@CU13 Thanks so much for the help. You say not to add “fluff,” but should I mention that anywhere at all? I do spend a lot of time on those activities, albeit not as much as debate/CS, so I feel like it should go somewhere, at the very least to explain why I didn’t have time to be better at my main activities. Could I put it in the additional info section? FWIW, these show leadership, and I do have some awards in them. I guess what I’m asking is – is it bad to put these because of it displaces better that can be mentioned, or because including this info will make my application weaker?
Obviously, I’ve never submitted college apps before. For the activities section, do I need to separate things out (ISEF research, app, internship) or can I lump them together into one and list all the details? I’ve also made a bunch of smaller projects, so listing “CS” or “programming” or something like that as an EC would allow me to mention it.
Also, my school doesn’t have a formal “math team” but you can just sign up for stuff and go. Is it acceptable to just put “math competitions” as an activity? Also should ARML be separate or can it be combined? BTW, these technically count towards Mu Alpha Theta, so would it make more sense to list that as the activity?
Unfortunately, there isn’t a CS club at my school and it’s way to late in the game to start one. I could definitely do hackathons and I will probably get a software internship in the fall. At this point, is it worth it to try for Siemens? Results would be out by the time EA is due.