<p>basically even though i preped for six months for the race, it only took at most an hour a day. on weekends, it could take up to 6 hours (ussually 4-5 hours) so basically i can do a lot of activities because most only take an hour or two once a week, with some volunteer activity or something on the weekend. today for instance, i went to school, then did ocean science bowl and after that did mock trial. osb takes 1 hour a week (plus studying) and mock trial takes 2 hours a week (plus studying) that way, i get home at 6 which leaves me enought time for homework etc. i dont get much free time, but its fun at clubs so i dont mind much. (of course any free time i do get is eaten up here!) so i can do everything i want to do. so far, i havnt had any conflicts and i like doing everything so im gonna stick with it. </p>
<p>I should mention one more thing. i didnt do many ecs as a frosh or as a soph. as a frosh all i did was taekwondo and track. when i was a soph, i added forensics (speech) and then this year i went insane with the clubs. do you think the colleges i apply to (harvard) will think im doing it just to kiss up to them, or will they see that im doing it because i like it? i guess i might come off as a person who is trying to appeal to colleges, but im really not. is there any way i can make the colleges see that. I might be able to say that i was lazy as a frosh and soph, but worked figured it out and worked hard to make up for it. (i got bad grades then too, but now i get great ones)</p>