<p>I'm a junior, class of 2010. I realized my extracurricular activities are purely academic except for the Youth Choir I do. I want some activity that shows I don't study all the time but I don't play any sports or instruments. If I try to play a sport, I have to wait until AP exams are out of the way as well as the summer because I'm expecting to go to a summer program. My point is: how will colleges react if I join my local crew (rowing) team in the fall and put it on my resume as a 12th grade activity? Will it seem like I only did it with lack of passion and only to aggrandize my extracurricular?</p>
<p>Perhaps it won't seem that way to the admissions, but the bottom line is that you ARE actually doing it "with lack of passion and only to aggrandize my extracurricular." </p>
<p>Although I may not be as smart as everyone in CC, I really think that the majority does not understand this simple guideline: Do what YOU want to do, and stop trying to trick the admissions.</p>
<p>Join the activities that you really care about, and pursue those with creativity and assertiveness. That's what admissions cares about, not how varied your interests are.</p>