Foreign schools and EC's

[Yourzer]

<p>Do colleges outside the US even look at extracurricular activities and the like? How come colleges in the us require all sorts of nonacademic stuff on their apps like teacher recs, counselor recs, personal statements, community service, extracurriculars, awards, etc. while it seems that most foreign schools only look at grades and test scores? When I was doing apps for us colleges, there were even questionnaires that teachers had to fill out about your character.</p>