Stanford SCEA? Good stats, but not sure about ECs.

cardfan
Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:12:19 +0000

Mathboy, I really do not follow your comments in the first paragraph. Are you saying the OP should highlight that he enjoys gardening in his essays to MIT, Caltech, and Stanford? That may work, but common sense tells me there are other subjects (i.e his research) that would make a bigger impact for an applicant who is going to present himself as wanting to major in the sciences. I am not clear how gardening is going to “contribute to the school’s community”.

I want to make it clear that gardening and Indian vocal music should be listed as EC’s, but they are probably not the mainstay of what will get someone accepted to these schools.

Tanakeame; Needless to say, you are going to get conflicting ideas on a chance thread. Some of them make no sense to me, but they may make sense to you and others. All I would say is do what feels right for you.