<p>I only participate in a few formal extracurricular activities (I sing in a choral group and tutor another student in math), instead focusing on...erm....less structured pursuits, one of which is blogging. </p>
<p>About two months ago, I started a blog (Librarbie</a>) relating to various aspects of literature, which I try to address in some insightful or otherwise unique way. Will colleges consider this a valid "extracurricular activity"? How many pageviews do you think I need for admissions officers to take my blog seriously?</p>
<p>Also, will having so few formal extracurriculars hurt my chances? I occasionally volunteer at a historical site, and am applying to be an editor of teenreads.com (fingers-crossed ;) I do a few other things with my time as well, and generally try to be as productive as possible. </p>
<p>In short, I guess I'm wondering whether colleges prefer school-run/more structured ecs over my working on various projects independently.
Thanks,
Alison</p>
<p>I’ve been blogging for almost two years now, pretty consistently. I see no reason why colleges wouldn’t want “accept” or anything. It’s something new, and also something that not a lot of kids do, so it sets you apart from the crowd. It’s the same as any other extra-curricular really, because blogging takes a lot of time, passion, and dedication. So there’s no reason why they wouldn’t see it as an extra-curricular. If anything, I’d think that it would set you apart from the crowd, since it’s not something that everybody does.</p>
<p>Also, I was a part of teenreads.com! Totally random. It wasn’t the… best of experiences, but I’m sure you’ll easily get in. =)</p>
<p>Whatever the case, I’m going to continue to blog because I love it. I’ll probably be putting it on my college apps. ;)</p>
<p>For what my opinion is worth, intellectual blogging is in the most worthwhile, respectable category of extracurriculars. Some of my favorite things in life are blog posts. I consider blogging about an academic interest to be a form of service for the common good.</p>
<p>You might enjoy reading this - How to Be a High School Superstar: A Revolutionary Plan to Get into College by Standing Out (Without Burning Out)</p>
Guys even I had the same question. Here’s my blog post: http://mobiletechanalyst.blogspot.in/?m=1
I want to major in cs
(I’m new to the cc community so please excuse for anything wrong)
I did not expect this many responses. It’s awesome how supportive the cc community is!</p>