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Old 07-02-2006, 03:52 PM   #1
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How are my EC's etc.?

How are my EC's, Honours, Sports?


BARE IN MIND; I AM A U.K APPLICANT, SO YOU WILL NOT SEE ALL THOSE STATE AWARDS etc.


EC’s

-Peer Support President (Basically Buddy program for 1st Years i.e 11 Yearolds)
-Worked for Not-for-Profit Organisation (Oxfam)
-Debating Society
-Discussion Society
-Internship at CitiGroup Investment Bank
-Stockbroking at Morgan Stanely Quilter
-Internship at Think Tank (Social Market Foundation)
-Volunteering in Africa with orphans of AIDS
-600+ Hours Community Service
-Member of The Royal Economic Society
-Intense Research in Political Economy
-Combined Cadet Force - Non-Commisioning Officer, Sergeant
-£7,000 Raised for Cancer Research from fundraising
-Several Publications in Local Newspaper
-Involvement in Conservative Party Conference
-Helped and Assisted Prospective Youths on a Junior Year 5 Workshop Day
-School Deputy Head Boy
-Attended Several LSE Economics Lectures
-Conservative Party Member
-Junior Rowing Coaching and Teaching
-Publications in School Magazine
-Junior Rugby Coaching and Teaching
-Volunteered in an Economic Conseravtion in Peru, Writing a Day to Day diary of the on going Economic and financial crisis in Peru, which I published in the Economics Web Institute, The International Economic Development Council, The Insititute for International Economics, The European Economic Association and The Royal Economic Society
-£1000+ Raised for School Rowing Boat Club

Sports

-First Team Rugby - Captain
-Lancashire Cup (State Competition) Rugby Winners
-Rowing Boat Club Co-President
-JU18 Quad Qualification and Victory for Henley Regatta (1st)
-County and District Rugby 1st Team
-Rugby Mail Cup (Country Competition) Semi-Finalists
-Junior Rugby Coaching
-Junior Rowing Coaching

Honours and Awards

-Top of Year Classics
-Top of Year Economics
-Top of Year English Literature
-Short Listed in European Economic Association “Young Economist of the Year”
-Duke of Edinburugh Bronze
-Duke of Edinburugh Silver
-Duke of Edinburugh Gold
-Millenium Volunteer 200 Hours Award
-600 Hours Community Service (so far)

Summer Programs

-Wharton Business School - Leadership in the Business World
-(Hopefully next year) Harvard SSP Economics (Hopefully next year)

Note; this is only so far. I'm sure I will achieve much more.
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Old 07-02-2006, 04:19 PM   #2
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Well, it looks VERY IMPRESSIVE. Though, I do not know how prestigous or difficult to get some of those awards, but a typical Cal student probably has 1/4 of the E.C. you have.

Though, some people claim that they prefer a student that sticks with a particular field of E.C. programs and advances in them, rather than a "buckshot" student touching every type of E.C. possible. In other words, they want to see that many of your E.C. are related to each other to form some kind of unified progression those E.C. have in your life experience.
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Old 07-02-2006, 05:45 PM   #3
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Yeah, I do feel though, that my EC's vary towards a more charity and economical direction rather than millions of unrelated stuff.
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Old 07-02-2006, 05:47 PM   #4
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The OP posted the same thing in over 10 different college boards. Go figure...
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