<p>Thank you for the detailed response. I appreciate it. I’m aware as well that my ECs aren’t anything terribly out of the ordinary for CC, but I’m satisfied with them anyway. Although they aren’t the sort of outstanding that makes jaws drop, I think they demonstrate a commitment to the things I choose to apply myself to. They also aren’t going to run me into the ground when combined with my course load, which I think is important. I wanted to stretch myself and do what I enjoyed without burning myself out, and I think I achieved that. </p>
<p>I’m well aware that CC is not an accurate sample of the application pool as a whole–there’s a reason I stayed away from it when I was in my neurotic applying to colleges stage. I ran into this board in November when my father found it and enthusiastically showed it to me; unfortunately, as a resource, CC is not conducive to optimism! So I largely ignored the forum when I was going through the application process so as not to make myself feel bad. Now that I have everything out and done with, I feel more confident and relaxed and hence more open to negative feedback–hence the request for detailed commentary.</p>