<p>Everyone I know engages in a certain activity or hobby. I, on the other hand, have come to realize that I have no hobbies. It's really depressing. Can you guys recommend a certain club or activity I can take part in?</p>
<p>One simply does not recommend activities and EC’s. You have to pursue according to ur interests. I mean everyone has an interest. Otherwise ur better off not doing anything</p>
<p>I mean… Well I might be interested in something I’ve never tried before. Are you in any clubs? If so, how are they?</p>
<p>I used to be like you when I was first entering high school it took me until the end of my sophomore year to really find my own niche. It’s hard to suggest things that you might find interesting, knowing so little about you. (These questions are completely optional) what’s your age, sex etc. what type of music or tv shows do you watch?Although you say you have no hobbies is there a particular subject you’re interested in, be it academic or otherwise? The best advice I can give you despite any suggestions is just to get out there and try new things, even if you don’t necessarily think you’d enjoy them, you can often be surprised.</p>
<p>I’m 15 years old, and will be entering my sophomore year. I typically like suspenseful shows. Whether it’s fantasy, drama, action, adventure, or comedy, I don’t mind. As for academics, I prefer algebra and chemistry over other subjects.</p>
<p>You probably do have hobbies, they just involve going on the Internet or hanging out with friends. Don’t feel like you have to have a “passion.” You should never feel like an inferior person because what you do for fun isn’t “cool” enough.</p>
<p>That being said, if you want to pick up an interest, make new friends. They will introduce you to their hobbies. Or just do the hobbies your current friends are doing.</p>
<p>Colleges want to see “passion” on your app, but from what I understand, they care more about whether you’re good at something than whether you like it.</p>
<p>If you want to pick up a hobby that looks good on a college app, consider math team, debate club, or anything else that might lead to awards. The trophies are important because they prove you are good at it. Also consider scientific research, because that will lead to a recommendation.</p>
<p>If you do not have a passion, pick something that very few/nobody else does, and work hard as hell to become the best around at it.</p>
<p>Would you like to write suspenseful TV shows? All the time you’ve spent watching the shows might make you a good writer. Watching a lot of shows may make you good at knowing a what makes a good plot that will hold the viewers attention and what makes a not so good plot. I really love magazines like Seventeen and it helped me discover how much I enjoy writing. All the time I spent reading the articles helped me see what makes up a good one and what makes up a bad one. It’s turned into a major passion for me and got me really into working on the school yearbook.</p>
<p>Science Olympiad?
Math Team?
Robotics?</p>
<p>I mean, EC’s basically are based on your interests.</p>
<p>I recommend listening to music often, going into nature often, and trying to help people as often as you can. Then turn all of these into social interaction. You will find something you love very quickly. Don’t call it “passion” though, that is getting really old.</p>
<p>If you can, start using Spotify, it’s a great app that will let you explore and discover music that interests you very quickly (and you don’t have to pay for it unless you want mobile streaming on your phone and stuff). Analyze music as often as you can. Why do you like it? Sometimes better, why don’t you like it? What do the lyrics mean to you, and how do you personally relate to them (or do you at all)? Talk to other people about music. Do it at parties, between (during) classes, take any appropriate opportunity.</p>
<p>If your expand your tastes enough, I promise you will be able to relate music (and probably other arts that you discover that you enjoy along the way) to WHATEVER is happening. It’s beautiful, really. Appreciating music allowed me to appreciate everything in life a little more.</p>
<p>You may become a real connoisseur, but don’t ever be pretentious about it. You know what I’m talking about.</p>
<p>Enjoying nature is simple, and comes with an added bonus: you can listen to music when you want to (or have to) go solo, and it’s a great time for introspection. Go for a stroll in the park, and admire the beauty of nature. Be adventurous. Find those special places in nature that few others know about.</p>
<p>I live in a boring part of Texas, but even the local park has some spectacular scenery. </p>
<p>Find a good balance of solo/social, and work up to sports with 6+ people in a group. Mix it up, just try soccer, ultimate Frisbee, basketball, and others. I’m a guy, and I have a ton of fun playing volleyball in the pool at parties. You can be kind of jokingly overly serious and have a lot of laughs. You didn’t specify your gender, but if you are a guy as well, don’t think there’s any such thing as a “girl sport”.</p>
<p>If your family is in such a position that you have the resources to regularly host social events of this type at your home, do it. Take it from someone who does not have this, you are a lucky one, this can give you a lot of social value. Start with closer friends and scale upward. Put some work into it, get other people enjoying themselves. Music, food, drink, a pool if you have it, sporting activities, dancing, and you should be golden.</p>
<p>If you manage to do everything I’ve said, you should have found more than a couple of things that you like. You might have found that you really liked ultimate and a few of the other suggestions, and so you founded an intramural sporting club at your school. Inspired by the political messages of one of your favorite musicians, you decide to use the club to raise funds for a charity. Maybe the musician is Lupe Fiasco, and your charity is for increasing access to sanitary drinking water in sub-Saharan Africa. You then begin a school-wide campaign to increase awareness of this issue, and gain the support of school staff to host several tournaments throughout the year with different sports. You monetize the event by charging small participant registration fees and selling tickets and concessions.</p>
<p>Don’t you sound like an interesting person who is involved in their community, is genuinely and intensely engaged in their interests, and takes initiative to make a difference in the world? Forget about college admissions, this is good work to do. This is what the good people in the world do.</p>
<p>I don’t know, I hope that helped. It at least helped me to write it all out. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice guys</p>