<p>I posted this in the MIT forum as well, but I'd like to also get opinions here (MIT and Princeton are my top choices):</p>
<p>I am having a problem. I have been trying to write out all of my activities that I have done throughout high school, and I have found that although I feel that I have done a lot on paper it is only a little. My three main non-academic activities during the school year are varsity wrestling, engineering club, and piano. My main academic activity is independent study; I self-studied two AP exams this year and I am taking a course through JHU CTY. Over the summer I have a web design job that I have had since last summer. I established engineering club after a lot of setting up last year, and over the summer I am going to be organizing the club in order to enter into competitions next year and set up club-based design projects. I am also looking to expand membership of the club. I have done piano since the summer after second grade and I am at a very advanced level now. For wrestling, I have been wrestling since 6th grade, and I wrestle for about 30 weeks out of the 52 in the year. Not only do I do regular season wrestling, but I also do off season training and tournaments. I have been part of JHU CTY since the end of 3rd grade and took up through precalculus by 8th grade. I took a writing class the summer before 9th grade and during a small portion of the beginning of 9th grade through CTY, and due to financial concerns I did not do any courses in 9th or 10th grade. However, I learned some calculus for fun in 10th grade, and I self-studied for the Calculus BC exam this year. I am doing CTY Linear Algebra. During 12th grade I may be doing CTY Multivariable Calculus, and I will be independently learning some analysis.</p>
<p>I have done some other minor activities here and there, but these are the main activities that I have committed a substantial amount of time to. The problem is, however, that I do not have a laundry list of programs and activities that I have done. Yes I have an interest in science and math, but how can I show that through just engineering club and my independent studies? I feel as though I am not competitive enough activities wise with other applicants. Nevertheless, I have committed a ton of time to these few activities. I play piano year round, I am always studying something independently, I love to design websites and program games as a hobby, I have been working to start this engineering club and make it successful for two years, and I not only wrestle during the season, but I also do off season work and help out with the youth team.</p>