I was hit by a truck at 12 years old and since then have had chronic neck pain and headaches and fatigue. This stuff makes me unmotivated/unwilling and pretty much unable to do sports, at least regularly. I was great at track in middle school but in high school, I did sign up for track but never ended up keeping up with it due to my extreme desire to just lay on a bed and expel my pain and fatigue.
Now I'm a senior supposed to be applying for schools, but it's really awkward when I have no extracurriculars to report. [As for clubs, I was in interact but honestly I didn't go often at all because literally the interaction was just "who wants to bake cookies for our next meeting?" And I was in FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) last year, but according to my friend since I didn't get past districts in my competition I shouldn't report that. I might do the competition again this year but I don't really go to the school meetings, however I would go to the field trip events. So I'm not sure that counts because I'm hardly involved.]
I also need to get lots of community service done quickly, because even though I have done some, I have no proof of service and that kinda sucks. (ideas?)
Basically my question is, should I not even hope to get into colleges that have a strong emphasis on community service? Or is explaining to them that I was hit by a truck and have medical issues enough of an "excuse" for them to let it slide?
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