<p>Are there colleges, specifically LACs, that put little to no emphasis on ECs or volunteer work? Basically, are there LACs that only care about tests, grades, essays, and recommendations? Thanks.</p>
<p>Some big state schools don’t (Penn State-UP is one example) I don’t know about LACs though</p>
<p>Yeah I mean UC San Diego doesn’t either, however, I want to attend a LAC.</p>
<p>If you have no activities outside of academics, how can your recs be all that great (so and so is a great student, but does nothing but study…)</p>
<p>There are several schools that don’t require EC’s or if they do, they don’t really consider them that much. Asbury College is a Tier 3 LAC according to US World News report. I applied to them and didn’t submit a resume, got in, won a 30% tuition scholarship (automatic through test scores and gpa) and then competed via interview and received an upgraded 50% tuition scholarship and never gave them a written EC list (I did mention them verbally in my interview, though…)</p>
<p>Now I’m not sure if any Tier 1 LAC will be like that, though.</p>
<p>Also, Asbury College is a Christian school - maybe non-denominational now but is Wesleyan-Armenian traditionally, so consider that before you consider applying.</p>
<p>Unfortunately they may “ask” for ECs on the application even if they’re not really that important. The reason I didn’t submit a list is because the form I filled out asked for my HS activities and I was applying as a transfer and so I called them and asked them if they really wanted my HS activities since I’d been out for a while and they were like, “EC’s aren’t mandatory for admission, so don’t worry about it,” or something to that effect.</p>
<p>I mean I haven’t done any significant ECs, however, I live w/ my disabled grandma who is mine and my younger’s brother guardian. 9th. and 10th. I helped around the house and took care of her especially 9th. grade. However, 11th. grade I have time but haven’t done much.</p>
<p>What about privates, LACs, and I guess universities in the west coast?</p>
<p>Are there LACs that aren’t private?</p>
<p>Well I mean Pepperdine is a private but not a LAC.</p>
<p>Caltech comes to the mind. It is the closest you can get in America to admissions based solely on academic merit, especially aptitude for math and science. It is not a LAC though.</p>
<p>Caltech is smaller than some LACs and you have to be amazing at math/science to get in.</p>
<p>OP, when you say that you want a college that doesn’t emphasize ECs, do you mean you literally have 0, or that you haven’t done anything special besides join a few clubs. I would say most colleges will admit a 4.0 2400 student with little to no ECs (I’m not talking Ivies or other top 20 schools. 20 schools out of the few thousand in America is a very small percentage). If you are in the top 75% for SATs and GPA at most of these colleges your ECs won’t matter very much. Most students don’t really have much in the way of ECs anyway outside of a part time job.</p>
<p>Colleges will give you a break if the reason you haven’t been involved in ECs is that you had to take care of your grandma. Nothing is a formula. EC’s are good but if theres an obvious reason why you couldn’t participate in them colleges will understand.</p>
<p>There are so many competitors at top LACs that ECs are required to make people to stand out. I guess it wouldn’t matter at less competitive LACs.</p>
<p>Like others have said, Caltech is probably the most objective small school, but that’s really hard to get into.</p>
<p>i think “the less well known an LAC is, the less they care about ECs”?</p>
<p>nice rhyme to it too</p>
<p>Being your grandma’s caregiver is a legit reason to have few EC’s. Explain that in your personal statement and you should be on a level playing field.</p>
<p>The lower the quality of a school in general, the less they care about EC’s and the more they care about GPA and SAT scores. Pretty much a direct relationship between school quality and importance of non-score factors.</p>
<p>Edit: Just noticed the grandma situation- even top colleges will not penalize you for having fewer EC’s for caring for a disabled grandmother- in fact, it may be an advantage.</p>
<p>What about the following colleges: Pitzer, CMC, Oxy, Wesleyan, Swarthmore, Chapman, and Lafayette? Which of the following colleges care little to nothing about ECs? </p>
<p>However, with my ECs I have one or two outside the fact of being extreme help to my grandma.</p>
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<p>Evergreen State, the College of New Jersey, and New College of Florida.</p>
<p>ooh…i know one</p>
<p>doesn’t/didn’t hendrix have an open admission policy or something like that? (they had a 94% admit rate last year)</p>
<p>[Council</a> on Public Liberal Arts Colleges](<a href=“http://www.coplac.org%5DCouncil”>http://www.coplac.org)</p>
<p>Public liberal arts colleges</p>
<p>bump. . . can someone answer my above question? Thnx.</p>