<p>Applying in December for colleges. I could use a couple more EC's to boost my application for:</p>
<p>NYU (Match)
Upenn (Reach)
Washington U in St. Louis (Match)
U of WA (Safety)</p>
<p>Those are the ones I want the most. I can imagine in December shooting out applications to most Ivies and Stanford, maybe even Umich.</p>
<p>What ECs are you in right now?</p>
<p>Well, I guess I could put a few fruity goofy EC’s like church youth group and honors societies, but the two main ones are:</p>
<p>Student Government at the community college (Dual enrollment): campaigned and beat out another contestant for Treasurer</p>
<p>Eagle Scout</p>
<p>volunteer?</p>
<p>^ Volunteering is a silly filler EC… Unless you want to do pre-med and you volunteer at a hospital.</p>
<p>^ I disagree. If you put in a lot of work and show your dedication to volunteering (soup kitchen, library) this summer till december, it could really help.</p>
<p>^ I should’ve been more clear… It’s not a filler in general, but in his case it would be because he’s already an eagle scout, which takes a hell of a lot of work and determination over a long time.</p>
<p>Yes! I am really glad I decided to get my eagle scout anyways. It got really close to my birthday, and I wasn’t sure how much benefit it would actually be. So volunteering eh? What about attempting to get an internship with a local financial firm? Maybe both?</p>
<p>I would say both. </p>
<p>But dude, it was definitely good to get your eagle. i cant say that it looks great to every adcom, but it sure won’t hurt. I think that should help a lot.</p>
<p>Start a club! Beginning a school chapter of any of the National ______ Honor Societies (pick a subject and just fill in the blank, seriously) looks fairly impressive, and if you’re involved as a leader and organize activities that benefit the school and your community, that’ll set you farther ahead. Aaaand added benefits of leading an honor society include /ridiculous/ amounts of information and resources to help you actually make a difference with the group.</p>
<p>Great ideas. The starting a club might be tough because I am the Treasurer of my school and I approve the funding of new clubs (Conflict of interest). But… I may be able to help someone else start a club, and I could probably bring an honors society chapter into the community college. I like it!</p>