<p>I hear that you need to be committed into your extracurricular's, and show Passion in what you do. However, how long should you have done an EC for to be counted as "committed" to it. How about if you discover a new passion in your junior year? If the typical length to be committed to an EC is like 2-3 years, wouldn't it be a disadvantage to discover a new passion during your junior year and then devoting a lot of time+commitment into it.</p>
<p>Or is it the typical, do what you love, and don't do it for the colleges?</p>
<p>Thanks for any input.</p>
<p>I know a senior who changed her extracurricular focus midway through junior year. She was accepted to Stanford SCEA, so certainly changing passions isn’t lethal to your application.</p>
<p>Of course, she was involved with a plethora of other activities pre-junior year; she only substitute certain ECs with other ECs due to a change of interests.</p>
<p>In my opinion, it’s better to do something that you really love than just for colleges. But also I think colleges will look more at what you DO with your ECs than just how long you do it. Anyone can sign up for a club and keep their name on the roster for 4 years, but it takes motivation and dedication to find a new passion and actually get a lot done with it.</p>
<p>Being passionate about your ECs isn’t something that’s a calculated decision, so this question is completely ridiculous.</p>
<p>If you want to do it, do it. If you don’t want to do it, don’t. Basing your ECs off of what you actually want to do and are actually interested instead of what you think the colleges will like ends up looking better on your application.</p>
<p>The duration of your involvement in an EC is only a minimal consideration when it comes to determining how much of a commitment you made to it. What you’ve actually achieved with that EC says much more. Attending weekly meetings for four years means very little unless you’ve done something beyond that.</p>