<p>They don't give much options on extracrriculum activities section
of online application. i want to put junior class treasurer, YLE(leadership), Jazz choir,
MuAlphaTheta, Church(youthgroup leader),,,
so should i apply offline? since i can write all these down?
and if i apply offline(paperwork), do i need to type it?
if i need to how???</p>
<p>p.s, i didnt take any computer science class, is that gonna significantly lower my chance
to get in?</p>
<p>I don’t think computer science was listed in the requirements or anything, was it? I don’t ever remember that being an important class for getting into college, though it was a graduation requirement at my HS.</p>
<p>Not all of my ECs fit into a category either so I just improvised as best I could and made sure to mention important ones by name in essays, that worked for me. If you are really worried about it you can apply on paper, you don’t have to type it but you need to write legibly. I would apply online if there’s any way you can.</p>
<p>Computer science is one of those things that can only help you. And not significantly. Its not a needed course. What i did for extra curricular was to add another word document to my application and just list my ecs.</p>
<p>^^ Hey j89, so did you just leave the entire EC area blank, and include that seperate doc in the “additional info” section?</p>
<p>Yeah, they say they recommend 2 years of computer science, but it’s not required. It would probably be nice to have because you’re applying to engineering, but I think you’ll be fine… If you put down computer science/engineering as your major though (like me), then the 2 years are probably much more important. </p>
<p>And about the EC’s, I’d just do the best you can with what they give you on the drop down menu (say student council for junior class treasurer, plain old choir for Jazz choir, etc). Don’t worry too much, I think Engineering will like it if you’ve done any special engineering related ECs, but other than that, they don’t care too much for EC’s (I’m guessing this from reading the admissions requirements on their site).</p>
<p>I filled out the EC area and also sent the separate doc. Also, I believe that Computer science isn’t a necessary course to take because many schools simply do not offer it. I just think its a small plus if you do. Additionally, as a freshman, you do not declare CSE or CE but you’re put into the engineering program as a first year engineering student. Thus, the COE will not give you an extra boost in your application if you take courses relative to a certain engineering major [ie Computer science course to CSE major]. They will, however, give you a small boost since it is an engineering related course just like if it was AP physics or AP chem.</p>
<p>yosup, what you put down on the app as your intended major has absolutely no impact on your admission chances whatsoever.</p>
<p>^ Of course it doesn’t, I didn’t say it did. I was just saying that if you’ve shown a lot of interest in a specific area, and shown that through high school classes/activities, then it would be a + in your application. </p>
<p>This comes from their own rating sheet:</p>
<ol>
<li>Depth in one or more academic areas of student’s interests</li>
<li>Evidence of academic passion
…</li>
<li>Intellectual curiosity</li>
</ol>
<p>So I’m just saying that if someone did indicate a major, (for example computer science) and took computer science courses and participated in EC’s related to CS, then it would fit in the categories above, and help you. The advantage doesn’t come from selecting a specific major, but from showing “Evidence of academic passion”, “Depth in one or more academic areas of student’s interests” etc.</p>