How does Church stuff look as an EC?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter has faith related activities and service related activities as separate categories in her ECs and on her resume. Her Catholic faith is what guides her through life, so it is kind of hard to avoid talking about it. She is very active in the church and attends Catholic school. You will glean all of this about her through her application. We aren't worried at all and if the school won't have her, so be it.

You will apply to Catholic Schools.

No other school gives a crap about your kids' church.

Notre Dame would love this kid and I am sure the kid will love Notre Dame! And like the PP said, they don't want a school that doesn't appreciate their kid's love of faith. Peace.

I think Notre Dame would need more leadership in activities.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter has faith related activities and service related activities as separate categories in her ECs and on her resume. Her Catholic faith is what guides her through life, so it is kind of hard to avoid talking about it. She is very active in the church and attends Catholic school. You will glean all of this about her through her application. We aren't worried at all and if the school won't have her, so be it.

You will apply to Catholic Schools.

No other school gives a crap about your kids' church.

Notre Dame would love this kid and I am sure the kid will love Notre Dame! And like the PP said, they don't want a school that doesn't appreciate their kid's love of faith. Peace.

I think Notre Dame would need more leadership in activities.

Sure, but you don't know if the kid has those or not. You saw one aspect of the resume. Assuming they do, along with strong academics ad LORs, ND would accept in a heartbeat. ND respects those with strong faith values.

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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.

The private T50 will likely view your daughter as an indoctrinated cristo-fascist .

Did you not even bother to read previous posts, which stated that applicants with Young Life listed as an EC were accepted at multiple T20s? Don't impute your bias to others.

Sure, they're accepted, but that doesn't tell you whether those ECs were positive or negative with regards to admissions chances. Data released showed eeew-those-people coded extracurriculars like Future Farmers of America reduced admissions chances, and leadership roles in these organizations reduced them still further.

[Anonymous]

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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.

The private T50 will likely view your daughter as an indoctrinated cristo-fascist .

Did you not even bother to read previous posts, which stated that applicants with Young Life listed as an EC were accepted at multiple T20s? Don't impute your bias to others.

Sure, they're accepted, but that doesn't tell you whether those ECs were positive or negative with regards to admissions chances. Data released showed eeew-those-people coded extracurriculars like Future Farmers of America reduced admissions chances, and leadership roles in these organizations reduced them still further.

Not sure how we got from Young Life to FFA.

If they were accepted, then it's likely the college didn't think that they were "indoctrinated cristo-fascists", because T20's aren't accepting kids they think are fascists. It's possible that they aren't accepting kids with those extracurriculars at the same rate as kids with other kinds of extracurriculars, but that's not the same thing as the quote you posted.

Also, if you're going to cite data you should link your data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Social justice is so last year. No one wants the tents or the screaming.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a lot of hatred towards Christians right now so if you can leave it off of your applications then you don't run the risk of being negatively judged. Same thing if you volunteer or work with right-leaning political organizations.

We are taught about implicit biases- take what you are taught to heart- and understand that your application will be negatively received.

That's not true. That's the kind of thing right wingers with a persecution complex tell themselves and progressives say to justify their hate.

But among normal and sane people there's no hatred towards Christians. For an EC, put things in a service context - helping people. Even Harvard and Columbia want kind people. Being part of a mainstream Christian or Catholic group - or any religious oriented group - that helps others is definitely not a negative. It's not 2020 anymore.

Catholics are anti-choice/ forced birthers, and they just banned gender-affirming care from all their hospitals.

My wife and DS are Catholic and, like many Catholics, don’t follow the Church’s teachings on this and other things as well.

Your post is really ignorant and offensive.

Why be Catholic then? Do you give money to the Church? If you don’t agree with their stances, why?

[Anonymous]

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

No schools will have a “problem” with that. Demonstrated sustained interest in something counts for a lot. Schools want all types.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter has faith related activities and service related activities as separate categories in her ECs and on her resume. Her Catholic faith is what guides her through life, so it is kind of hard to avoid talking about it. She is very active in the church and attends Catholic school. You will glean all of this about her through her application. We aren't worried at all and if the school won't have her, so be it.

You will apply to Catholic Schools.

No other school gives a crap about your kids' church.

Notre Dame would love this kid and I am sure the kid will love Notre Dame! And like the PP said, they don't want a school that doesn't appreciate their kid's love of faith. Peace.

I think Notre Dame would need more leadership in activities.

ND also needs very high stats; demonstration of faith isn't nearly enough these days.

[Anonymous]

Notre dame would not like young life. Catholics view “churches of whats happening now” as faddish and lesser than.

The rest of the schools are fine. I would advise against applying to university of Washington and the nescac schools!

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I live in the south and know plenty of people alum from one of the schools you mentioned. Christianity and/or people's love of God is discussed openly, which was something that I had to get used to at least in a professional sense. "What church do you attend"? is a common question. I honestly don't believe it's an issue when so many people are open about their faith.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter has faith related activities and service related activities as separate categories in her ECs and on her resume. Her Catholic faith is what guides her through life, so it is kind of hard to avoid talking about it. She is very active in the church and attends Catholic school. You will glean all of this about her through her application. We aren't worried at all and if the school won't have her, so be it.

You will apply to Catholic Schools.

No other school gives a crap about your kids' church.

Notre Dame would love this kid and I am sure the kid will love Notre Dame! And like the PP said, they don't want a school that doesn't appreciate their kid's love of faith. Peace.

I think Notre Dame would need more leadership in activities.

Sure, but you don't know if the kid has those or not. You saw one aspect of the resume. Assuming they do, along with strong academics ad LORs, ND would accept in a heartbeat. ND respects those with strong faith values.

ND doesn’t accept anyone in a “heart beat.” Catholic 4.0 1550 kids get rejected. No one is a shoo-in!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a lot of hatred towards Christians right now so if you can leave it off of your applications then you don't run the risk of being negatively judged. Same thing if you volunteer or work with right-leaning political organizations.

We are taught about implicit biases- take what you are taught to heart- and understand that your application will be negatively received.

That's not true. That's the kind of thing right wingers with a persecution complex tell themselves and progressives say to justify their hate.

But among normal and sane people there's no hatred towards Christians. For an EC, put things in a service context - helping people. Even Harvard and Columbia want kind people. Being part of a mainstream Christian or Catholic group - or any religious oriented group - that helps others is definitely not a negative. It's not 2020 anymore.

Catholics are anti-choice/ forced birthers, and they just banned gender-affirming care from all their hospitals.

My wife and DS are Catholic and, like many Catholics, don’t follow the Church’s teachings on this and other things as well.

Your post is really ignorant and offensive.

Why be Catholic then? Do you give money to the Church? If you don’t agree with their stances, why?

My wife and DS are Catholic because Catholicism is a socially rich and diverse faith.

The notion that Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Jews and others practice a hierarchical religion where they follow the direction of people in leadership is a common form of religious bigotry.

[Anonymous]

University admissions readers are younger than most of DCUM.

To them, Christian = MAGA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:University admissions readers are younger than most of DCUM.

To them, Christian = MAGA.

Perhaps at certain schools in the NE. Not so much elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

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

No schools will have a “problem” with that. Demonstrated sustained interest in something counts for a lot. Schools want all types.

Not young life Christian nationalists