| "Just remember, for some of us, working 45 hours a week (I don't give a ...about your child labor laws, you tell that to the light company) and going to school, EC's kind are something that you wish you could do more of, but you just can't."
Apparently, you didn't realize that working 45 hours a week would count as a very strong EC. It particularly would have helped if you wrote your essay about your experience and included (if the college allowed) a supplemental recommendation from a work supervisor.
Of course, you'd also have to have excellent stats to get into a top college, too, and even with excellent stats and a 45 hour a week job, for space reasons (as is the case with all applicants), HPYS etc. still would be reaches.
ECs aren't just school clubs. Many activities that are not something like playing video games or going to classes at your regular school can count as an EC. |