How are my EC's etc.?

Colleges & Universities University of Chicago
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<p>How are my EC’s, Honours, Sports?</p>

<p>BARE IN MIND; I AM A U.K APPLICANT, SO YOU WILL NOT SEE ALL THOSE STATE AWARDS etc.</p>

<p>EC’s</p>

<p>-Peer Support President (Basically Buddy program for 1st Years i.e 11 Yearolds)
-Worked for Not-for-Profit Organisation (Oxfam)
-Debating Society
-Discussion Society
-Internship at CitiGroup Investment Bank
-Stockbroking at Morgan Stanely Quilter
-Internship at Think Tank (Social Market Foundation)
-Volunteering in Africa with orphans of AIDS
-600+ Hours Community Service
-Member of The Royal Economic Society
-Intense Research in Political Economy
-Combined Cadet Force - Non-Commisioning Officer, Sergeant
-£7,000 Raised for Cancer Research from fundraising
-Several Publications in Local Newspaper
-Involvement in Conservative Party Conference
-Helped and Assisted Prospective Youths on a Junior Year 5 Workshop Day
-School Deputy Head Boy
-Attended Several LSE Economics Lectures
-Conservative Party Member
-Junior Rowing Coaching and Teaching
-Publications in School Magazine
-Junior Rugby Coaching and Teaching
-Volunteered in an Economic Conseravtion in Peru, Writing a Day to Day diary of the on going Economic and financial crisis in Peru, which I published in the Economics Web Institute, The International Economic Development Council, The Insititute for International Economics, The European Economic Association and The Royal Economic Society
-£1000+ Raised for School Rowing Boat Club</p>

<p>Sports</p>

<p>-First Team Rugby - Captain
-Lancashire Cup (State Competition) Rugby Winners
-Rowing Boat Club Co-President
-JU18 Quad Qualification and Victory for Henley Regatta (1st)
-County and District Rugby 1st Team
-Rugby Mail Cup (Country Competition) Semi-Finalists
-Junior Rugby Coaching
-Junior Rowing Coaching</p>

<p>Honours and Awards</p>

<p>-Top of Year Classics
-Top of Year Economics
-Top of Year English Literature
-Short Listed in European Economic Association “Young Economist of the Year”
-Duke of Edinburugh Bronze
-Duke of Edinburugh Silver
-Duke of Edinburugh Gold
-Millenium Volunteer 200 Hours Award
-600 Hours Community Service (so far)</p>

<p>Summer Programs</p>

<p>-Wharton Business School - Leadership in the Business World
-(Hopefully next year) Harvard SSP Economics (Hopefully next year)</p>

<p>Note; this is only so far. I’m sure I will achieve much more.</p>

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<p>Believe it or not, too many EC’s can look bad. Chicago would much rather have a student who was highly dedicated over many years to a few EC’s than someone who has a lot of apparently shallow interests. If you can demonostrate that all these contribute significantly to the narrative that will be your application then keep them, otherwise I’d be cautious of having an EC list that was ten miles long.</p>

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<p>Obviously i’m going to shorten down the list. Yet I feel my EC’s vary highly towards that of an economical and charitable direction.</p>

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<p>if u do take Econ at Harvard over the summer (which I did, and I am attending Chicago next year) I just recommend that you dont take the 8 credit option… instead, take the two separate classes for 4 credits each… people have customarily hated the combined version. </p>

<p>On the issue at hand, though, Chicago will certainly be much more interested to see that you have devoted a considerable effort to a single activity. Pretty much all your ECs sound terrific (man I envy that Citi one) but if they fail to see that you have developed a passion for one of them, that may not be a good thing. Clearly, you have quite an interest in econ - so if u get into chicago and dont come ill strangle you… jking - but it would behoove you to pick one of those and REALLY put your heart into it. With so many ECs, theyll wonder just how much time youve dedicated to any of them.</p>

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<p>Felipe,
How was your experience with Harvard’s summer program? Was it favorable? Was it for high schoolers or for whoever wanted to take it? Just curious.</p>

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<p>Do you feel that if I wrote beside how many hours I dedicated to each EC, it would be recieved better by admissions, (as I scrap some average EC’s)?</p>

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<p>I think you should write about your passion for one of your EC’s as one of the shorter essays *or touch on it in your main essay, or add an extra… or talk about the recurring theme of economics. I know that I had a list a lot of people thought looked like yours, but it is clear you were dedicated to all of the activites (captain and such) and you need to show the admissions staff you did this stuff because you loved it. </p>

<p>This is what I did and it worked with 100% success rate.
Good luck!</p>