| Just my 2 cents:
I know plenty of people who have not dedicated themselves to an instrument or a sport, just tons of other things, who have gotten into great schools. As for me, I spent a great amount of my summers researching at a microbiology lab. During the year, I'm involved heavily in JSA, volunteering, and academic competitions. I'm riding on the fact that everyone defines him or herself in a different way. I'm not amazingly athletic (although, I love tennis and am not too bad at it) and I'm not musically-inclined, but I don't feel like that's going to limit me because I have managed to be involved and unique in other ways. Don't kill yourself if you haven't chosen to do something just because it is suggested on these forums. Dedication is trivial term. I'm Asian and I for one will not slaughter myself if I don't make the Ivy League. |