no EC's hurtful?

Applying to College
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is having no EC’s besides like football for 2 years gonna hurt applyin a lot? how bout for like college park?

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<p>What do you think?</p>

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<p>um yeah it looks like you did basically nothing</p>

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<p>If the reason that you have no EC are because you worked to help support yourself/ family and you have been doig this for the last 3 years and summers then the lack of EC’s will not hurt you</p>

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<p>well then the job would count as an EC</p>

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<p>wt if i dont really have much anything tho. i just basically go to school and then ahng out with friends…i dont actually “do” anything…would no EC’s hurt THAT MUCH. iknow its not a good thing to have, but is it a killer?</p>

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<p>ummm yea…</p>

<p>If your schedule is basically</p>

<ol>
<li>School</li>
<li>Hang out with friends</li>
<li>Sleep</li>
<li>Repeat #1-3</li>
</ol>

<p>Then I would assume you are screwed (for a top college). What could you possibly put on your application?</p>

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<p>I think it would depend. Football training and season are pretty tough for students to do other stuff. Though, do u do anything related to it after school season?</p>

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<p>umm not particularly. Just two years of football is not that much. Plus the fact that the only thing he’s ever done outside of school is those 2 years of football= not very good.</p>

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<p>there are plenty of colleges in this country that accept all callers, and many more are only barely selective. So the OP can definitely go to college somewhere, a decent one in fact. However the people on this board are focused on selective and elite colleges; for these, the OP is out of luck unless he catches the football coaches eye at the college.</p>

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<p>EC’s in the college process</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/15/giving/15RAND.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/15/giving/15RAND.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I saw ur stats (1400 SAT 3.5uw), and if you are in-state you are a lock at UMCP. If out of state, I would say very good chance.</p>

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<p>If this daily schedule characterizes the person who will probably not be getting accepted to an elite/selective college, because of no ECs:</p>

<p>" 1. School
2. Hang out with friends
3. Sleep
4. Repeat #1-3 "</p>

<p>What is the daily schedule (in general) for a person who will probably be accepted to a elite/selective college? (I know the question is very abstract and broad, but could you just give some examples)</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>1.school
2.EC
3.homework
4. College Confidential
5. more homework
6. more college confidential
7. repeat 1-6</p>

<p>notice that sleep does not have a place in the schedule.</p>

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<p>rofl paul… EC’s matter only @ very selective schools. i bet u can go to other schools with JUST a 4.0+ GPA and 1400+ SAT, like UC’s if u live in california</p>

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<p>There is an outline and scoring for the UC process on the parents forum under thread "don’t dabble on your ECs.</p>

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<p>For a lot of state schools, ECs are not that important. Many of them are much more numbers driven and place much more weight on your grades and scores.</p>

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<p>yea to tenashious who asked if i was out of state or in state, im in state at College Park (maryland). thanks for eveyrone who’s replied so far. oh yea what do u guys think about places like NYU and hopkins? im appling there as reaches…even if i get in i still really like college park more…im just curious. thanks.</p>