How does Church stuff look as an EC?

[Anonymous]

My daughter is a rising Junior and these are her ECS at a competitive private school

- JV tennis 9th and 10th but cannot play competitively due to knee injury
-church basketball all years for fun with friends
-Summer swim team each summer
- Babysitting
- Tutors at a low income school in the summer weekly and volunteering at the same school, has already hit the requirements to make her schools service society by next year
-very involved with Young Life and her Church’s youth group

My concern for her is that the Young Life and Church stuff, while great isn’t a strong EC. It’s taken up a lot of the time sports used to since she got injured and won’t qualify for varsity with the amount of time she’s taken off tennis. But she loves these two activities but wondering if their time sucks? Schools she’s targeting are Clemson, USC, Auburn, Ole Miss, Georgia, Sewanee, potentially W&L and Wake as reaches.

[Anonymous]

If she loves those activities, she should continue to do them. Enjoyment and happiness matter.

In terms of college applications, almost anything can look good if she describes them well. What does she do when she's there?

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a great list!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is a rising Junior and these are her ECS at a competitive private school

- JV tennis 9th and 10th but cannot play competitively due to knee injury
-church basketball all years for fun with friends
-Summer swim team each summer
- Babysitting
- Tutors at a low income school in the summer weekly and volunteering at the same school, has already hit the requirements to make her schools service society by next year
-very involved with Young Life and her Church’s youth group

My concern for her is that the Young Life and Church stuff, while great isn’t a strong EC. It’s taken up a lot of the time sports used to since she got injured and won’t qualify for varsity with the amount of time she’s taken off tennis. But she loves these two activities but wondering if their time sucks? Schools she’s targeting are Clemson, USC, Auburn, Ole Miss, Georgia, Sewanee, potentially W&L and Wake as reaches.

Participation vs leadership.

Is she leading anything?

[Anonymous]

Depends on the schools she's targeting. Schools that are more conservative will have no problem with Church ECs, even Young Life.

[Anonymous]

My kids loved young life, and all do well in college. At least 2 put on their application, accept to many schools.

[Anonymous]

The big state schools you’re looking at don’t care about the activities as much. UGA is the hardest admit of them all, harder than Wake OOS.

[Anonymous]

Colleges in the South or the rest of flyover country will view young life as a plus. Rest of the U.S.: it’s a red flag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Colleges in the South or the rest of flyover country will view young life as a plus. Rest of the U.S.: it’s a red flag.

HAHAHAHAHA No

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Colleges in the South or the rest of flyover country will view young life as a plus. Rest of the U.S.: it’s a red flag.

What? Is the red flag that she’s a young Christian?

This poster is crazy. It’s an activity. List it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colleges in the South or the rest of flyover country will view young life as a plus. Rest of the U.S.: it’s a red flag.

HAHAHAHAHA No

+1
So many utter morons on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Notre Dame.

[Anonymous]

Make sure the essays show depth. Try to write about a social justice activity or list some of the church service as social justice. Service trips are out, social justice is in.

[Anonymous]

Any kind of regular participation in group activities is a giant GREEN flag. No campus wants a student population that spends four years in the library or, worse, playing video games. They want students that enjoy being with their peers. Playing catch on the quad, playing boardgames together, doing food drives, etc. This is why ECs are so important. They show that your kid is sociable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Colleges in the South or the rest of flyover country will view young life as a plus. Rest of the U.S.: it’s a red flag.

What a dumb, ignorant statement.