ECs in college admissions?

travelerfromtx
Sun, 06 Mar 2016 18:08:02 +0000

Your other thread mentioned you are in band and tennis. That is two great EC’s so don’t worry too much. It’s assumed you’re putting in a lot of time for practice for both of those activities, including in the summer. You can always elaborate on that in an application if you attend camps for these EC’s in the summer.

That said, the advice to volunteer somewhere is excellent. Find something you would enjoy helping out with and volunteer. There are so many ways to help out. Examples include reading to children at the library, volunteering at the hospital, volunteering at an animal shelter, helping out with Habitat for Humanity, Special Olympics and so many, many more.

Remember that colleges like well rounded people. High academics, playing a musical instrument and playing a sport makes you a pretty well rounded person already. Demonstrating some initiative by volunteering will simply add to that, and you will likely enjoy helping others out in the process.

BTW, you don’t have to be president of a club to show leadership either. Somebody needs to be the secretary or historian too. So if you’re already in a club at school (I’m on unclear on that from your post) you can consider trying out for these positions.