Help me narrow down extracurriculars??

Echo049
Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:02:56 +0000

PLEASE HELP!!!

I have too many of the small, insignificant EC’s. My big one is the quintessential Chinese one; not unique at all. My other big one (city youth commission) is a group, collaborative effort. My best one (a newspaper internship) is good, but I’ve only done it for one year, and it has nothing to do with my major (astrophysics). My EC for that (a materials science camp) was a week long, and pretty weak.

Which ones should I put on my Common App? Which ones should I definitely leave off? In what order should I put them on? Which should be my “passion”, since I’m passionate about everything I do?? And can I send in supplmentary materials, like published articles from the newspaper or a slides of my camp research project??

EC’s

Violin w/ 4 silver medals in Musicfest Northwest, 3 Superior ratings in EWMEA Festival, 2 state alternate placings, and 2 superior ratings as a group chamber orchestra at EWMEA. Concertmaster of school chamber orchestra (honors in a sense), principal second violin of city youth orchestra, and I play at churches, weddings, and balls


Journalist for local newspaper, primarily sports and Arts/Entertainment. Published four articles since September 2008; one article won 2nd place at the EWU Journalism Day Competition
Captain of Varsity Knowledge Bowl team; tied for 1st in League; 2nd Place at Regionals, 6th Place at State; currently 12-0 in League, tied for 1st.
Varsity Track and Field (110m Hurdles, and JV for sprints)
National Merit Commended Scholar (207 PSAT, Washington cut-off was like 219)
AP Scholar w/ Merit (5-4-4-4-2)
DECA (third place at regional competition in Business Law and Ethics)
Mock Political Convention Board Member (led a committee in setting up an all-school mock political convention in junior yeare, and spoke to nominate Barack Obama during the convention)
JV Cross Country (sophomore and senior years)
City Youth Commission Board Member (do a LOT of volunteer stuff with this: Habitat for Humanity, Ronald McDonald House, Food Drive, Holiday Ball, Tree Lighting, Battle of the Bands…the list truly goes ON and ON and ON)
Key Club Board Member and Senior Class Representative (some more volunteer stuff)
Hospital volunteer (four hours a week, nothing too big)
Chinese Association volunteer (primarily annual Chinese New Year Festival)
Lifeguard/First Aid/CPR trained (if this has ANY relevance to anything…)
Materials Science camp participant (worked with Boeing engineers on 787 Dreamliner wing parts at UWashington)


THANK YOU!! Please help…my apps are due in three days…this is for like HYPS and everything…yeah…