<p>Excellent E.C - Starting your own company , working in a a management position in a fortune 500 company , curing cancer, olympic figure skater, inventing the light bulb etc</p>
<p>Above average- Intern at a company, work for your dad at a hedge fund over the summer, etc</p>
<p>@ lakerforever: ALAS, my fellow CC fiend, you neglect to acknowledge the 4th type of applicant:</p>
<p>4) This applicant has an amazing GPA (4.0) and EC’s. </p>
<p>^^ This guy will get rejected. :)</p>
<p>lol, what about amazing gpa - but only 1 full quarter - “above average” ec’s, and a bad writer (i.e. bad essays)
will “this guy” also get rejected >_></p>
<p>My cousin was an international student and then attended a CC here for 2-3 years. She had a 4.0, but her ECs weren’t really “AMAZING.” She was in/officer of a few clubs, vp of finance of school (or something like that), interned for a assemblywoman, active in a few orgs, and had a LOT of volunteering (20 hrs a week for 2-3 years). Yet she was able to get in Wharton and Haas (currently attending the former).
Nothing really business-y, but she had a lot of experience with leadership.</p>
<p>@ lomkh: No, that applicant will not get rejected because the admissions department will see his diligence and profound aptitude for simultaneously garnering lots of units and stellar grades. Contrastingly, the admissions departments will chuckle with snide smirks and sarcastic comments when pouring over one’s arrogant application with a few years of excellent EC’s and a good GPA, as lakerforever has attested to having. </p>
<p>Poor fellow, if only he had known about the dreaded 4th type of applicant.</p>
<p>Glad to see everyone is sticking to the topic so well…I don’t think there is a relevant post on this page.</p>
<p>@ theduck: To be fair here, I did post on the first page (in fact, I was one of the first posters) that did actually answer your question. Sorry for otherwise temporarily hijacking though, and I’ll stop.</p>
<p>na its fine. I just find it rather funny how often threads turn into technical debates of a very specific subject that is not related at all to the OP.</p>
<p>I need amazing ECs :|</p>
<p>@peterr86 cool story Hansel.</p>
<p>anyone want to give a legitimate answer</p>