<p>Throughout both my freshman and sophmore years, I never accomplished any major EC's. No sports, no clubs, no community service. The reason being wasn't the lack of sporting teams or clubs but transportation. Both my parents have a full time job, making about 35,000 dollars a year with one vehicle. With this, it was almost impossible for me to stay after for any activities that would require a transportation back home.
When my junior year hit, we were able to fiance a car, and I got myself a job. After about 6months, I had enough money to buy a used car for myself and since then I joined several clubs and Track(Jav/Sprint) and Crew Team. Though I am being somewhat involved, I feel like I am far behind many applicants and/or my competitors. Is it too late for me to catch up? Do I have any hopes to be accepted at a average/good college?</p>
<p>You really don’t need extra-curriculars at all to be accepted at an ‘average/good’ college. Most state schools, even many flagships, give minimal weight to ECs. You might be freaked out a little because you’re on CC, where anything less than Ivies or, at worst Johns Hopkins, is failing. Those schools place significant value on ECs. What are your numbers (GPA/SAT) and where do you want to go?</p>
<p>And here’s some valuable, generic advice on ECs. Find an activity that you can write about in your application essays. Ideally, it should be one you care about and relates to who you are. If that’s difficult (and I wouldn’t blame you if it is), find one you can pretend to care about and can make a convincing argument on how it relates to you. Don’t join fifty different clubs or sports–do a handful, but devote significant time and effort to them.</p>
<p>EDIT: ***? Didn’t notice this was from 2006. How the hell did I click on this? My bad.</p>