<p>I have so many questions on this subject.
My main question on this subject is are certain ECs better than others?</p>
<p>I have a few friends who are joining a crazy amount of clubs and doing very little in them. Is this better than doing a few things that you really pay attention to? I will be a captain on my football team this coming year and I coach youth basketball. I spend a lot of time with these things and they take up a lot of my time.</p>
<p>I missed the NHS application deadline. I am an idiot but I also didn't hear about it until the week it was due. I could'nt find the application online and to sum it all up it was a bad series of events. I also would have done Spanish Honors Society as well. Will not doing NHS this hurt me a lot? and will I be at a disadvantage if I just do NHS my senior year? All my school does for NHS is community service (which i already have coaching youth b-ball).</p>
<p>I'm a junior but I feel like I may have screwed up big time. It seems too late to join clubs or play another sport. </p>
<p>If I joined track my senior year would this be good? I've always wanted to but my coach advised me to just concentrate on football, so I can only do it my senior year.</p>
<p>I'm a pretty good student and I think a smart kid. I have a 3.75 gpa unweighted (6 APs and 4 Honors classes) and I think I can get above a 2000 on the SAT (I have on practice tests). But I feel that my lack of ECs are gonna cost me entry into UVA (im in state). What do you think? Am I screwed? Can I save myself?</p>
<p>ECs, in general, are only as strong as the passion behind them.</p>
<p>Joining tons of activities hoping to get ahead in the college process isn't going to help, most of the time. What's most important is dedication to a few choice ECs and the ability to, through things like interviews and essays, show that dedication and passion. That's what makes you more than simply a group of numbers.</p>
<p>Also, if you are planning to play football in college, EC's won't be as important. The fact that your EC's are linked to your big interests (coaching kids) seems consistent and appropriate. Focus on that. Further, hang in there on your grades, study for the SAT and you're good to go. Join NHS when you can. You can use the hours you spend on your sport, and on coaching to fulfill the volunteer and involvement requirements.<br>
take a look at the application and see where/if you need to add anything. Shotgun approach to EC's is NOT at all necessary.</p>
<p>Usually colleges like to see dedication to a couple activities you're most passionate about.</p>
<p>They don't want a laundry list of random clubs that you're barely interested in.</p>
<p>Okay. I have a question.</p>
<p>I come from rural New Mexico; small town, small school. As it is, there are really not too many opportunities for a lot of the extracurriculars other kids do. I mean, I've read people's chances posts before and seen a list of things they've done that I've never even heard of. Those kind of things aren't possible here.</p>
<p>So, do admissions committees really take that into account when they are evaluating you? I know they say they think about opportunity available, but do they REALLY?</p>
<p>I think that you can find opportunities to do things you love. If that's sports, that shouldn't be a problem. Ditto if it's something like teaching or coaching. If it's something like writing or composing or something like that where there's an original result, you can always enter regional and nation-wide contests (look up things online).</p>
<p>List some things you're currently doing/would be interesting in pursuing more. I'm sure you can think of a way to make things work for you.</p>
<p>they look for passion. A lot of activities in one subject is very good!</p>
<p>You guys dont know how good this is to hear. Thank you</p>