What extracurriculars are considered good?

b_r_um
Thu, 21 Aug 2014 19:30:45 +0000

This is an excellent example of “hard to explain EC” - you look at it and wonder - how did she do that?

It’s actually not that hard to explain. She had a family member with a prosthetic leg who kept having itch and skin-irritation issues with every prosthesis he tried. She figured out a modification to the part that makes skin contact to make it skin-friendlier without undermining the mechanics of the prosthesis.



LOL,these examples are 1 in a billion.Listen, don’t really be ashamed of your EC’s believe it or not College Confidential does not represent the body of all the students you will be competing with.

Not really 1 out of a billion. These are 3 out of about 30 international students who started college with me. Everyone I got to know had an interesting story. (FWIW, these were all financial aid recipients. Since the competition for international financial aid is so keen, of course these students are in some way more outstanding than the average Bryn Mawr student; however, these are the kind of applicants the OP will be competing with for entrance to the top universities.)