You may ONLY pick one. Which would be more important? Yeah I know… “holistic” admissions yadda yadda yadda, just state your personal opinion.
EC’s 100%. What you’ve participated in and done with your time the last 4 years means much than the 500 words you put together for an application.
ECs favor richer kids.
Sorry you can’t pick just one. That is the nature of the process. A strong essay won’t make up for a real lack of ECs and great ECs won’t compensate for a poorly written essay.
@happy1 What is the best way to make sure your essay is not poorly written when you have noone in person that can look at it?
Most people can ask an English teacher to review the essay.