what are my chances?

interesteddad
Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:31:40 +0000

i had no idea i could list non-school ECs on my EC list…



Not only can you list them, but sometimes the non-school ECs are the most effective. After all, the colleges see student council reps, yearbook editors, and stuff like that all the time.

If playing in a rock band is “your thing”, then go with it. In many cases, schools are looking for spunkiness and it doesn’t really matter so much what the particular interest is.

Also, just listing an EC doesn’t do much. To really make an interest jump off the page, you’ve got to figure out a way to highlight it one of the essays. Just like in one of your novels: if something is essential to understanding one of your characters, you aren’t going to just briefly mention it in one place. Instead, you would weave it as a theme for the character throughout the novel.