Chances despite Horrible ECs

etceterae
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:33:36 +0000

I had a friend in a similar dilemma. What she did is found a club in the major she was interested in (Economics) and made a difference in her community with it. She was brilliant, top 5% of her extremely competitive school, so sponsorship and getting out to do stuff wasn’t too hard. She also started blogging about politics quite avidly, as it was during the elections.

Start ASAP with your stuff, because last minute looks better than a “clean” resume, which seems as if you simply didn’t care at all. Don’t do too much stuff and spread yourself out. Do one thing, work your butt off at it, and maybe mention in your essays how you always knew the importance of good grades for a foundation towards the future but later realized that having non-academic passions and getting involved with the community was just as valuable. It’d help explain your situation. Good luck!