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06-16-2007, 02:41 AM
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#316 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 172
| Hey Ive been told on cc by several users that I have weak ec's that will hurt my chances for admision to several schools. I also, according to these users, am weak in leadership.
My ec's:
soccer 9-12
basketball 9-12
Habitat 9-12 including being the project cordinater senior year
food club 10-12
speech 10
a few summer jobs
boys state
commended national merit and my schools US history award
Before people told me my ecs were so bad, I felt fairly confident about them. Is this list really that bad? From what I heard from the admissions officers ive talked to, they arent looking for someone whos cured cancer or been published 5 times. Yet it seems many cc users have an unbelievable number of ecs (see diginetgod above). Is that whats really expected for admission to any sort of high ranking school? | 
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06-16-2007, 01:33 PM
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#317 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: P-Town, where the ballas Ball
Posts: 4,325
| I think you're perfectly fine with your ECs...definitely shows passion in everything he does. | |
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06-16-2007, 04:04 PM
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#318 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New York
Posts: 254
| This thread is honestly inspiring suicidal tendencies in me. The whole of CC does. It makes me not want to apply to college, because I'm already convinced I won't be accepted, and then I might as well die.
I don't do anything. I participated in Math League and Community Design Club my junior year. I've been in the county Interacademic League and Science Olympiad for two years and I'll be captain of both next year. I'm tutoring kids to play musical instruments this summer. I'm volunteering at a secondhand bookstore for the Literacy Volunteers this summer, and I can't tutor there because I don't have a high school diploma yet. I've never had a job because my mother likes to have me around the house to take care of my sister and otherwise do her bidding.
If I wanted to be inspired to apply to top universities and keep my pride, CC is the last place I would go. I come here looking for advice and find out that colleges are going to hate me. What's the use... | |
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06-16-2007, 10:12 PM
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#319 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New York
Posts: 254
| Er. I've since gotten over that angst. Thought I could delete posts, but I guess not. Carry on. | |
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06-17-2007, 04:52 AM
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#320 | | Member
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 516
| For those who list several leadership positions and clubs etc they are in, and then promptly say "I don't have enough EC's", then you have to see my list. FWIW it's worth I'm tired of hearing the word EC since I'm a very shy guy and don't usually interact with people unless I know them well or they're online. Heck I get nervous even talking on the phone with a stranger. My attention span is naught and every time I think of a plan, I promptly ditch it after devoting a few hours to it. I'm planning to do stuff in the 3/2 of a year that I have left before I turn in my college app though... wish me luck. | |
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06-17-2007, 07:46 AM
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#321 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New York
Posts: 254
| Thank you!
wxmann, I'm afraid of people and probably the vast majority of people I consider friends are ones I know online. Social anxiety plays a role into what I choose to do - and besides, the majority of ECs here ridiculously clique-ish. You have to be popular to get into Student Council/Gov't, Junior/Senior Exec, etc., and I'm not willing to play those games.
Good luck. | |
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06-18-2007, 12:43 AM
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#322 | | Member
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 516
| Quote:
Thank you!
wxmann, I'm afraid of people and probably the vast majority of people I consider friends are ones I know online. Social anxiety plays a role into what I choose to do - and besides, the majority of ECs here ridiculously clique-ish. You have to be popular to get into Student Council/Gov't, Junior/Senior Exec, etc., and I'm not willing to play those games.
Good luck.
| And thank you for the well wishes.  I've gotten over it as well... I actually spent 5 hours yesterday night, staying up over 12 AM... reading this thread and freaking out. I feel a bit better now. You'll be fine, ricedotted. You're list of EC's is definitely more than sufficient to go to a good school.
Best of luck to you too. | |
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06-18-2007, 02:57 AM
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#323 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Boston
Posts: 2,226
| Best of luck to you all. | |
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06-18-2007, 12:40 PM
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#324 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NJ and MA
Posts: 1,033
| "This thread is honestly inspiring suicidal tendencies in me. The whole of CC does. It makes me not want to apply to college, because I'm already convinced I won't be accepted, and then I might as well die."
Yeah...umm...don't take this site too seriously. Most of you are bright, intelligent people. No need to let some random strangers ruin your day. | |
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06-18-2007, 09:13 PM
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#325 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: P-Town, where the ballas Ball
Posts: 4,325
| lol, i soooo feeel that... | |
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06-23-2007, 07:52 PM
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#326 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: New York
Posts: 1,306
| How valued is starting a chapter of the High School Young Democrats? Personally I think thats more work and recognition that being national/international-blablabla-thingy-champion. Even though I feel some college admissions officers might take bias to that or reject based on if i were accepted it would be looking like they were favoring me politically [All these officers would obviously have this in mind - their politcal agenda]
Now though I'm beginning to drop a few EC's that I have mediocore interest in, such as a Medical Club which I'm secretary of [could become vice president /co-pres next year but I just dont have time for it] and model un [vice pres] in favor of the young democrats, amnesty international, track, and student goverment. Do you guys think thats a good idea? I looked at the common ap. and thats about all that can fit there along with 2 other things I do, so I figured these other things wouldn't really help
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06-23-2007, 07:58 PM
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#327 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: P-Town, where the ballas Ball
Posts: 4,325
| Actually it's no comparison to "being national/international-blablabla-thingy-champion." you could easily just up and go make a chapter of anything you want, anywhere....i would like to see you up and go to a science or mathematics Olympiad...trust me...it's not happening... | |
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06-23-2007, 09:02 PM
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#328 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: New York
Posts: 1,306
| It takes a lot more work to start a successful club than to win some arbritary competition | |
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06-23-2007, 10:32 PM
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#329 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: New York
Posts: 1,306
| nvm but I get what your saying | |
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06-24-2007, 12:11 AM
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#330 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 118
| woooo for being an Eagle Scout and playing three varsity sports my junior year
but I really need a job.....
and does anyone know if being editor of the school paper is worth the work? | |
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