<p>International Club ( 2 years)
Future Business Leaders of America Club (2 years)
Danced for about 14 years (tap, jazz, lyrical, ballet, pointe, pole dancing) numerous awards for dance competitions. Got to be a extra in a exciting commercial!
Golf for 12 years , won numerous awards/trophies at tournaments, including first in region championship and a Heidi Krum Memorial Scholarship for college.
Tennis for 5 years at a local rigorous academy, won some trophies in tournaments
Did varsity tennis 10th grade, and varsity golf 9th. (Quit though, i hate teams and always was a individual competitor my whole life, should I not put that down?)
200+ hours at Pets in Distress/Golf counselor at a kids camp.
FLVS online classes during the summer
Professional Wrestling Training for two years, soon going to be in a local indy company if all goes well.
Taking singing/piano lessons for 3 years, actually auditioned for X factor and maybe American Idol in the future!
I want to Major in Sports Medicine, if that matters for my ECs.</p>
<p>No leadership positions or academic awards except for scholarships. How are my ECs, and what direction can I take to improve it?</p>
<p>A good EC is something that shows passion and dedication.
It would be good to sit down and look at your list and think about each ec. Which ones show long commitments? Which ones did you enjoy? Which ones changed you? Those would be the good ones. </p>
<p>Looking at it your ec’s look good but it all depends on where you apply how much weight they have.</p>
<p>alright, thank you :)</p>
<p>Sounds like sports, especially golf, means a lot to you and you excel. You can certainly consider that a passion. And of course you put down tennis even if you discontinued - it shows the breadth of sports you are interested in. It also relates to your future career interests (although I’m not aware that there is a sports medicine major anywhere).</p>
<p>i meant minor, not major. </p>
<p>So, nothing to change even though I have no academic awards or leadership positions?</p>
<p>The only place things like that really matter a lot are in top schools where there are 100’s of people applying to every spot and they all have good grades and SAT scores, or if you have lowish scores and grades sometimes your leadership and awards can cancel that out. It all depends on where you want to apply.</p>
<p>The question about impressive ECs comes up regularly on the forum. There is a thread with comments by Northstarmom, a Ivy alum interviewer, about what constitutes impressive ECs from the point of view of the most selective colleges. The post is at <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/210497-those-ecs-weak-so-what-s-good.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/210497-those-ecs-weak-so-what-s-good.html</a> Keep in mind that its only a small fraction of colleges that look for exceptional ECs; most admit based just on grades and scores. </p>
<p>2 very interesting articles about ECs that stand out and how to get them (same author, different examples) are at [How</a> to Be Impressive](<a href=“http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/28/the-art-of-activity-innovation-how-to-be-impressive-without-an-impressive-amount-of-work/]How”>The Art of Activity Innovation: How to Be Impressive Without an Impressive Amount of Work - Cal Newport) and [Save</a> This Grind?](<a href=“http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/09/12/case-study-how-could-we-save-this-ridiculously-overloaded-grind/]Save”>Case Study: How Could We Save This Ridiculously Overloaded Grind? - Cal Newport) While I don’t agree with everything in them, take a look at these 2 articles and I think you’ll get some original ideas.</p>