<p>@soulandromance- about ECs becoming more meaningless and more a measure of “how desperate a person is to go to a high-ranking college”, I think that colleges can see when an EC is just a resume builder versus something someone is truly dedicated to…Even if I weren’t trying to get into a “high ranking college” I would still be doing the same ECs that I am now because they really mean something to me, as opposed to a friend of mine who got first chair in some orchestra and then quit because that’s all she wanted to do. I think that ECs, if looked at closely, are actually better indicators than the SATs; they show a unique dedication to something a little more real world than multiple choice questions.</p>