Asian and nonspectacular EC's, possible?

snipez90
Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:56:21 +0000

I’m considering applying EA/ED to MIT, but I would like opinions on how much my EC’s will affect me, and that fact that I’m asian. I’m posting some relevant stats:

SATI: 800M 710CR 700W (retake for 2300+, hopefully raising CR to near max)
SATII: taking Math2c, chem, and USH in october (expecting 800’s in the first 2 and 750+ in USH)
GPA: UW: 3.99 W: ~4.4
Rank: 3-5 (B in hon. physics
APs: Bio - 5, USH - 5, predict a 5 in Chem, Stats, Econ (hopefully both), and a 4 in Lang (predicted are from this past junior year)
Taking Calc BC, Lit, Gov, German, Phys B, and Compsci senior yr

ECs (here is where i get shut down):
Volunteering (200+ hours): Salvation Army- email system, file system, random stuff, Cleveland Clinic- help out, Relay for Life cocaptain- door-to-door fundraising
NHS: supervising events over the summer
Science Olympiad: local + regional awards (i really should’ve tried harder, team made states this yr)
AMC’s: 9th grade: around 60, 10th grade: 106, 11th grade: 100.5, AIME: 2 (screwed up here, but not crying over spilt milk)
12th grade AMC’s don’t really matter do they?
Creative Communications Poetry contest

So yeah, despite a good academic record, none of my EC’s stand out. I’ve chosen to volunteer my time instead of working, since my family earns a good income. I can say that entering 9th grade, I could not do algebra 1, so my math has developed over the years (but the culmination is a bit disappointing).

All I can say is that I will work my ass off in 12th grade, seeing as how my performance waned this crucial past year. Any comments would be appreciated.

EDIT I’m thinking of doing Econ/Math. Unfortunately, all i got for an Econ EC is an Econ Challenge t-shirt, since the teacher forgot to give me a permission slip (which was partially my fault).

EDIT2 I’m a male, sorry I’m not very good at this (i mean the admissions process, not the gender)