Hello! I am a sophom*ore in high school and I was wondering if learning languages on my own could count as an extracurricular. However, I have no proof of fluency, I am not fluent at all actually. I am working hard to become fluent in the basics to hold a conversation in the two different languages before I begin college and if I am lucky, before college applications. Taking the time to learn these languages have been putting meaning to my life these past couple of months, so I was wondering if I could use it to fill up my college application even if I did not become as fluent as I planned to. If not that, could I possibly describe my journey and how learning languages on my own (especially since one is my mother country's language -- my parents never spoke their first language to me as they are fluent in english) has impacted my life for a college application essay for a competitive school, such as UCLA or Johns Hopkins?
Again to restate the questions I have (just in case what I was trying to say was confusing):
1) Could I say learning languages on my own as an extracurricular, even if I am not as fluent as one might hope to be by the time I apply for college?
2) If I could not say I learnt languages on my own as an extracurricular, would it be a good essay topic for a competitive school?
