<p>Okay, guys, I am currently a sophomore and my ECs are pathetic. I only came to the US last year and it took me 1 year to settle down and get over the cultural shock and everything. So, I didn't do anything huge last year.</p>
<p>Uptil now my ECs are:
1. FBLA (Regional competitions)
2. Public Speaking (State competitions)
3. School Literary Magazine (Poetry, art, etc.)
4. MSA (Muslim Student Association - Volunteer work)</p>
<p>If it matters, I had many spelling bees in middle school, and I emceed for 3 years at school celebrations etc.</p>
<p>I suck at all sports except maybe... badminton. And they don't have a badminton team or anything at our school.</p>
<p>You can't join Honor Societies at my school until you're a junior. So next year I'm going to join National Honor Society, Science Honor Society, Math Honor Society, and maybe English Honor Society. I also want to participate in a Science Fair project or two, and I plan to join ICU (International Club or something). Plus I'm going to join a Tutor Program at our school (you can also only join that if you're an upper classman).
I also plan to enter a literary contest held in junior year and hopefully place in the competition.</p>
<p>Granted I do all these (I hope I can), I still feel my ECs are nothing compared to other people's.
Any opinion? Advice?
As you can see I'm more of an Art/English/Math/Science person and not a Sports one, what other clubs can I join?</p>
<p>On a completely random note I know SGA is a great EC, but I think it's more of a popularity contest than actual work. On the other hand, I guess it shows leadership skills (leaders are supposed to be popular after all). I wish I could be an SGA person, but people don't know me at all. Sigh.</p>
<p>er maybe you could be the one to start a badminton team in your school and be the captain? Get a teacher or someone powerful to help you persuade the school into allowing a badminton team.</p>
<p>You have some very interesting EC's; just continue to pursue your passion in your EC's and you'll do fine. Having been through numerous college presentations I can report that colleges consistently say they are much more interested in focused passion than a laundry list of clubs and sports.</p>
<p>Do what you want to do, not just to get into an awesome college. But admittedly, if you follow your passions, you probably will end up doing more ECs. You're only a sophomore (as am I, haha), so let your passions develop.</p>
<p>Dude, just do what makes you happy. I think your going a lil overkill. Also, try to get a position (treasurer, prez, watev) in the stuff that you particpate in, instead of just saying your in 50 different clubs. </p>
<p>Don't be offended, but it sounds like your ethnicity would help you in you college admission because of affirmative action. You probably already knew that... but regardless lol</p>
<p>I'm sorry I wasn't clear before; when I said I'll join Honor Societies and Clubs, I meant to say that I'll check them out, and then stick with the ones I do like. I'm not looking for several ECs, I'm aiming for a couple ones that I'm serious about (heard most colleges like less focused ECs as compared to a laundry bag full of ECs?)</p>
<p>@panky - I'm not offended if my ethnicity is going to help me, lol. That makes me happy! </p>
<p>Did karajanhra think I'm Middle Eastern because I joined Muslim Student Association? Well, I'm not Middle Eastern (Southwest Asian).
I'm South Asian (Pakistani to be exact). But I guess that's not really going to help me with admissions either.</p>