<p>In total agreement with Emilybee… Chaos, it sounds as if you have a pretty ravenous curiosity about the world-- reading tons about current events and politics, enjoying debate, quiz bowl, model UN… The common app has the short essay about EC’s-- is there a way you can draw this together, find a common thread that links these things? Energetic curiosity is a great thing to offer a school, particularly at your age. Many, many successful people can point to this kind of searching interest as the first step in a long life of achievement.</p>