<p>Is it possible to even get into Rice without having a billion ECs?</p>
<p>of course it is</p>
<p>..........</p>
<p>people don't understand quality outdoes quantity.,</p>
<p>Yeah well...</p>
<p>I had the post-secondary counselor at my school strongly hint that I shouldn't bother trying for admission at schools or apply for scholarships because of only a couple extra-curriculars and a few B's. </p>
<p>I was just wondering. :|</p>
<p>it's not necessarily about how many EC's, but how deeply involved you get (accomplishments, leadership positions) and sometimes how unusual they are. you just need to be deeply interested in a few things. you likely still have time to develop these if you are a sophomore or junior.</p>
<p>i got in ID and i definitely have less ecs than a lot of people...i mean if you were consistent and stuck with those ecs for a few years that looks a lot better than doing a billion ecs that dont actually mean anything to you. also, a few bs probably wont be the difference between getting in or not, they look at a lot of stuff.</p>
<p>oatmeal. NEVER listen to counslers because most of the time they are ignorant fools. I got into rice with a 3.5 UW GPA and about 9 EC's total (only 5 that I did all of HS though). I dedicate about 10-20 hrs a week to my EC's. My courseload made my GPA reasonable, but the point is that a few B's will not disqualify anyone.</p>
<p>I'm only in science olympiad and math team-- and I'll have only been in them for 2 years. I've also been active in a church for nearly 3 years now, but that's all I've got really. </p>
<p>so I mean I <em>really</em> don't have that many ECs... and there isn't much else that interests me, to be honest. I don't know what to do, and I know packing on ECs in the last year of high school doesn't look good.</p>
<p>EC's really cannot be judged by numbers. I can only claim Model U.N. as a four year EC, some volunteer work during the summer, and some mentoring started in the spring of my junior year. Not very impressive at first glance, but I got early acceptances from Grinnell, Amherst, and Williams. It is really a matter of how much you actually care about what you do.</p>
<p>A lot of ECs won't get you in (personal experience). I have a ridiculous amount of ECs with a ridiculous amount of commitment (Editor-in-Chief of Newspaper, VP of Events in Science Olympiad, leads in plays...), and I got deferred ID, rejected from Yale, and waitlisted at WUSTL and UChic. I think that it had more to do with my grades than anything, but I'm saying that ECs won't necessarily push you over the edge. I also don't think that not having many ECs will hurt if you have good scores and grades because my friend, who does virtually nothing, got in ID with a substantial scholarship (No, I swear I'm not bitter...).</p>
<p>good to know I have a chance if I'm not doing everything there is to do...</p>
<p>With my one main EC being Model U.N., I even only had a board position for one year, and it wasn't even president or vice president. But I got an acceptance from Princeton today. :)</p>
<p>I have mediocre ECs...neither quality nor quantity. The only good thing I had was going to nationals for gymnastics...but then I quit after 10th grade, which probably looks bad. But I got in with merit scholarships. But I do have great SAT scores...</p>
<p>Yes, I'm a case in point.</p>
<p>what ECs did you have vinegar?</p>
<p>I was in charge of the students working for my school's Media Services (AV stuff). I managed and DJ'd middle school dances as part of this. I did freelance computer consulting for families of my school. I was in a leadership role in my yearbook class. I had some math competition awards from competitions I was mandated to participate in. I did a bunch of web-based programming in my free time and as an independent study. That's about all that could possibly qualify as ECs.</p>
<p>SAT score was very close to Rice's 2004 mean.</p>
<p>you guys that say you don't have many ECs have... a lot of ECs. seriously, I just have math team and science olympiad, and everything else is just boring so that's why I don't have anything else. hrmm... :</p>
<p>is 700m/640r/680w close to Rice's mean? except for reading, my psat score said I should be able to achieve higher scores, and I usually do on practice tests, but I tense up when I actually take the SAT so that's lame.</p>