Lack of ECs

Wordworker
Sat, 11 Aug 2012 14:43:52 +0000

ECs are a way to show leadership and commitment. They’re important for teenagers who live at home and are supported by family and have no other big obligations except school.

Although, if you were an admissions director and you got an application from an Olympic athlete, would you reject him/her for not also being in the French club, the pep squad, and the highway cleanup crew?

I think you’d realize that his/her sport was a major activity, similar to a job.

You have a job, and it’s a 24/7 job. You’ve done significant leadership activities there. Is being president of the chemistry club more important for someone like you? Nope.

By the way, were you by any chance an Eagle Scout? I know it was high school, but I’d try to find a way to refer to it in an essay. Corporate America tends to love people who were Eagle Scouts, because many CEOs were and they set the tone for their companies. Colleges may be different, but, if you have the credential…