How bad are my EC activities?

Applying to College
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<p>** = can I count this as an EC or will I look foolish?</p>

<p>Baseball: freshman, sophomore years
CSF: one semester junior year and I didn’t do the tutoring, so I probably will not mention it
No community service/volunteering (yeah I know, horrifying, isn’t it?)</p>

<p>Took one summer community college class (Business 001) and got an A
Took a graphic design course, 10 weeks over the summer, no official school credit, got an A</p>

<p>4 months or so of work at an ice cream store… made around $1000 in the end, average workweek was like… 8 hours? (will have to check that)
*<em>Built a computer (I figure I could explain how I learned myself about all the parts, etc)
*</em>Have been going to Japanese class once a week for… hmm… since I was around 6 to 8 years old?
Will have a fully functional and good looking online T-shirt store website by the time apps are in… Made the site, shirt designs, physical shirts, all by myself and all very cost efficiently with my own money, which I could claim was from the ice cream store work if that makes it sound like a better story.</p>

<p>HOW BAD IS IT GONNA HURT ME THAT I DIDN’T “GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY” THAT I’M SUPPOSED TO LOVE SO MUCH??</p>

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<p>Well it isn’t going to really hurt you at all unless you’re applying to a school in the upper tiers like Harvard</p>

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<p>Japanese class I would certainly include. Initiative and all that. Building a computer, not so much.</p>

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<p>I agree, the building a computer thing isn’t all that impressive. On a whole, your ECs aren’t very good, but perhaps you’ve been applying your time to other things that aren’t normally considered ECs but could be written about on an essay?</p>

<p>Also, it would help to know what type of college you’re targeting. As was said, there are different expectations for different schools.</p>

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<p>I think you should include the computer part. If that’s the kind of thing you’re into a passionate about and you spent a lot of time on it, then I don’t see why you shouldn’t include it.</p>

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<p>Unless you’re shooting for a top 25 school, you have nothing to worry about (assuming you’re grades are good).</p>