Can reading be an EC?

pbr
Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:15:06 +0000

I believe it can help if the reading is evidenced by objective performance. My older son, now at a top national LAC, spent much of his free time in middle and high school reading history books. The last high school history course he took was in 10th grade (non-AP in which I recall he got a B or B+). He took all three history SAT IIs and got two 800s and a 790. I suspect the admissions people noticed this when they figured out how to get past his 3.6 high school GPA.