<p>Can anyone here speak to the relative weight of US Academic Decathlon as an EC in Harvard's eyes? Because I have a few other EC's but AD really takes up most of my time.</p>
<p>'doing' an activity is usually not enough.
what have you won?</p>
<p>1st place at state individual overall. Team didn't qualify for nationals though.</p>
<p>how competitive is this event? I have never even heard of it.
I'm guessing it is basically a big quiz bowl with various subjects.</p>
<p>In that case it's basically the same as test scores and grades.
Yes, it is an EC, but you're technically banking on getting in as an academic applicant. After seeing a kid with 19 AP tests (4 4's, rest 5's) get rejected, it has become pretty apparent that you need to distinguish yourself in some other way. Work on getting yourself an edge.</p>