ECs in college admissions?

gardenstategal
Sun, 06 Mar 2016 19:52:06 +0000

Lots of good advice here already. I would say that it sounds like you know yourself well. You are a meaningful contributor – you don’t have a need to be a leader. Playing a sport (and being a team member) and being in band both show your ability to put your talents to use for the greater good. While I’d give some thought about what you can do over the summer, it sounds like you’ve already considered how much you can handle outside of school. You may want to strategize on how to tell this story in your essays rather than apologize for it. The interest in ECs is to show that you are engaged and that you take the extra step when you’re interested in something. We’ve heard a lot of admissions people say they’d rather see 1 or 2 ECs with a high level of commitment than 20 that are all over the place.