<p>@calbro </p>
<p>I’m happy and surprised you said this. If you look through this site at my earlier posts I was very bullish on ECs. I personally think the more you have the better. But I admit to falling into the “oh well” camp because so many folks on this site say they aren’t important and I got blowback everytime I pitched ECs. Plus I did read somewhere that the UCs don’t care so much about it with transfers as they are mostly working. So your comment makes me hit myself awake a bit.</p>
<p>My daughter had CCC leadership and volunteer stuff, plus a job, on her transfer app. She also listed all her high school volunteering and community work because the alumni scholarships like to see a years-long pattern of leadership and/or service. For that part alone, ECs can only help. And if one buys the premise that the UCs are looking for engaged leaders, why not add ECs?</p>
<p>I aways suggest if you really don’t have much time at least throw in a couple of hours of volunteer work a week. They really like to see ppl helping the community. They ask for annual hours. Two hours a week is over 100 hours.</p>
<p>So I guess the short answer is they aren’t really looking for it, but the long answer is it can help you in ways you might not suspect. </p>
<p>Anyway Calbro, thanks for recalibrating my thinking on this. 
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