| Megavortex7--I agree with you. A major pet peeve of mine is kids who try to be involved in a million things either out of ego, trying to impress colleges, or the inability to say "no". And as you point out, sometimes they even manage to obtain leadership positions in many of them despite being completely overscheduled. While this type of person may technically be a member of the club, I've seen the same thing you have--they don't show up when they should or don't follow through on obligations. Yet, they will have a large EC list on their application. By this point in hs, my D has narrowed herself to only a few things, and only one is a major involvement. Despite what it seems like after reading CCer's bios, I firmly believe that it's really hard to do more than a few things very well. I really hope colleges agree. |