<p>Hey, CCers:</p>
<pre><code> Can you plz post your list of Ecs to serve as a guide for us. I am trying to come up with a list of impressing Ecs, but really have no idea what should be done to stand out in millions of applicants.
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<p>Merry X'mas</p>
<p>Thanks in advance..any feedback is appreciated.</p>
<p>Im just gonna list my EC's and positions, no honors or specifications or anything.</p>
<p>XC, Captain
Indoor Track
Outdoor Track
Running Club
Academic Team, Co-Captain
NHS
Marching Band
Math League- Champion
Boys State (summer)</p>
<p>hey, darkrulerII thank you</p>
<p>anyone else?</p>
<p>All-Eastern Band
New Jersey All-State Band - Section Leader
New Jersey All-State Orchestra - Soloist, accepts 1 player per state
New Jersey Region Band - Section Leader
Bergen County Band - Section Leader
Volunteer Nursing Home
All-School Musical Pit-Orchestra - Soloist, mostly comprised of professionals
Chemistry AP League
Volunteer: Town Community Band -- Section Leader
Marching Band -- Section Leader
Conductor's Symposium (A music conducting seminar that requires professional players to sight-read while teaching conducting)
Math League -- invitation only
Tri-M Music Honor Society
All-American Youth in Concert in Ireland
Jazz Band
Instrumental Music Chamber Guard</p>
<p>All of that music stuff has me on 1 of the 5 instruments I play</p>
<p>Also, I didn't list generic clubs like Chess, NHS, Spanish, Drama.</p>
<p>Yeah if you're shooting for top schools, don't join stuff like NHS.</p>
<p>lol......so much music stuff.........thanks guys
and can you guys plz do a list of your awards along with your ECs , </p>
<p>^ for sure i won't join NHS, cuz I am in Canada lol</p>
<p>High School Resume</p>
<p>9th grade
Newman Players-Little Shop or Horrors
Upper School Chorus
Varsity Basketball/ JV Basketball
Varsity Track/ JV Track
S.T.E.P. (Students and Teachers Explore Prejudices) Club
Musicianship Award (Chorus)
Solo and Ensemble Festival
ISAS Arts Festival</p>
<p>10th grade
Upper School Chorus
Newman Orchestra
All-State Honor Chorus
District Honor Chorus (5th chair Soprano II)
All-State Women’s Chorale
Varsity Basketball- Starter
Varsity Track and Field
S.T.E.P Club (Treasurer)
Dance Club (co-founder)
Cultural Awareness Club
Poetry Club
Musicianship Award (Chorus)
Most-Improved Player (Basketball)
Most-Improved Runner (Track and Field)
ISAS Arts Festival
All-District Track and Field</p>
<p>11th grade
1st semester @ The Lovett School
Upper School Women’s Chorus
Girls Basketball
Hip-Hop Culture Club
Step/Dance Team
2nd semester @ Newman
Upper School Chorus
Varsity Basketball- Co-Captain
Varsity Track
S.T.E.P Club (President)
The Greenie –The Isidore Newman Upper School Newspaper (Writer)
Off-key A cappella Ensemble
Poetry Club
Cultural Awareness Club
All District Basketball
Defensive Player of the Year- Girls Basketball
UVA Jefferson Book Award
Junior Usher (for awards night and graduation)</p>
<p>12th grade
Varsity Basketball- Co-Captain
Varsity Track- Co-Captain
S.T.E.P Club (President)
The Greenie –The Isidore Newman Upper School Newspaper (Writer)
Off-key A cappella Ensemble
Poetry Club
Cultural Awareness Club
Newman Upper School Chorus
District Honor Chorus (Alto II)</p>
<p>Varsity Fencing, Captain
Future Business Leaders of America, President
Black and Latino American Culture Club
Admissions Committee
Alumni Association
Peer Support
Crisis and Support Team
Friends of Animals
Los Angeles Zoo Student Volunteer</p>
<p>this thread will just depress us regular people</p>
<p>the whole CC board depresses regular people.</p>
<p>^^^^ i agree...</p>
<p>ditto........</p>
<p>it's QUALITY not quantity--you have to be able to explain, in some way, why you do your EC's and how they are important to you when applying to top schools. If you do it to look good then you most likely won't convey their importance as well.</p>
<p>Here are mine</p>
<p>Constitution Team (1st state, 4th nationals) 12th
