On the common application where it asks for your religious preference I plan to put none because I'm an atheist, but quite a few of my ECs are through church. I'm afraid that this will make me look like I'm not really dedicated to my activities and that I'm doing it just for college. My parents force me to go to church and be active in religious activities, and initially my participation in these activities was reluctant, but eventually I started to realize that I liked helping people and I was pretty happy to do it even if I didn't do it in the name of God. I'm from a small, religious town so a lot of the community service organizations are church based. Anyway I'm just worrying if putting none as my religion but having tons of church based ECs would be a red flag to any admissions officers?
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