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People truly overrate EC's. And also, I find that a lot of people think that extracurricular activities are only clubs, community service, instrument, etc...which is false (as the word itself is defined). Many people who say "I have so little EC's" (like myself) actually, on a closer inspection, have more than one commonly thinks: think of the many hobbies and things you do in your free time, little things, etc...turns out that it's a lot more than one imagines.
My cousin had four "official" Ec's to put on his commonapp, which is considered little since everyone says that 7 is too little. He filled in the other three slots with his hobbies/side-passions and explained them, and it was a success. I think one example I remember was puzzle-solving or something like that; he had a talent for solving many complex puzzles and he put that down...I'm not sure what exactly it was but anyways, seems that he got involved somehow.
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