<p>Hi, I have a question (obviously?) I want to get into a really good/top College. Im only a sophomore and I make good grades, but yet I have NO ECS. The only thing I do is I play in my high school marching band and concert band (pit and oboe and possibly tenor sax next year). Though I will say that the Marching band here is extremely intense, we have marched at the Rose bowl, and we are marching at Macy's next year. Being as it is extremely intense and also having to play oboe on the side, I have no time for ECs? Does this hurt me?</p>
<p>***Admission wise I mean if I want to get into, say a top 20 school.</p>
<p>How do you literally have no time? Does your homework take 8 hours every single night?</p>
<p>You’re in marching band? How is that “nothing”. Colleges actually look at whether you’re dedicated to what you’re doing.
Say you joined volleyball for a year and the next year you join swim… Colleges don’t like that you quit the time and only done it once.</p>
<p>By no time I mean I get out of school at 1:45 and on Tues-Thursdays (due to private Oboe lessons and band practice) I don’t even get to go home till 9. On fridays we have games. I do volunteer at church (very little though) on some weekends. And yeah HW, I normally have 2-3 Hours a night. And on the weekends that Im not volunteering Im probably practicing oboe…</p>
<p>It’s sounds like you have pleeentyyy of EC? WTH. Youre paranoid :P</p>
<p>Marching band is most intense in the fall and perhaps early winter IF your football team goes to the playoffs. Why not do a sport in the spring or even the school musical/play? Marching band is a great EC to have on your record (at our school it is considered a Varsity Sport). But you can show an ability to branch out and do other things.
If you only do Marching, then I suggestion you give your ALL to music and do Jazz band (if possible), volunteer to teach music lessons at your local elem. of middle school and be sure to try out for your area all district bands. </p>
<p>In other words, branch out a bit or decide to pick it up with band and do even more. There are plenty of kids in marching band who do other things. </p>
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<p>I really hate it when someone posts that they have no EC’s but actually have EC’s.</p>
<p>you know there are some people who legitimately have absolutely no EC’s to put on their app.</p>