I think I have too many extra curriculars--Help?

Applying to College
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<p>Hi! So when I was a freshman, I heard that I needed to get involved in the things that attract my attention. Unfortunately, I think I overdid that because I have so many interests. But now I am a senior and I don't really want to drop anything because of leadership positions and because I love what I do. Are these too many or am I okay? Also, is it okay if my EC's don't really go together? I just have a lot of interests. I know the whole depth over breadth and quality over quantity thing, but honestly, I've managed to achieve both. </p>

<p>Clubs:
1. History Club---leadership team (4 years)
2. Science Club (4 years)--Secretary
3. Student Government---Freshman Representative, sophomore president, Junior Class President, Student Body President and Homecoming Representative
4. Green Team (3 years) (Co-President)
5. SADD (2 years) (Secretary) (President)
6. Dream Team (2 years)
7. Spanish Club (3 years) (Secretary and 2x Vice President)
8. National Honors Society (2 years) (**Secretary or VP)
9. Quiz Bowl Acceptance and Competitor (Captain of Quiz Bowl)
11. National Spanish Honors Society (1 year) (President)
12. FROGS (freshman orientation guide)--1 year (promoted to a higher position, had to monitor all the other guides and got a different shirt haha)</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
2012
• Missions Trip to Vero Beach Florida (7 days)
• Chemistry, Textiles, and Polymer science Camp (3 days)
• Renewable energy and engineering camp (5 days)
• Volunteered at Village @ Brookwood Nursing Home (8-12, twice a week)
• Local outreach, ministry, and volunteer work (9am-4pm twice a week)
• Alice in Wonderland Musical---Alice (rehearsal every day for 2-8 hours mid-July to mid-September)
2013
• Summer Ventures in Math and Science (June 16-July 18) (FREE selective state residential program)
• Local outreach, ministry, and volunteer work once a week
• Sweeney Todd Musical---Quintet/Ensemble (rehearsal every day 3-6 hours August-October)
2014
• Project Uplift at UNC Chapel Hill
• Created (with my church) the first summer/bible camp at Andrews Elementary. 1 week long and stayed overnight. Worked as a supervising counselor (60 hours)
• Freshman Orientation Guide (FROG) for 3 days
• Camp Counselor for KidzCamp (A religious/ musical theater overnight camp) 1 week --60 hours
• Campaigned vigorously for the NAACP Moral Freedom Summer
• Shrek Musical (lead)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Panera Bread (November 2013-June 2014) 25 hours a week
Paid internship with a magazine (July 2014--)</p>

<p>Best EC's:
-Stem Cell Research program 10 weeks (selective and time consuming)
-1st and only student representative on the school board
-Summer Ventures in Math and science
-Paid internship
-Psychology research under the head professor at Elon university
-On student advisory panel to the superintendent</p>

<p>So is this too many? I even left out some things like instruments I play, all the musicals I've been in, my sports , and my volunteering! HELP!
If it helps, I am applying to Duke (legacy) , UNC-Chapel hill (legacy + in-state + URM), UNCW, American University, JHU, and possibly Cornell and Georgetown
GPA: 3.7/4.8
SAT: first time 1930-no study, projecting 2100+ based on practice tests</p>

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<p>Yeah, I would say that’s too many. I remember a Brown (may have been Yale) admissions officer telling me that being involved in 5-6 ECs is reasonable, but any more than 10 makes you “look like you’re padding your resume. Because you are padding your resume.” I could also see some admissions officers looking at a list like that and thinking that those different ECs must not have been that much of a time-commitment and that wouldn’t help you. For example, I have a really hard time believing that while you were working at Panera 25 hours a week and attending school, you were able to devote more than 15 hours to all of your ECs combined. I spend about 15 hours a week on one EC alone, and it seems that that’s quite common. The good thing is, you are in no way required to list all of your ECs on an application. I’d go over it with your guidance counselor (op parents, even) and see which ECs on that list are the most impressive. </p>

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<p>@430ktk Uhm, you have a hard time believing that? I worked from 4:30am-3:30pm (yes, 11 hour shifts!) on Saturdays and Sundays. That’s 22 hours. But they often called me to work a couple hours to cover for someone who was late or something. My life is busy and stressful but I haven’t made any of this up.
Musical Theater rehearsals (when I’m doing a show) amounts to anywhere from 15-30 hours a week.
Track and Field can be 10 to 20 hours.
My clubs meet on different days and weeks and my stem cell research was once a week for 6 hours straight.</p>

<p>So yes, I am committed. </p>

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<p>Wow, I was just trying to help. I in no way was questioning your commitment. I’m just providing you with a perspective. Without knowing your schedule, I wouldn’t know that you worked solely on weekends. You know more about your commitment level than I do, I’m just giving you my perspective as someone who doesn’t know what your schedule looks like (like an admissions officer wouldn’t). I’m not questioning whether or not you made any of this up, but I’m telling you admissions officers will. </p>

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<p>You can DO them all, but you don’t have to REPORT them all if you don’t want to.</p>

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<p>Also, on the Common App, there are only 10 spaces for you to list ECs, so you’ll have to leave out a few. I know Georgetown isn’t on the Common App, but I don’t know what that application looks like.</p>