Submitting websites?

[syn]

<p>I have somewhat weak extracurriculars and was wonderring if anyone has any experience with submitting websites, as supplements to their application, they designed/created? I'm confident in my coding skills in that most any problem layout-wise I can tackle and get it to work in any number of browsers, but I realize that most admissions officers aren't going to see that. The quality of my designs is variable, but I'm getting better and I think that if websites are at all considered, then my designs would at least make a good impression. I'm not planning on taking any arts courses, although if a typography or color theory class were offered, I might be interested—so design isn't my chief pursuit. For what it's worth, it is an "activity" that I want to continue, i.e. working on the college website.</p>

<p>Should I not do it at all? Should I send in printouts of the sites on nice paper? Should I send a link to the webmaster of a college's site and tell the admissions officer I did that? Here is some of my work, if it helps:</p>

<p>A</a> website for the Oberlin College's French House dorm. This isn't currently on the actual site yet, but I can get it on if I decide to submit some of my work. It is also incomplete but the Calendrier link works.</p>

<p><a href="http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/paper.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/paper.jpg&lt;/a>
<a href="http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/pizza.gif%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/pizza.gif&lt;/a>
<a href="http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/businessfolder.gif%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/businessfolder.gif&lt;/a>
<a href="http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/avantgarde.gif%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/avantgarde.gif&lt;/a>
<a href="http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/aviary.gif%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/aviary.gif&lt;/a>
<a href="http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/speakerbox%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/speakerbox&lt;/a>
<a href="http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/mountain.gif%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/mountain.gif&lt;/a>
<a href="http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/organic.gif%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/organic.gif&lt;/a>
<a href="http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/seafaring.gif%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/seafaring.gif&lt;/a>
<a href="http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/soft.gif%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/soft.gif&lt;/a> I went through a lot of versions of this site. if I were to submit any of my designs I would probably change the words.
<a href="http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/maison.gif%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/maison.gif&lt;/a> the same image of the above link in case that link doesn't work.
<a href="http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/orchestra.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://s88199767.onlinehome.us/orchestra.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I'm not looking for critique or anything, but I just thought that this is a big thing that I do outside of school and have dedicated a lot of time to. Would two to three designs be a good number? Will the fact that I'm not planning any design type major hurt me? Thanks for any help :)</p>

<p>Oh, and it's probably important to mention that these are all, except for the one with a working link, concept designs. The majority of the paid/volunteer web work (I've only done a little paid work) I do is in code, since it's what I most comfortable in. For those experienced: would it be better for me to translate these into actual working pages, to show that I can actually make them work in a browser? I can do it and work quickly, but I don't want to waste my time otherwise.</p>

[syn]

<p>Just a bump before this slips onto the fourth page :) Thanks.</p>

[A.S.A.P]

<p>If you do submit a link, you would probably want it to be a working site.
I think web design is a valid EC if you spend time on it and enjoy it, but the sites that you link should be up and running. I also think you'll want them to be fairly impressive. If they are just pages with no interactivity, it probably would be better not to link to them.</p>

[johnleemk]

<p>This is something I'm also curious about, because I not only programmed and maintain an interactive blog of my own, but also have a lot of content on it. How would colleges view my blogging activities, especially in the light of them having been praised for not reflecting my young age?</p>