Why do colleges expect high school kids to be super active / volunteering / working /...

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...extra educating...? In all the resumes they ask for Volunteer service, Extracurricular Activities, Athletics (so you can't put sports under Extracurricular now...), Work Experience, Educational Prep Programs, Awards and Honors, Course work other than A-G, etc.

I mean, I run for xcountry and track, received some awards for top of class, did 8 hrs community service every semester, but I never had a job, or blah blah blah other stuff

Then under the essay sections they want to know about some sort of life changing experience I had!
I'm 17, I live in California - not Bosnia. My life is very quiet and average.
 
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