<p>just to tell everyone looking at this, coolness doesnt matter at all.
its good to have friends and be popular but education is the most important thing, its your future.</p>
<p>I doubt that gender matters in ECs. Believe it or not, females are catching up to the ranks of engineers more swiftly than men. It is good that you have some leadership roles, but I would recommend one of the two:
- Stick with your current ECs and have as many safety schools as possible.
- Increase your engineering-related ECs and, to add to them, write a well-versed essay.</p>
<p>Your current ECs also seem random. I don’t know how you will add to them with your essay but it’s up to you. As I said, try to obtain more positions. If you can’t, then look for some high school engineering competitions. Apply to every single of them and participate. It shows that you are genuinely interested in something than just bluffing.</p>
<p>I have to say, not to be mean, but those EC’s are good, but if you’re aiming for the Ivies, they’re far from exceptional. </p>
<p>For example: </p>
<p>-jv tennis? many applicants will be captain of their varsity teams
-skiing-there will be people who have won awards in skiing
-robotics-most applicants will have gone to states
-speech-most people will be captain of the team</p>
<p>As some people have said, there is no specific passion or direction with your EC’s.</p>
<p>I’m really not trying to be mean, but you asked if those were good EC’s.</p>
<p>But don’t my leadership in my other two activities account for anything…? I can’t be captain/president of EVERYTHING I’m in.</p>
<p>And I appreciate your honest input. But does everyone who’s considered competitive need to have all my ECs PLUS these awards/accomplishments in every single area?</p>
<p>How do I find engineering competitions?</p>
<p>What does one even do in an engineering competition? I’m in year-round robotics…</p>
<p>By the way, my school’s tennis program is amazing. Your have to be REALLY good to be on varsity. Out of the ~65 girls who do tennis, the top 14 are on varsity. I’m at the top of JV A (there are two JV teams), and I know I’m better than various girls who’ve made varsity at their own schools (as I’ve actually beaten them before). Just sayin’.</p>
<p>Yeah man all applicants are captains of their tennis team, speech/debate, skiing pros, robotics champions… to really be unique you have to cure cancer now. only then can you have a chance at the ivies…</p>
<p>Are you being facetious? Hahahah</p>
<p>no curing cancer wont help, i think she needs to discover life on mars and create a teleporter to really be unique and get into the ivies</p>
<p>Sorry for how it came off, but may I ask which schools you are applying to? </p>
<p>And for your school, JV may be very competitive, but when many applicants are on their varsity team, how do you think it will measure up.I actually play tennis as well, and at my school, for example, 7 girls out of 50 get varsity spots, but colleges expect that.</p>
<p>If you have passion for robotics, maybe ask your physics teacher if there are any competitions you can enter.</p>
<p>Just some ideas!</p>
<p>Haha, do they really expect that?</p>
<p>Our varsity team won states. Our JV team is undefeated. I don’t think most schools are that competitive…</p>
<p>Anyway, I’m applying to Michigan (in-state), Northwestern, Carnegie Mellon (legacy), and some others like Penn and Notre Dame.</p>
<p>Great schools! I’m sure you’ll get into many of them (I’m applying to a lot of them also).</p>
<p>All I know, is at a legacy information session at an ivy, they basically said “don’t apply if you haven’t had internation recognition in something”.</p>
<p>But if you very strong sat scores, and your essay stands out, you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Hahaha did they really? </p>
<p>Yeah I don’t think I’ll bother with Harvard. I figure there’s at least a chance at Penn, plus I hear they have the best engineering program out of all the Ivies. Honestly though, even if I get in I’ll probably go to Michigan because their engineering school is pretty amazing and I’m lucky to get in-state tuition (unless for some reason I get some sort of scholarship, which, at these schools, is unlikely…). I’ll probably save my money and go somewhere more prestigious for grad school.</p>
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<p>That’s not true. All of the students I know who got into the Ivy League had no such thing, and a lot of them were not URM’s either. International recognition is very rare. National is more than adequate, and even that is not required.</p>
<p>^ That’s what I thought. International seems a little to extreme. National is hard enough…</p>
<p>I thought so to. This particular school was very pretentious, and did not give me a good feeling. I’m sure more “normal” kids get accepted than crazy amazing ones, so don’t worry.</p>
<p>We’re all in the same boat.</p>
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Yes you can. Many applicants are.</p>
<p>^ No you can’t. And no they aren’t.</p>
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Thank you for denying my existence. :)</p>
<p>You’re a captain and state level award winner in two varsity sports and robotics and forensics, editor in chief of your school’s yearbook, and a leader of an impactful inner-city relief work organization? Unless you have these (or equivalent) ECs, I did not deny your existence. Good job being humble.</p>