Switched Schools Every Year...

Applying to College
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Currently I am a Junior, and I am attending my third high school in three years.
Freshman year I attended a performing arts school in NYC (public), sophomore year I was at an all-girls boarding school (by choice!), and currently I attend a performing arts school (charter) in Arizona.
Due to my constant moving around, my extracurriculars are a bit inconsistent. Each of my schools offered different activities, and I did what I could.

I am afraid that colleges will see me as being a bit… all over the place. I know that schools like to see consistency and dedication to just a few specific activities… sigh… good-bye harvard.

How does a situation like this come off to the admissions office? And how would I fill out the common app when my activities are spread so thin?

sorry for being a bother. thank you all so much for listening to me complain.

2

Military kids have to move around. Other students have to move around for their parents’ jobs. It’s part of life. Show the themes you do have–and one of them is that you are adaptable!

3

With such a low admissions rate, there’s never a guarantee of a “Hello, Harvard” in the first place. Stop stressing about that!

Common App: You get ten spots, if I remember correctly. Start with your most important activities, which will probably be the most recent. Perhaps you can get your guidance counselor to address your unusual schooling circumstances in their rec?