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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope it wasn’t OP who replied “Canadian”.[/quote]

Why? The university process is different in Canada. For starters, ECs aren’t considered. [/quote]
This is one of the reasons why my DCs are looking at schools in the UK (dual citizens) - no, E.C. considered (but they do have e.c.s, some good one) and no general ed.  I don't know if Canadian univs.  have general ed classes in college. I know that the UK doesn't, and that alone made DC want to consider UK schools.[/quote]

Have you never seen an UCAS application form? The UK universities very much do ask for your EC activities and they discuss them at interview.

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Brit with a UK university education [/quote]

+1 I had to do an interview when applying to Cambridge where I discussed my activities and interests. However that was roughly fifteen years ago.[/quote]
But they don't use holistic approach with e.c.s  As I said, my kids have them, but they don't have to try to kill themselves to have that "right" ones.

My spouse's friend's kid just graduated from Cambridge. We just had this discussion with them.[/quote]

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