What if I don't have...

wmmk
Tue, 06 May 2008 18:10:24 +0000

I don’t think passion is unimportant to colleges. Admissions offices understand that if they accept a bunch of people who won’t continue their EC’s in college, the college communities will be rather dull. If people remember their college experiences as boring, they’re not going to be donating much, regardless of their income level.

And to the OP, colleges don’t care much about whether your EC’s are school-sponsored. In fact, a lot of the best applicants are engaged in activities outside of school. However, there’s a big difference between turning down NHS/MUN/FBLA/Spanish club/Student Council for lab research, internships, and volunteer work and turning down those in-school activities for XBOX, parties, and napping.