<p>Well obviously everyone on this site worries about every aspect of their college admission, but do extracurriculars really matter that much? Isn’t doing a couple things during the school year and a couple things during the summer enough</p>
<p>I hope so. (that they don’t really matter that much)</p>
<p>There’s thread called <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/international-students/472469-tell-me-tell-me.html[/url] ”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/international-students/472469-tell-me-tell-me.html</a> ; and they are discussing some EC issues there. Poster Anik wrote this</p>
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Anik:
libindaniel2000,
<p>But while your list of ECs shows that you are well rounded, you need to know that colleges aren’t impressed by sheer numbers of club involvement, but the degree of involvement in each club, and the experience gained from the participation. It’s not your ECs that matter, but what you give to it, and what you learn from it.</p>
<p>My friend got accepted into Caltech with only 3 ECs: she played the Hawaiian guitar, taught under privileged children (which she wrote about in her commonapp essay) and worked as a co-ordinator for an award ceremony. Clearly her talents were not as diverse as your’s but the Hawaiian Guitar did give her a fresh edge, and she was able to communicate what she’d learned from Community service pretty well in her essay, and that’s what impressed the committee. (They hinted so on the acceptance letter they gave her!)</p>
<p>So unless you’ve been involved in something deeply which has taught you something meaningful, or unless you have some unique talent (like playing traditional Bengali songs on a Hawaiian guitar), don’t count overly much on your ECs. Stuff like organizing campaigns and being member of <insert club=“” name=“”> won’t make a difference at HYSP. You’re job experience and debate competitions will.</insert></p>
<p>If you had an SAT 2200 or above, I’d say you have a pretty good chance. But with something like 2060, you now have to rely on your ECs, school recommendations, and essays to tip the scales in your favor. I won’t tell you what your chances are because nobody can say for sure. Do you have any hope of getting in? Of course! There’s always hope.</p>
<p>P.S I got rejected from Caltech too, but am so over it right now.
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<p>link to her post, #11 - <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1059931821-post11.html[/url] ”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1059931821-post11.html</a></p> ;
<p>Hope it helps!</p>