Extra Curriculars - Are mine good or nah?

T26E4
Tue, 27 Oct 2015 10:52:56 +0000

Whether your ECs are good or not is irrelevant for you.

A first sitting SAT 1650 says that none of the American colleges are viable whatsoever. Why? Because a second sitting usually won’t generate a 500 point boost – which is about the range you’d want be at for the schools in question. The people who have told you otherwise are severely mis-informed. Please meet with your HS guid counselor and get honest feedback about viable schools.

My sincere advice for you: pare down every single one of your ECs, eliminating some altogether – and prep for that December SAT – (or possibly an impending ACT).

At your current rate, you’ll only be viable for the sorts of schools where ECs will not be weighted whatsoever. Thus, any incremental improvement in your SAT/ACT and GPA will be 500x more important than your slate of ECs.

Colleges are looking for scholars, not employees or event coordinators. Canadian unis are particularly stats focused and won’t give any weight to your EC list.

Please re-calibrate. Good luck to you.