@QuiteAverage90 @BrownParent @Falcon1 I’ll have to admit, my ECs are not the strongest portion of my application. However, that doesn’t mean they’re anything near bad. A lot of them involve areas in which I’ve put in years of work, so I’ve a fewer number, but much more that I’ve gotten out of each one, and I’ve heard that ivies prefer this to just dabbling in extra curricular activities so that you can put them on your resume. My ECs are:
-In the competitive audition school jazz band for going on four years, going to have held the position of first chair tenor sax for two years
-Vice president of my school band
-Weekly saxophone lessons outside of school for the past three years
-Participation in a state jazz band that was very competitive to get in to
-Weekly violin lessons since I was three years old (fourteen years)
-President of my youth group, planning a two-day convention for members in the midwest this year, held positions on the regional level for past two years and have been involved since seventh grade
-Earned 15 credits for the University of Minnesota through college in the schools Hebrew
-Volunteer as a teacher assistant every Saturday for my synagogue
-National Honors Society
-Chosen from a competitive pool of applicants to be an unpaid junior counselor for eight weeks at a summer camp, responsible for luggage logistics and building friendships with the campers
-During 10th grade, participated in a social justice program on a committee aimed at alleviating poverty, and planned and led a workshop at a youth summit on new bullying legislation
-Went to France and spoke exclusively in French for ten days
-Went to Poland and saw historical Holocaust sites and then went to Israel during the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict and experienced it firsthand
There are other small things, but that’s the gist of it. Let me know if you guys think that’s sufficient… As you can see, I pour my time heavily into specific areas instead of spreading out more.