<p>I think that working while at University does count as an EC of sorts, because it shows your future employers that you were already a member of the work force while at University. And, I hate to say it, but if you do not dig the EC’s at your University, then working is a good excuse as to why you did not participate in them.</p>
<p>With EC’s at University proper. I think it a good idea to just commit to one or two that you truly supremely dig for a full four years. Like, I am a member of Best Buddies and I also am a member of a religious club. But, in my community, I am also a volunteer literacy tutor. </p>
<p>But, EC’s can never, nor shall never be made mandatory. It would just be rude to those who just plainly cannot participate in them to make them mandatory. With the economy and all a lot of folks who are in their thirties are going back to school while working full time jobs and tending to their families, they might not be able to commit to EC’s and I think that the hard core commuter students could not either. I guess you could throw the folks who go part time in the mix too.</p>