<p>Tanya, I'd consider those choirs to be awards. If you have so much stuff you are having to really choose what to list in honors, I might put the choirs under ECs --but list them up high, as they are evidence of your talent & confidence as well as your interest in singing. Even being elected the captain of a team could go under honors if you want to fill space. Otherwise, I'd just put it in partentheses after you list it under sports or ECs. (Sure -- some teams just give captain status to every senior, but it will still look better than a blank space.)</p>
<p>The discussion of community service reminds me that my son's common app really doesn't talk about it. There's just not a logical space for it in the tiny boxes they provide, especially when the service is scattered over many activities. A minimum number of hours is a graduation requirement, though, and the school profile says this. Do you think it's foolish not to find a way to squeeze the hours and particular service activities into the common app?</p>
<p>I know this has been expressed ad nauseum here on CC, but my own D had just a couple of extracurriculars and honors, but they were all focused in one area. She's heavily involved in her school's radio station (both on-air and as the promotions director), and she's a Girl Scout (where her Gold Award involved organizing a benefit concert for Head Start.)</p>
<p>I do think that her semi-unusual activities (and the passions expressed therein) are more interesting than a huge laundary list of scattershot clubs... but then I'm her mother.</p>
<p>I would see community service as an EC if it doesn't fit anywhere else. My son listed his team captain thing in the EC section. It is an award, in a way, but I see it more as a leadership component of the EC.</p>
<p>scout how about a rendition of "Pink Pajamas" :-) I was a leader for my girls through Juniors. We had a blast! I was sorry they chose not to continue but on the way home from a soccer game last week they were singing "Bears in the Wilderness" and "Pink Pajamas" so some of it stuck!</p>
<p>Congrats again on your Ds acceptance (to DePaul right?) and onn her Gold Award! YIGGGS</p>
<p>Thanks, cinniesmom (and what a good memory you have - it IS DePaul!) I know her Gold Award played part in her scholarship offer, as it was mentioned in the offer letter.</p>
<p>I'm still the Troop leader for my D's troop of seniors (only 4 girls left from a Brownie troop of 19, but hey, we still meet every other week!) I never thought I'd say this, but I'm going to miss them once the year is over.</p>
<p>I must be getting old--I don't remember "Pink Pajamas". Thanks for the reassurance about Girl Scouts and the Gold Award! My daughter spends most of her waking non-school hours in dance classes, but she's almost done with her Gold Award project (hopes to have it done by Nov 30 so she can put it on her UC application). Other than that, she doesn't have tons of honors. Her school is one of those that the same few people get everything. </p>
<p>We have 9 girls left from her Daisy troop...</p>
<p>^^ LOL...here it is Kathy, sung to the tune of Battle Hymm of the Republic. </p>
<p>I wear my pink pajamas in the summer when it's hot
I wear my flannel nightie in the winter when it's not
and sometime in the spring and sometimes in the fall
I hop into my little bed with nothing on at all
Nosey Nosey what's it to you
Nosey Nosey what's it to you
Nosey Nosey what's it to you
If I hop into my little bed with nothing on at all</p>
<p>There's another verse but I'll spare you ;-) You know for you guys whose girls are still in scouting that's HUGE. There is so much leadership and community service and so many experiences that are inherent in that program that any college worth their salt and in the know will fall all over themselves for your Ds. Seriously I'd encourage your entire troops to play that to the hilt! Scout I know your D is already set up with her #1 but Kathy and anyone else out there use it or 4-H or any of the other programs that build our kids by teaching them all along how to lead, follow and be compassionate.</p>
<p>My oldest daughter is currently a college freshman at one of her top choice schools. She had a solid HS academic record and scored well on her tests. However, aside from National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society, she never won any awards, nor held any leadershipship position in the few EC's that she participated in. Yet she was accepted to 6 out of the 7 universities that she applied to(and only waitlisted at the most competitive school). So I don't think the lack of awards is a deal-breaker by any stretch.</p>
<p>Cinniesmom, thank you! I'm getting too old to remember most of our camp songs. Maybe my daughter can use this on her next function with younger scouts. The girls in my troop who are working on their Gold Awards are all applying to competitive schools and are hoping that the GA helps with the leadership points (UC gives extra points for Gold Awards). BTW, my daughter submitted her application for Stanford before dinner--her first one is in!</p>