Unique Extracurriculars vs. National Recognition?

Northstarmom
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:09:34 +0000

Most colleges don’t factor ECs into admission. The few that do tend to be places like Harvard that can use ECs to pick and choose from an overabundance of high stat applicants.

What matters is what you accomplish with your EC, not what it is.

For instance, while many students are in student government, relatively few do anything impressive with their positions. An example of someone who did something impressive was a guy I know who when he was president of his high school student body managed to get all high schools in our area involved in building a Habitat for Humanity house.

Get involved in ECs that you care about, and then use your creativity and organizational skills to run with your interests.