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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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[/quote]

Someone published a tier list of ECs and it seemed to get general agreement from a lot of people.

What it basically boils down to is that anything that is merely an extracurricular activities are mundane and doesn't really count for much other than give you something to put on the application
You are looking for extracurricular accomplishments.

Getting elected to student government or being the editor of your school newspaper is competitive and will be seen as a minor accomplishment
Eagle Scout/Black Belt is seen as a common but minor accomplishment
Being a starter for a championship team is seen as a minor accomplishment
Local awards are seen as a minor accomplishment.

Once you start getting regional or state level recognition (you not your team or your school, you), your accomplishments get more recognition.[/quote]
Eagle Scout is a national recognition - FYI.[/quote]

It's a middle of the road activity for conformists who want to go to mediocre colleges. [/quote]
You again?  Once more, I'd encourage you to appreciate what it takes for kids to do this before you go belittling it.  And I'd also encourage you to consider how many Eagle Scouts are out there in the professional world ready to at least talk to their fellow Eagles when they come looking for jobs.[/quote]

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