List all EC's Or...?

Applying to College
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<p>Hi - I have a rather general question to pose regarding the EC's on an application (Common App particularly). </p>

<p>Is it a good idea to list all the EC's/Clubs you've ever been involved in during high school? </p>

<p>The reason I ask this is I have been in some clubs for only 1 year and I'm not sure if it's favorable to list these (Academic Team, Math Team) or to only list those you've been a part of for 2 years or more, which would result in me having a couple of blanks in the EC list. </p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>list your best ec's in the blanks.. fill the remaining blanks if any with the okay ec's in order of priority.</p>

<p>just fill the blanks, no more... that is if you don't have more extraordinary ec's than the available blanks</p>

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<p>It would be foolish to leave blanks in place of an activity you have devoted an entire year to!</p>

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<p>i disagree...adcoms are only going to want to read so much. don't dilute your good ECs with irrelevant ones.</p>

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<p>That, and I don't think a year shows enough dedication. Unless of course, it was only possible to do during your senior year, or it was only a one year thing. But if it's some club or a sport, I wouldn't put it down if it were just for one year. If I were an admissions officer, it would look like the person was just trying to fill in blanks to impress. To me anyway, leaving a few blanks as long as the filled in ECs were significant would be alright. That's how I plan to fill in my apps anyway.</p>

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<p>yeahhh i wouldnt reccomend leaving out stuff you have done i mean cmon Math Team even for one year is a lot of work am i right? And its not "diluting" anything by putting the other stuff it shows diversity though which is a good thing</p>

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<p>I don't think a year should be a guideline for not putting the EC on. A year is a long time; it is plenty of time for doing lots of things with a particular EC.</p>

<p>That said, you may not want to put it if you just met with a club for an hour every month to eat some food and discuss about random things. (unless you need to fill in blanks (?))</p>

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<p>That's what I'm saying. Just filling in blanks with insignificant activities makes you seem less impressive.</p>

<p>If for one year you were part of something in which you took part and motivated others and dedicated like 12 hours a week to, then yes I would put that. Depending on circumstances.</p>

<p>If for one year, you went to science club and talked or math team and just did some math for an hour or two a week, no I wouldn't. The question comes up: Why did you do it for only a year? If you liked it enough to put on your college application, then why didn't you do it for more than a year?</p>

<p>Filler I believe is just that... filler. It doesn't add any substance to you OR your application.</p>

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<p>Ew. I just hate how I was in like three clubs freshman or sophomore year that I haven't stuck with, and I dedicated a significant amount of time to each one.</p>

<p>Whatever, I had fun. =D</p>

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<p>at least thats better than me....i signed up for 3 clubs and debate this year lol and i have had no others (im a senior)</p>