<p>hello.
please spend a few minutes to rate my EC realistically.I appreciate ur work.thanks</p>
<p>extracurricular activities</p>
<p>Sports:
Tennis-years: since 2002 actively.Member of national tennis federation.had the rankings in my country,but now i dont have it.
Karate-Brown belt-years: 5.5 - 12. Member of East Europe Federation of karate.3rd place on national competition.</p>
<p>Hobbie:
Billiards-pracitising actively since 2007 years..
Amateur guitarist player.
Drawing.
Classical Music.</p>
<p>Awards/Certificates:
Graduated Leadership School-Full course ( 2 courses).
1st place in television translated INTELECT SHOW-"8 MEN"(intelect show in which 8 participants were accepted despite their age.)
2nd place among 100 top students in english literature competition made by a BRITISH COUNCIL.
Semifinalist of NATO international competition-ALIANTE 2009.
Succesfully attended in amateur photographs competition-nominated as one of the best photographers among high-school students.
The author of physics research,about wavelengthes of electromagnetic radiation and their influence directly on plants growth.My research was nominated as the top 15 projects among 50 partipants)
Maths competition winner in my high school -among 150 students.
President of a stream(100 students) in university.</p>
<p>Membership:
International member of Amnesty international.
International member of Ecology club .</p>
<p>Jobs:
PR manager of children who made kids newspaper widely known.
Sales manager of Multi Level Marketing company to support my family.duration 2009 september-2010 may.
Sold luxury watches (with competative price) to support my education and family-years: 2009-2010 .Sold over 6 000 $ watches.</p>
<p>Volunteering:
Volunteer at RED CROSS GEORGIA-since 2011 june.
Volunteer at NATO -since 2011june.
Volunteer at YOUTH MEDICS ASSOCIATION-since 2011 april.
Teaching Sat Biology for future test takers-for free.</p>
<p>Your ECs are impressive, especially your awards.</p>
<p>Well, that’s my opinion. Do you have any specific focus though?</p>
<p>i have a focus on ecology (got experience when i volunteered) so i will talk about it.</p>
<p>THANK YOU! I APPRECIATE EVERY MINUTE U SPENT ON MY INFO!</p>
<p>How could u rate it from 20?</p>
<p>Thank u in advance!</p>
<p>If you have the stats for the top schools, your ECs are competitive. Scientific research is generally a big hit, as is winning competitions. Writing one of your essays on ecology will help bring that to life to demonstrate that there’s substance behind this list.</p>
<p>If you’re an international applicant looking for financial aid, though, it’s still a long shot. Schools turn down <em>amazing</em> international applicants when they’re asking for lots of money because they have to handle financial aid for international applicants themselves, as the government doesn’t really pitch in.</p>
<p>yes,im international applicant from Georgia(europe,caucasia).so im not from india or china and i hope it will somewhat help me.
i will do my best.its main i think.</p>
<p>THANKS AGAIN.</p>
<p>guys ,what about volunteering.are not they impressive for Amherst or yale,for example?</p>
<p>please consider that i have left one more year so volunteer hours will rise to 1000 hours!</p>
<p>thank u</p>
<p>The number of hours that someone volunteers is not impressive: Many kids do 1000 or more over 4 years. It’s what you accomplish as a volunteer that is impressive or not. Don’t waste your time accumulating hours just to hit some random number. It proves only that your family is affluent enough that you don’t have to work.</p>
<p>i didnt get it.</p>
<p>i worked for several places so i have a work experience and if i am a volunteer does it mean my parents are affluent ?</p>
<p>u mean impressive experience,yes ? that i should mantion in essay?right?</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>1,000 hours of volunteering definitely implies at least a middle class life-style. Most kids from families that aren’t affluent expect their kids to work - either to earn some pocket money or to pay for their college expenses. In some cases, a kid’s income is critical to supporting the family during a tough time. If you have 1,000+ hours of volunteer work, your family probably wasn’t counting too heavily on you to earn - unless you accumulated all those hours either before or after some major change in the family’s financial situation.</p>
<p>AS I GUESS:
1)Experience in volunteering to write an outstanding Essay is most important and not just spent hours.
2)500 hours of volunteer work is BEST I CAN WRITE IN ECS!(when a family has very little income-8000 $ in a year)</p>
<p>3)My self-motivation (earning money by selling things) and work as Sales/PR manager will look well in ECs.</p>
<p>AND ALL THIS 3 FACTORS (according to my family situation)WILL perfectly describe my personality!am i right?</p>
<p>I APPRECIATE UR EVERY SPENT MINUTE FOR ME,FOR AN UNKNOWN PERSON!</p>
<p>can anyone else,rate my ECs?</p>
<p>Thanks again</p>
<p>doctoribach, I should qualify: What I’ve said applies to US-based students. Internationals may be evaluated differently. My point is that your ECs will be viewed in the context of where you are applying from, and especially what opportunities you had and took advantage of relative to others from your country and your social class.</p>
<p>how do u think,my ECs are competive for amherst,yale or even harvard?</p>
<p>Im east europian so it raises my chanses.almost 90 % international students are from china,india,korea…</p>