<p>Hoping4IVy. Excellent academic credentials. It appears you are inclined in the Science related fields. If so, then your EC’s are defintely aligned. Do remember you don’t have to have a million EC’s. Just focus on what you have, hopefully you have the passion for them, then run with it in your essays.</p>
<p>You didn’t go into detail about your ECs. First off: they don’t stink. You have more volunteering than I did, you sound dedicated to a sport, and provided oyu did in fact like what oyu did, you showed you like to help others. Good, fun stuff all around. But please: don’t claim to have “amazing” essays or “stellar” recommendations. You can’t know that, and who will you be comparing them to? Other people in your school? Really, the essays and recommendations are compared against the best students at this sort of thign throughout the nation. A few of those will shine and make an impact on the admissions decision, and a few will stink and blow up an application. For us everyday mortals though, it’s the rest of the application that will determine it. So, if you’re counting on your essays and recommendations to put you over the top, put your heart and soul into your essays, get the best recs you can, but make sure everything else seems solid. And remember, top schools be reaches. Nearly always.</p>
<p>@learninginprog
Yeah, I’m thinking about pre-med.</p>
<p>@chsowlflax17
I’m sorry that offended you. By calling my essays “stellar,” I was only trying to get people to evaluate my chances if my essays turn out so. If aren’t that great then that’s my fault, isn’t it? My goal is to have every part of my application as close to perfect as possible to make up for my ECs.</p>
<p>What’s wrong with your ECs? They are like MOST other people’s ECs that apply to top colleges.</p>
<p>penn - match
columbia - low reach
dartmouth - low reach
chicago - match
NYU - in
wiliam and mary - in</p>
<p>Focus on writing amazing essays!</p>