<p>Hey guys
So I usually hate these threads, but my EC's seem kind of weak to me--I'm a relatively poor homeschooled junior in a rural area. Because of that I don't have opportunity or money to be head of clubs in public schools/allowed to participate in competitions that public schooled kids or maybe homeschooled kids in big cities are.
Anyway, I don't really give a crap which college I end up at, because I will be perfectly happy at any of the colleges I'm applying to (I'm applying in the range from IU to MIT). But I am asking about my EC's because I am a bit worried about them.
I play zero sports, but I am being professionally trained as a ballet dancer (a former NYCB dancer retired in my area)
Flute player, like half the people in the world. I also play in a somewhat large city's youth outreach program sponsored by the philharmonic, but I'm not eligible for competitions because of my non-traditional schooling.
I'm big on foreign languages; I'm learning Arabic, Russian, Chinese, and Spanish--fluent in Spanish, relatively proficient in Arabic and Chinese.
I also know how to program
Bible quiz captain for midwest region for all four years (cringe; uber nerd alert!)
Wrote, staged, costumed, and performed a musical
Theatre
Tutored peers in Spanish and calculus
I'm most focused, though, on a volunteering aspect. At my church and hometown I'm Core Leader of a fundraising group to raise money for us to go to the Dominican Republic to build schools (we've done this twice now), and also Core Leader also of a service team to help impoverished individuals however they need. To narrow it down further, I've started programs to raise awareness of human and child labour in other countries and how American companies are contributing to the problem. I've done research on that and presented my findings at a leading university a few hours away to leading professionals in the field of human rights and worldwide problems. I also won an award there. Sorry I can't be very specific; I don't want to give away where I am.
My parents could afford for me to take one class at the local community college each semester, so by the time I graduate I will have taken college math classes through Calc III. I also will likely be able to take physics and a computer programming class at the college.
I know it's not very much, but it's all we can afford--since we have to pay for all the programs that are comparatively free to traditional schoolers. I'm just a bit worried because we won't be able to afford college, and we make just over the line to qualify for good financial aid except at the more selective, rich universities. Also, I plan on being the first female in my family to complete college and well, that tells you the emphasis we have on men's education over women. With two brothers, if I don't get a scholarship or accepted somewhere with aid, I'm not going.
The rest of my stats are good, and I will get stellar recommendations; it's just my EC's that are my weak area. I don't know if my major is going to affect scholarship money, but I'm looking at either aerospace engineering or international studies/foreign language double.
Anyway, thanks! And if you have any suggestions for what I could do to improve this, let me know please!</p>
<p>I honestly think that your ECS show alot of passions, especially the volunteering ones. They also seem to relate alot more to international affairs/ foreign language double</p>