<p>Ok, so I have a few <em>core</em> Extracurriculars, but to those of you that have 10-15, I have a question: How do you fit it all onto your application. The Stanford application, for example, has spaces for 7 extracurriculars and tells you not to submit a 2nd page. So if you have 10 or more ECs how does that help you?</p>
<p>It doesn't.</p>
<p>Quality over quantity. And large quantity can actually hurt you.</p>
<p>but summer activities are on a different list right? how much space do you get for that?</p>
<p>Is that true? I'd like to know too</p>
<p>let's try another round at the top of the board.</p>
<p>If you like business, and all 15 of ur EC"s are business related, than thats ok (although still only focus on a couple). If you're applying to an engineering school, and you have on ur EC List:
1. Chess Club
2. Fashion Club
3. NAACP Student Rally (first thing in my head)
4. Habitat for Humanity Prez
5. Robotics Club
6. Future Business Leaders of America
7. Math Team
8. Football</p>
<p>.....In that list, the Robotics club kinda got lost. My brother, who got into Penn 6 years ago, had two EC's total - Soccer and Yearbook. But he dedicated his life to those things. He'd play Soccer all the time, helped his school win some championships, became EIC of Yearbook and helped it win an award....you get the picture. </p>
<p>Im not an AdComm, but the one trend I see with people is their huge list of EC's all look the same when they are just long. Nothing can stand out, no passion is shown.</p>
<p>Thanks, brhchs06. That was really helpful. That's kind of the sense I'm getting too- quantity over quality, as theoneo said. I'm kinda along the lines of your brother, because I spend a lot of time doing year-round running for cross-country and track, and I do lots of medically related stuff. I'm glad to know that I won't be at a disadvantage for having...say...only 5 of the 7 EC lines on the college apps. filled out. I suppose your brother made his EC's the basis for his essays too, which is what I plan on doing.</p>