<p>I was wondering if EC's were nearly as important applying as a transfer as they can be when applying as a freshman? I'm looking at Northeastern, BU, and Depaul. Thanks.</p>
<p>bump...anyone please?</p>
<p>They help but their not terribly important, grades should be your #1 consideration. What worked well is that on the UC applications, they wanted to hear of all EC's in the last 4 years. Well my last two years in High School I had a much lower GPA, however as very involved in EC's. At my CC on the other hand I had a very high GPA, but was no where near as involved. However because it was all in the last 4 years I had the chance to list all my EC's from high school.</p>
<p>think of it like icing on the cake...if two candidates have same GPA and have all courses completed but one has EC, the one with the EC will definitely get preference. although personal statements matter too but u know what I mean</p>