From Stonecold:"total lie that you need ECs to get into top schools
my ECs were mediocre at best, and i got into my reaches (being a little under average in all other areas, sat, gpa etc)
your essay matters 100x more than ECs"
Yet the below was posted by StoneCold March 30. I suggest taking that poster's EC advice with a grain of salt.
"rejected: penn,brown,tufts,georgetown, duke
waitlist: cornell, BC
in: johns hopkins, nyu, colgate"
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...39#post2053839