| I hate reading these EC posts. They make me feel horrible. I'm on the fencing team, and I take private lessons, and I have for all my years of HS. Yet I'm not even on varsity, I'm not a captain. Why? Because there are people who have been doing it for a zillion years. I've done karate for almost 7 years. I'm not a black belt, I'm a green belt. My teacher, who is extremely dedicated to the sport, said that it took him 7 years himself. And yet around me, there are tons of kids who got black belts at age 10. My favorite sport is sailing, but aside from camp I really have no way to participate during the year. Everything I'm interested in happens to be scheduled at conflicting times (ie: I used to do theater stuff, but fencing and the play are both every day in the winter). I would rather have a good time with my friends in cooking club and be pres of Shakespeare Club (I like but don't really love Shakespeare) with great members and a great advisor than stay with the French theater club, which turned out to really stink (I love French). I am not from rural Texas, I don't have to babysit siblings or work all week, so apparently I'm screwed. I hate ECs in admissions. |