<p>I have more than adequate stats to get into the schools I’m going to apply to but I’m wondering how much leaving a sizable portion of the application (Volunteer/Work) blank will hurt me in the admissions process at Georgia Tech, Michigan, and Illinois. I will be applying to the engineering schools if that makes any difference in the selection. Thanks!</p>
<p>Sorry about the typo in the title!</p>
<p>What about other ECs? School clubs? Music? Sports?</p>
<p>If you’ve got those, the specific lack of volunteer or work experiences shouldn’t hurt you much. </p>
<p>In other words, schools want to know – besides your stats/grades, what do you have to show for your four years of high school?</p>
<p>lol i have volunteer work, about 200 hours of it spread out over the last 4 years, but that’s not one of my <em>major</em> ECs, and if I want to mention it, it’ll have to be in the “Additional information” section. what do u think? should i mention it?</p>
<p>I run track (and am pretty good) and play golf. I played basketball my freshman and sophomore years. I am an active member of NHS. And 10th and 11th grade I was in the National Spanish Honors Society (I am not now b/c I am not taking Spanish this year).</p>
<p>sleepy, well, you have 3 sports and NHS. That’s not a lot for the very top schools but should be OK for the ones that interest you, provided you have very good grades and scores. Write a killer essay, mabye one in which you address the lack of work/volunteering on your ap, as in “I am so passionate about running I devote most of my free time to it” ;)</p>
<p>General Stats:
SAT: 780M 750R 690W (2220 Composite)
SATII: 770 Math II 720 Chem
Rank: 7/198
GPA: 4.01 UW (4.33 is an A+)</p>
<p>So will I be screwed out of admission just because I don’t want to suck up to admissions officers?</p>