<p>I was wondering about this a lot. My ECs are total cr<em>p compared to that of an average American. Where I live (in a poor country @ LatAm) there is almost no community service chances, even though it is a poor country. However, the bad thing is that I go to an American school, where there are a bunch of clubs (but about 3/4 of those clubs do virtually NOTHING). Athletics suck (only like 3 sports. We've never won 1st place in any competition). Opportunities are scarce. There are only like a couple competitions in this country, all of 'em which are like shady and crappy competitions that disband in a few years (believe me, I've researced a lot). I try to enter essay competitions, but I can't, since I'm not an American citizen/resident. I tried to write a sociology/psychology paper (obviously very underdeveloped by college level, but competent enough IMO), but there is no competitive institution interested enough (or competent enough) to spare time for such *niecities</em>.</p>
<p>What am I to do? Do American Univs (like Stanford) weigh ECs equally as heavy as they do with domestic applicants?</p>