How much will my ECs help me?

Applying to College
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<p>Yes, I have already applied, but I am still super nervous. April 1st seems like an eternity away and everyday I lose my patience. Anyway, number-wise I am not the greatest applicant. I have about a 3.8 unweighted GPA and I'm in the top 5% of my class but I have a 2040 SAT (660M, 640CR, 740W) and my SATIIs are 630 on Bio and 670 MathII. Yeah, I know...and I'm going to be a bio major. Ooops...</p>

<p>BUT! I'm hoping my unique (?) ECs will make up for that a little bit. Some of my ECs include volunteering at a medical clinic in a small village in India, doing genetics research at URI (it didn't get published or anything---but I contributed countless amount of hours), and I also did an internship at a biomedical research company in CA. Those are my main ones I guess, but I also have things such as Yearbook Editor, Science Club VP, Violin, and various other community service.</p>

<p>What do you think? My top two schools are Tufts and JHU. I applied to Brown ED and got deferred (no big surprise there, hah!) but right now I'm focusing on these other two. This isn't necessarily a chance thread. I just want to know if my ECs will help me or if my miserable test scores and low-ish GPA will kill my chances.</p>

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<p>bump.................</p>

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<p>Why do people talk about "killing," "ruining," or "destroying" one's chances?</p>

<p>Anyways, I don't want to answer your question because you've already applied so it's kind of pointless. How should any of us know how much your EC's will help you?</p>

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<p>You obviously don't KNOW, but you could give an OPINION. I thought that was the whole point of these type of things?</p>

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<p>your ECs aren't unique from what i see. it's what you may have done with them that may be unique.. </p>

<p>so there's nothing we can say. :( just relax, you'll be fine in three months. :)</p>

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<p>I mean, GPA and the test scores always come in priority right after the rigor of courseload. People who get accepted with amazing EC's tend to have great scores too most of the time. With your scores, JHU will still be a reach with the "unique" ECs you have. However, Tufts might not be as great of a reach. I mean, after all, it's where all the Ivy-rejects turn their heads to. Haha jk jk</p>