Extracurricular activities for college

Applying to College
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<p>Can you just give me tips on what ecs I should consider doing to get into some competitive colleges? I'm not going to list every single thing I have done for the past two years, but can you just give me some advice and say how good this would look?</p>

<p>Track and Cross Country
Awards
1st in a National Competition
State games champion for 2 years
Top six in High School state meets and underclassmen meets many times including on relays
Captain of Freshman Cross Country</p>

<p>CLUBS
Student Council (end of fresh and all of soph and jr years) (elected)
Founded ping pong tournament for chairty</p>

<p>Other
Internship with baseball team- do gameday set up and stuff
own law mowing business- mow around neighborhood</p>

<p>Community Service
Over 150 hrs when I graduate</p>

<p>I know I don't have a ton of stuff, but I'm dedicated to the stuff I do</p>

<p>If it matters I'd love to go to Michigan, Wake Forest, BC, or Cornell</p>

<p>I also know I didn't go into extreme detail about them like I probably would on my real college application- this is just an idea for me to see what I should be doing next year</p>

<p>I also know that GPA and SAT/ACT are more important</p>

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<p>Can you tell me if I have a major hole somewhere where I need to do some sort of club or something?</p>

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<p>anything would be appreciated</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/82799-how-impress-adcoms-your-extracurriculars.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/82799-how-impress-adcoms-your-extracurriculars.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I just wanted a personal response compared to a description</p>

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<p>There’s no formula, patsfan. Do something you find worthy of your time and interest. Find a great job, participate in clubs or sports that interest you. Sample, cut ones out that no longer interest you. </p>

<p>Me? Washed dishes and was a leader in my schools JROTC unit. Got into all schools applied, matriculating @ an HYP. Had great transcript. OK test scores. Good luck to you.</p>

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<p>Pats Fan,</p>

<p>As a former cross country athlete (and current Pats Fan) some of your EC’s just don’t make sense to me. For example, track events are timed. So when you are 1st in a national competition, what does that mean? Did you win a race with a great time? </p>

<p>Now if you are top 6 in high school meets, that seems to be in conflict with 1st in a national competition.</p>

<p>Captain of your freshman cross country team, only begets the questions what happened Soph, Jr, and Sr. year</p>

<p>Cross country team members dont typically run relays so that is also curious. </p>

<p>So without better, specific information I would be inclined to reject your application as the information you provided seems very incongruent.</p>

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<p>Thx T26E4 for posting the link about EC’s. Sorry that PatsFan doesn’t appreach what you posted, but others might find it helpful.</p>

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<p>DO WHAT YOU’RE PASSIONATE ABOUT. That’s what colleges want.</p>

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<p>you just need a leadership position.</p>

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<p>thanks…does creating a ping pong tournament kinda count?</p>

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<p>^Just a ping pong tournament? Doubtful. A ping pong tournament for a charity you’ve been consistently involved in? Absolutely.</p>

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<p>thanks, that would be leadership though? like to do it for a place I volunteer at?</p>