| There's a huge difference between doing something, and being GOOD at doing something, and colleges notice. For example:
my friend does art. He attends private art classes, and takes art classes at our school and is decent at it.
Not to toot my own horn, but i am GOOD at doing art. I also attend private art classes and take art classes at our school. However, I've also won numerous state competitions in art, often placing in gold medal. I've also won many national art competitions, most notably scoring very high on NFAA competition and also being chosen for a national art program that selects roughly 60 students nationwide each year. And finally, i even placed in the semifinalist round of an internationl art competition, which is open to ANY AGE range, including professional artists.
So when colleges see both me and my friend, they will be more inclined to choose me if our gpas and sats are comparable because while we both do art, I am the BETTER artist.
btw, my friend doesnt do art. he was just an example |