<p>Ok this is super-long but if you read it i would VERY MUCH appreciate it. i just feel like organization is key, and i want to convey all this info w/ limited space. if someone has a few moments, could you help me out on how i should organize this stuff and what should actually be included on the app?</p>
<p>ECs, in order of interest:</p>
<p>1-creative writing: various schoolwide and national publications, spend about 15 hours a week doing it</p>
<p>2-community service: lots of different projects including habitat for humanity (i did a weeklong trip to NC and while there was selected by a local kiwanis club to represent our group as a whole, which they were honoring.. no specific award but they invited me to a meeting and had a kind of ceremony to honor and thank us... do you think i can put this under awards/honors, and what would i say about it?), boston foodbank, rosie's place (battered women's shelter), annual swim for life (sponsered 1.4 mile harbor swim for aids), kidstime, freshmen orientation leader, etc.. *i think i'm going to list particular comm service projs in that extra info box, and just write "see attached" in the box</p>
<p>3-varsity swimming: senior co-captain, varsity letters all 3 years (i didnt swim freshman yr b/c i played field hockey)</p>
<p>4-spanish exchange program: over the summer (lang/culture classes and homestay w/ a spanish family)</p>
<p>5-church youth group: weekly meetings, service projects, i was a group representative</p>
<p>6-confirmation advisor for freshmen being confirmed this year (probably listing these 2 things separately, what do you think?)</p>
<p>7-key club: 4 yr member, *proably going to list this separately from community service since i did a lot of service outside of key club, not just to "get hours". is this okay or does it look like i'm trying to fill up lines? (because i'm not, i just thought it owuld be better to show the depth of my interest in particular things rather than listing a bunch of wide-ranging things)</p>
<p>**otherwise i could put lacrosse, which i did freshman and sophomore year,
photo club or spanish club, both of which i did but didnt spend a ton of time w/, or field hockey which i played only freshman yr (but was the reason i didnt swim all 4 years)</p>
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<p>Awards/Honors:</p>
<p>Western Reading Services: Poetry selected for national publication in North Fork Review's annual anthology</p>
<p>American Poets Association: Poetry selected for national publication in annual anthology</p>
<p>Honor Roll: Every term of high school </p>
<p>National Merit Scholarship Corporation: Commended Student</p>
<p>Elected Most Improved Varsity Swimmer of 2004 </p>
<p>Kiwanis Club Honor: Selected to represent Habitat for Humanity service group, honored by Kiwanis Club of Rocky Mount, North Carolina for serving the community. </p>
<p>*do these awards all sound ok/legit? i'm a little worried baout the last one since it didnt have a specific title but was more just like an honor</p>