| yougotjohn, about the biggest misconception in college admissions.
I think it's this extracurriculars hubbub. It makes me uncomfortable to see the way that college applicants are changing their lives so that they will "look better" to college admissions counselors who really only want to see them be happy and healthy. A question we ask ourselves a lot, and that you should probably ask the college counselors you meet, is: are we educators or are we businessmen? I am an educator, and as an educator I want my applicants to be healthy, and as healthy applicants, I'd rather you go on a bike ride than clock that 500th hour at a community service venture you don't really care about.
If your EC list shows that 1) you are interested in something (or two or three or four things) and, 2) you are doing that thing(s) you are interested in, then you've won. |