Chance someone with bad EC's

Twins127
Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:04:32 +0000

34 ACT
4.17 W GPA 3.9ish UW
6 AP’s - all 5’s , 1 IB - 6
SAT 2 - Math 760(retaking), Biology 770
Senior schedule - AP Physics C, AP Stats, AP Calc BC, AP Comp Pol, AP English Language, AP Psychology

My EC’s are bad -

9th grade soccer
9th-11th rec basketball
Summer volunteer program (assistant tball coach) - 15 hours
Tutoring Program - 40 hours, another 40 after senior year
NHS senior year
Math Team senior year
International Studies Program senior year - 50 hours of work in year
Several jobs - around 200 hours of work
One of 30 finalists (top 10%) in economics essay contest for midwest
Second place in a finance/economics competition - won 3000 dollars with partner
AP scholar with distinction
Always on A honor roll
2 awards from teachers

Essay - maybe a little better than average, won’t stand out much
Supplement - Very good? I think its better than most
Recs - 1 should be really good, other should be pretty good. They don’t mention EC’s though.

Obviously, my EC’s are really bad. Do I still have a chance though?