MangoAssassin
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Throughout my first three years in HS I really slacked off on extracurriculars. I participated in XC, Track, FBLA, Key Club, and Spanish/National Honor Society, but had no real involvement or dedication to the activities. This last summer I pretty much asked myself "What am I doing with my life?", and decided that I needed to make a change.
I wanted to get your guys' opinions on how a senior-year change to this type of behavior looks (obviously I know that no one here knows exactly how the admissions officers see things, but general thoughts and ideas are great). I focused on involving myself mainly in volunteering, because I've had a decent amount of previous experience in that area, and really enjoy making a positive impact on my community. This year I'm Treasurer of SHS, VP of FBLA (also in charge of managing all of our chapter's volunteering opportunities), tutor at my middle school, member of my regional CAP program, and founder of an organization that helps local senior citizens with things like shoveling snow, raking leaves, and delivering groceries. Unfortunately, the elections for this year's officers for NHS and Key Club took place last year, so I missed out on that opportunity. I'm currently talking with my FBLA advisers about hosting a charity walk/run this upcoming Spring for the March of Dimes foundation, which is the partnered charity of the FBLA program. On a slightly different note, I also started a debate team for our school.
It's not a question of whether this will be viewed as a positive or not (I know that no real involvement for my first three years is a bad negative), but rather a question of how badly it will be viewed after the change. Do they place the most weight on senior year (since it gives the most recent picture of the candidate), or do they look at freshman/sophomore year and assume I still have the same character as I did then?
Thanks.
I wanted to get your guys' opinions on how a senior-year change to this type of behavior looks (obviously I know that no one here knows exactly how the admissions officers see things, but general thoughts and ideas are great). I focused on involving myself mainly in volunteering, because I've had a decent amount of previous experience in that area, and really enjoy making a positive impact on my community. This year I'm Treasurer of SHS, VP of FBLA (also in charge of managing all of our chapter's volunteering opportunities), tutor at my middle school, member of my regional CAP program, and founder of an organization that helps local senior citizens with things like shoveling snow, raking leaves, and delivering groceries. Unfortunately, the elections for this year's officers for NHS and Key Club took place last year, so I missed out on that opportunity. I'm currently talking with my FBLA advisers about hosting a charity walk/run this upcoming Spring for the March of Dimes foundation, which is the partnered charity of the FBLA program. On a slightly different note, I also started a debate team for our school.
It's not a question of whether this will be viewed as a positive or not (I know that no real involvement for my first three years is a bad negative), but rather a question of how badly it will be viewed after the change. Do they place the most weight on senior year (since it gives the most recent picture of the candidate), or do they look at freshman/sophomore year and assume I still have the same character as I did then?
Thanks.
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