<p>Just wondering how these EC's and what others I could do to improve my application. I know its quality and not quantity.</p>
<p>**Junior in Fall</p>
<p>-Model UN President
*Best Delegate Silver Medel -UMASS Lowell
*Best School Delegation -Northeastern
-Student Council
*PR Officer
-Three Years Varsity Field Hockey
*State Semi Finals '05
-Lacrosse
-French Honor Society
-English Honor Society
-Math Honor Society
-Girls Chorus Vice President
*Competed in Orlando, Florida & other festivals
-Concert Choir
-Four plays/musicals, leading roles
-SADD (original member since its founding)
-Peer Outreach
*Four year trained Mediator
-HOBY Award Nominee
-NYLC Nominee
-Tutoring Autistic Children
-Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive (collection, boxing & distributing)</p>
<p>^I hope to start a Key or Interact Club @ my school as well this fall and I hope to travel to either Tanzania, Peru, or Brazil to volunteer next summer with Cross Cultural Solutions</p>
<p>My biggest problem in looking at your list is that I have no idea what you really care about.</p>
<p>One second it seems to be drunk driving (SADD), next its autistic children (tutoring), next second its choral/chorus, next minute sports. </p>
<p>Schools look for PASSION--that is, they want someone who's going to change the world in one particular way because they really care about that one particular need. You, on the other hand, seemed to float from cause to cause as the wind blows. I get the feeling that you just wanted a long list of ECs because you thought that would get you into college--but that what you will do in the future is uncertain, and you may not do anything at all.</p>
<p>You have to convince the colleges (as though you were convincing me) that this isn't the case--that you have something that really, really important to you--and that their college is going to help you be successful in accomplishing that one thing. This is what will make you successful in college and in life.</p>
<p>P.S. There's nothing wrong with having been well-rounded and participating in a few things--but this PASSION I spoke about needs to come through--and 20 different things are not necessary (maybe 4 to 5 for well-rounded with the 1 key one being highlighted)</p>
<p>hmm, well I think my biggest passion is Model UN and basically just helping in general...I know it's pretty broad but with music and sports, they have always been something I've done and although I may not continue it in college, I couldn't imagine not doing it in high school. </p>
<p>I hope to major in International Relations and maybe one day work for the United Nations, so I thought that with SADD and Peer Outreach, it would give me the opportunity to work with those in need, while I used Model UN to help with future career goals. I guess music & sport just kinda of go along.</p>
<p>Okay, now take that last paragraph about International Relations and the UN and work up an essay around that. Get specific and talk about how you feel you can make a difference and be successful in this area.</p>
<p>This can then be one of the two essays you'll use for your college applications--or can just be a general statement you send in as an addendum.</p>
<p>P.S. Tie in the cultural things you want to do next summer as well (Tanzania, Peru, Brazil)--it also relates to your UN plans--and is a great example of how you'll start today and not wait until you are through college to "make a difference".</p>