What are the most common/unremarkable ECs?
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What are the most common/unremarkable ECs, unremarkable meaning that an admissions officer would not give much weight to them due to how widespread it is, even if there is leadership involved, and that would only catch an AOs eye if you won a national-level award for the EC?
IMO, the most common, especially in this area, would be student government, debate/model un, academic team/math/science/etc Olympiad, NHS, odyssey, Scouts, rec sports, and maybe theater |
Anonymous
Eagle scout is good though right? And I think class president still carries weight. |
Anonymous
| Eagle Scouts, sports (other than those being recruited to play at college level), student government, NHS, any kind of peer counseling or tutoring |
Anonymous
| Almost every STEM major does the exact same thing, it’s mind numbingly boring and I’m not an AO- some state competition, robotics team, summer camp. |
Anonymous
| Travel sports |
Anonymous
| So this a thread designed to make people feel bad about what their kids are doing? People should decline to participate in this! |
Anonymous
| Jesus Christ. I can't imagine how insufferable some of you must be in real life. |
Anonymous
FWIW, my kid did several of the above activities, nothing else particularly special, and got accepted to a T20 ED. |
Anonymous
+ 1. |
Anonymous
| Internet troll seems most common. |
Anonymous
| captain of a sport - bleh - |
Anonymous
| Model UN. Also, I once heard being an Eagle Scout is like writing an essay about your dead grandma. |
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Stop thinking of activities as awards and a need to be impressive. Be thoughtful.
- another robotics kid accepted to a T10. It wasn't "robotics" that got him in. |
Anonymous
+1. And these people are basically listing the ECs that my unhooked white kid dkd — they are now at a top 10 school. |
Anonymous
+1 |