<p>I tried to stay calm - I tried to tell myself that it's all good - but I'm worried, and I'd at least be able to calmer about it if I knew whether or not my fears are justified.
Since I'm terrible at judging things like this, I thought some input from the lovely CC hangers-out might be helpful in finding some peace of mind.</p>
<p>So basically, the short version is that I'm involved in a number of activities - athletics, music, National Junior Classical League, math club, debate, and about 10 other clubs/committees/community service organizations in which I've participated and/or achieved significantly less than the others.
I've had some success with NJCL related activities; I am consistently a gold medalist on the National Latin Exam, have placed at the 2 district and one state conventions to which I've been, and have been in the NJCL Latin Honor Society.
I've had little notable success in track, but have participated in school for 6 years, and during the summer for the past 2.
I have debated for the past three years, but had little competitive success and only one minor leadership position sophomore year.
My most significant achievements in math club are placing in one local competition and receiving the highest score at my school on the AMC 10 in ninth grade.
I'm currently involved with five musical ensemble groups, none prestigious or requiring significant skill for participation, and have been for 2 to 6 years, depending on the group.</p>
<p>So, I think it's fair to say that I have fair participation in extracurricular activities, right? Maybe??
But, I have little major achievement (or none, depending on what counts as major) and almost no leadership positions (not for lack of trying =/). I'm also concerned that I haven't taken advantage of opportunities such as my school's JETS club.</p>
<p>And all that leaves me asking how my extracurriculars might affect my application to selective colleges along the lines of HYP on the one hand and/or schools like Rice, Wash U, Vanderbilt, on the other?</p>
<p>If you'd like context, I've a 2300 SAT, 3.8/4.3 GPA, 790 chem, 770 bio - wanting to go into engineering and have tried to take the most challenging course load I can, according to my interests (so as many APs as my parents and school admin will allow and dropping history/doubling on science next year)</p>
<p>Sorry to tack this on at the end, but does anyone have an opinion as to the location of the line between not selling oneself short and desperation, in terms of listing extracurricular activities on one's resume?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance? Thanks just for bothering to read this (assuming you actually did :))!</p>