Context: Applying for an architecture major (B.Arch and B.S. programs).
As of right now on my Common App, my 10th EC space is taken by a volunteering experience I had volunteering to teach art/music/theater at a local art school I used to attend as a kid.
However, I am considering combining this experience with two other volunteering experiences I had (which are already combined — these two are less significant/sentimental and I had much less to say about them: just teaching architecture to kids at my local library and helping a local teacher teach fifth graders to paint a school mural). However, when I tried combining it, it made the art school volunteering seem less important to me.
I am considering dedicating the 10th space to writing a column in my school’s online newspaper reviewing free art museums in the area. However, I already have 3 other publication/writing-related extracurriculars and I’m not going into writing. However, I feel like this column is kind of unique (?). At the same time, the column isn’t in a major newspaper and doesn’t have much impact.
Please let me know what my 10th EC should be: the volunteering experience or the newspaper column. thanks!