I am very good at art and fluent in Chinese. I have won art awards, but I feel like its not enough. How can I can use these skills to do something to make myself stand out to colleges?
first things first: how is your GPA? Do you take a very rigorous curriculum? Have you taken SAT/ACTs? These are all more important than any EC.
If you are good at art and have won awards, then you already stand out to colleges. I would suggest that if you enjoy art, that you delve further into that area by expanding your skills and knowledge base in that area, developing a portfolio that can be submitted along with your application, and articulating in a compelling essay what your art means to you. (And an additional letter of rec from an Art Teacher might be useful too, depending on how many LORs the schools you are applying to want to see.)
Ok thank you
@T26E4 my grades are pretty good and I’m taking 6 ap classes this year. I just feel that to get into a top college I have to have ec that stand out