<p>Do EC's really make that much of a difference on a college application? I really haven't been involved with much of anything. Only thing is I've been in Beta Club for 3 years, I'm in NHS, and I was elected for some NASA essay competition. I really have nothing that makes me stand out, so I'm asking; can lack of EC's be the difference between getting into a college?</p>
<p>In a top college? Yes. In your average State School…sometimes! Some schools just look at the black and white academics, some look to see if you’ve done things like clubs and other activities besides school. While some really really want you to be a great student and great person in the community/on a team/ in a club</p>
<p>The more selective a college is, the more ECs matter. While your traditional state college won’t care much for depth of extra-curricular involvement but your ivy league will base its decision mainly on ECs after you have passed the academic requirements to be a viable candidate.</p>
<p>Well I’m definitely not qualified for anything Ivy League lol. I’m from a South Carolina public school, and lets just say the education here isn’t on the same level as other states. Though I am taking 2 AP’s and 4 Dual Credits next year, I really want to get into Clemson, which is probably the best university in the state beside Furman(Furman is 53k/year though -.-).</p>
<p>The thing is, most EC’s that I see just seem so boring to me. Community service and what not really isn’t my thing. And I like to play frisbee, but unfortunately there isn’t a team at my school. I wanted to make a club out of it, but I would need to have a sponsor and coach, which I had neither of. That is also a reason I like Clemson. It’s such a nice campus(I have been there 5+ times) and really want to go there.</p>
<p>They matter less on mid-competitive and state schools, but at top schools they matter a lot. The reason is because so many students have top-notch academic records, unweighted 4.0 and perfect SAT scores. They can’t admit all of them - so they have to look for other factors when looking for who to admit. Heck, there’s more students with a 2400 on their SAT each year than there are in Harvard’s freshman class, so obviously they can’t admit everybody, even if they have perfect or close-to-perfect academics.</p>