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<p>It’s been often said that ECs are a quality over quantity thing…do you agree?</p>
<p>Just be yourself.</p>
<p>School EC’s are considered weak. </p>
<p>Personally I did my first two years with school EC’s - two varsity letters/clubs</p>
<p>However I got involved with outside Ec’s early </p>
<p>I did a program in 9th grade for business and it allowed me to move up from a participant to doing outside recruitment to interning to being selected to go to Poland for a month to teach high school students about business. </p>
<p>I also am the president of my leadership board </p>
<p>I also have two jobs </p>
<p>I also am adopted and went back to China to help orphans.</p>
<p>My GPA is low, but I wrote about these and they got me into my EA school</p>
<p>The most important thing is quality–not quantity. If you are a part of 20 organizations, but you cannot express their value to your interests without saying “it will look great on college apps,” then colleges can see through that.</p>
<p>However, if you are a part of 4 clubs or organizations that match your interests and you are deeply involved in(like me, I have four things I am deeply involved in each week), then that is ideal. </p>
<p>Also joining too many clubs is not good for your health. Take the extra time to immerse yourself in clubs you’ll actually like being a part of and are interested in.</p>
<p>Don’t join a club just because you know that it gives you a better chance to get into your dream college; if you can get into your dream college, it is because of more than that superfluous EC you joined.</p>
<p>When people on CC say “oh those ECs are weak,” a lot of times I notice they’re strong ECs. It all depends on perspective.</p>
<p>I think that colleges want to see heavy involvement in something that you’ve fostered a passion for during your schooling. Like the poster above said, they can see right through resume-building, so becoming President of several random clubs might hurt you. Also, I think that national recognition really factors into EC strength. They want to see you contributing on national and global levels in addition to local ones.</p>
<p>A list of EC is just a list of EC. What makes your EC good is not determined by the activities per se but by how they are presented in other parts of your application like your essay or recommendations and how significant they are to you and to others.</p>
<p>Is serving national service (military) a good EC?</p>
<p>I agree with poetgrl.</p>
<p>I agree with poetgrl, too.</p>
<p>I, too, have to concur with what poetgrl said.</p>
<p>Did poetgrl delete her post? I generally agree with her</p>
<p>I think she mentioned fencing and crew.</p>
<p>with a 1900 in SAT, really good school transcripts, and an extremely good art portfolio, how far can I go as far as universties in the US are concerned?</p>
<p>Just join whatever you like and get into them. I echo many others: passion is key. Do what you want. Not only will you be a lot happier, you will look a lot better and more impressive. Please do not try to fake passion; surely there is something you are interested in. Forget about college; do something you are interested in, and colleges will be interested in you.</p>
<p>Hey, sorry to but in but I was just wondering because everyone says reach and low match for college admissions. What do they mean?</p>
<p>A reach school means a student’s academic profile is below the average students who attend the school. For ex., if a school’s admitted freshman’s average GPA is 4.0 with an average 2200 SAT score and your GPA is 3.25 and SAT score is 1600, the school is a reach school for you. A low match school means it is almost a safety school wherein you will most likely be admitted.</p>
<p>Pursue the extracurricular activity you are passionate about, and excel in it.</p>
<p>Quality, not quantity.</p>
<p>Something that you are passionate about.</p>