Technology Student's Association (1st place state photoshop) 10th
Tae Kwon Do (1st dan, assistant instructor) - 9, 10, 11th
Kung Fu - 12th
Tai Chi- 12
National Honor Society (lots of tutoring) - 11th, 12th
Movie Club President - 12th
U.I.L Math - 9-12
U.I.L Science - 9-12
U.I.L Comp Sci - 10th
U.I.L Team Chem - 9-12
Art Club - Treasurer - 9th
Build Computers - 9-12th
Humor Column Writer for school - 12th
Drawing/Painting - 9-12
Cooking - 9-12 (I would have mini Iron Chef competitions with friends)
National Hispanic Institute Coach - 10th
Violin - 10, 11th</p>
<p>these are most. I mainly focused on the math/science/art aspects because I love em. Martial arts, Art, Cooking, and studying math/science are my main hobbies.</p>
<p>"it's QUALITY not quantity--you have to be able to explain, in some way, why you do your EC's and how they are important to you when applying to top schools."</p>
<p>sephiroth, how would you recommend doing that? Would you need to explain/show that in your essay?</p>
<p>maybe explain WHY you are interested in the particular ec</p>
<p>how it will help you later on in life </p>
<p>what struggles you overcame to become good at ________ OR talk about your natural talent in _________</p>
<p>Well, for my Rice essay I talked about my friends, family, and passion for cooking. For MIT, I focused on my passion for learning using my childhood--i wanted to be an astronaut because of Apollo 13, an animator because of rouroni kenshin, a game designer because of Chrono Trigger, etc.</p>
<p>Maybe even just send a supplemental essay?</p>
<p>lol.thank you guys</p>
<p>anymore?</p>
<p>I used a resume format in Acing the COllege Application. It consisted of a table with activity, number of hours, years participated, then a box of explaination.</p>
<p>For activities like Ed in Chief for the paper, I didn't bother to write much or anything. For activities that were not self-explanatory, I wrote about my specific duties and accomplishments. i.e. I organized a school wide assembly and brought in X speaker, I organized a fundraiser that brought in X amount of dollars, etc.</p>
<p>For a summer program, I highlighted the difficulty of getting in with the acceptance rate. I really reccomend this table format since it forces you to get rid of or lump together meaningless ECs to cut it down to three pages. </p>
<p>NHS is pretty useless... sure, it forces you to do community service, but just listing significant community service is far more impressive than NHS, IMHO. I did throw it into my resume because it fit... </p>
<p>My ECs looked something like this -
Newspaper Editor
Gay Straight Alliance Founder and President
Human Rights Club VP
Marching Band Color Guard Captain
French Club Treasurer
Enviro Club Treasurer
Literary Magazine, Prose Editor
Karate Black Belt, Instructor, Travel Team</p>
<p>Freelance journalist for local paper
Garment Design Internship
Cashier
Sold handmade goods online
Freelance webdesign</p>
<p>Then I listed community service and where I was published, plus a conference or two. All of these were accompanied by more in depth explanations of what I did exactly.</p>
<p>Haha, here's one that I think might make commoners a little less depressed (though maybe not by much) ^^</p>
<p>~ECs~
French Club: 9,10,11(VP),12(P)
Environmental Club: 10(Cab),11(Cab/Webmaster),12(Publicity/Webmaster)
Simple Faith: 9,11
Marching Band: 9,10,11,12 (Flute/Piccolo)
Full Orchestra: 10,11,12 (Flute/Piccolo/Saxophone)
Concert Band: 9,10,11,12 (Top level band. Flute/Piccolo/Trombone)
Musical: 12(Non-ensemble part. Only asian, only non-drama non-choir member)
Martial Arts: (7,8),9,10(Black belt),11,12
Peer Computer Repair: 10,11,12
Animal Rescue Volunteer: 11,12
Foreign Language Acquisition: (K-8 =P),9,10,11,12 (Native Japanese/English, French AP level, Spanish and German second year college level, self studied some Chinese and Italian)</p>
<p>hey, thanks . anymore? what about some awards?</p>