Rate the EC's Above You

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>9/10
They don’t seem random at all. It’s good that your so dedicated to one area (music),but that you still branch out to other areas. Congrats on your gold for German, that’s impressive.</p>

<p>1) robotics (business) Secretary* 9-12
2)cedars Sinai (medical) Volunteer 11-12
3)our house (psychology) Teen Counselor 11-12
4)interact club (volunteering) Media Head* 9-12
5)red cross club (volunteering) Co President* 9-12
6)science club (Science and journalism) President and Editor* 10-12
7)viola 9-12
8)travel blog 10-12

  • = leadership</p>
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<p>9.5/10</p>

<p>(I’m an upcoming junior but will put ones I’m planning to do in the next 2 years also)</p>

<p>SPORTS
Travel volleyball 9-12</p>

<p>SCHOOL CLUBS
BETA club 9-12
-won poetry contest at state convention one year
-running for an officer position and will serve that position next year
-we do at least 1 service project every month</p>

<p>interact club 9, 11-12
-On the board freshman year and might run for officer this year and next year</p>

<p>ACE team 11-12</p>

<p>robotics team 11-12</p>

<p>photography club 9-12</p>

<p>OTHER
I’m not sure if this counts as an EC, but the summer before my sophomore year a friend and I created a website/forum that during school we probably worked on it 20ish hours a week each and during the summer work probably twice that each a week. Its focus is on current events and community involvement. It’s still pretty small, but has almost 250 members and over 10,000 posts in the forums. This is the one that I’m really passionate about but I’m not sure if I could put it on college apps, especially since it isn’t related to my intended major (I want to double major in physics and biochemistry and later go into an astrobiology related field)</p>

<p>I play drums and would like to somehow get involved in my school’s band 11-12th grade year.</p>

<p>VOLUNTEERING
Freshman year I volunteered 50+ hours as an assistant coach for a 5th-7th grade instructional county-league volleyball team.
-I went to three 2 hour practices a week to help teach techniques and make up different drills.
-At games I was responsible for doing all the stats on each player. Basically what I did was count up the number of each type of thing (to not get deep into volleyball terms lol) they did and I would compare and tell the head coach which position each player would be best at.
-I helped organize different group picnics/get togethers we would have outside of practice.</p>

<p>This summer and hopefully for the rest of my HS career I will be volunteering at my local humane society. I start the 2nd week in July and over summer will probably do 3 hours 3 days a week and probably do a full Saturday every now and again. I want to continue doing this during the academic year and will probably do 6 hours a week then not counting weekends.</p>

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<p>Prospective Comp Sci/Software Engineering Major. Put the grades I did each of the activities in parentheses to the right of the description:</p>

<p>I put them in order from importance to least importance.</p>

<p>– Started up freelance SEO/Web Design business and made around XXXXX profit. (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>– Nova Debate (team is 6th in the nation :wink: ) – Webmaster of NovaDebate.com and a member of Executive Board (9, 10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>– Editor and co-webmaster of MyGamer.com (a video game website that was est. in 1996) [11, 12]</p>

<p>– Started up a group outside of school for Class of 2014 called Aced and it now has about 180 members; focuses on helping people with APs and standardized tests. In the process of building the website GoAced.com (11, 12)</p>

<p>– Junior Statesmen of America; 11th grade representative of my school’s chapter and soon to be “Chief Technology Specialist” of the overall organization’s website jsa.org (national organization with well over a few thousand members) [10, 11, 12]</p>

<p>– Kiwanis International (Key Club) – national community service organization [9, 10, 11, 12]</p>

<p>– Mentoring Tomorrow’s Leaders (tutoring freshmen with below average grades and basically being like an older brother for them) [11, 12]</p>

<p>– Boy Scouts [8, 9, 10, 11; quit this summer not doing in my senior year]</p>

<p>I’d say an 8.5/10 for yours Abby.</p>

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<p>I’ll give you a 9/10, you clearly have a lot of leadership skills and I really like how your extracurriculars show how you’re passionate about helping others. </p>

<p>I’m a rising sophomore, so naturally these aren’t my final EC’s, just what I plan on them being by the end of senior year:</p>

<p>–Three years of participation in the Scripps National Spelling Bee: 2010, 2011, and 2012 as a sixth, seventh, and eighth grader. I tied for forty-ninth, forty-second, and twenty-first respectively.</p>

<p>–Four years of participation in UIL Spelling & Vocabulary–it’s a Texas-based competition. This year our team got second in regionals, and I got second in the state. Hopefully there will be many more victories to come over the next three years.</p>

<p>–Three years of participation in Academic Decathlon</p>

<p>–Three years of participation in High-Q (basically quiz bowl)</p>

<p>–Two years of participation in NHS and Key Club</p>

<p>–Four years of involvement with Lifeteen, my church’s youth group</p>

<p>–Various volunteer work, such as at the local rescue mission, regional spelling bee, and some other things as well. I’ll have a lot more volunteer stuff by the end of senior year because of CAS for IB.</p>

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<p>8/10 :slight_smile: You seem to have lots of involvement in competitions and such, if you begin to place it would really help, but considering that you’ve got three more years that’s plenty of time. Look for more opportunities like that.</p>

<p>North South Foundation (Non-profit organization which provides scholarships to underprivileged but academically talented students in India and has given rise to tens of winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, National Geography Bee, and Mathcounts competition, among others…)

  • Participation since 1st grade
  • Two time national finalist
  • Five time regional winner in essay writing and vocabulary competitions
  • Volunteer</p>

<p>Member of the science team and hope to compete in the Science Olympiad for the next three years
Member of the math team
Staff writer for school newspaper
President of a community service club at my school</p>

<p>Sing Carnatic music (type of Indian classical music) for the past 10 years and training to perform 3-hour concert debut by the end of senior year

  • Requires 2 hours of practice daily and is my main extracurricular activity</p>

<p>Volunteer at local hospital
Tutor throughout the school year at elementary school
Tutored kids with special needs for two weeks this summer
Volunteered at a preschool for two weeks this summer</p>

<p>Referee youth town soccer for the past year
Volunteer at my temple where I’ve attended cultural classes for the past 10+ years </p>

<p>National German Exam, Gold Level</p>

<p>I’m a rising sophomore, so this coming school year I’m applying to NHS as well (which I should get in to) and adding ‘Best Buddies,’ which is a club that allows me to interact weekly with my peers who have special needs.</p>

<p>I know I don’t have that many extracurricular activities or seem to have a particular focus, but I’d like my academic focus to become tutoring/science and cultural activities like my temple and singing, as well as the North South Foundation competitions. :P</p>

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<p>10/10 you show alot of dedication and passion in all of your ECs. </p>

<p>Rising Junior:

  • Student Council- 9,10,11 (trying again for officer position)
    Helped with fundraisers and prepared for the annual blood-drive.
  • National Honor Society- 9,10,11 (trying again for officer position)
  • Class Officer- 10,11
  • Yearbook Committee- 11
  • Quiz Team- 9,10,11
  • Jazz Band- 9 (2nd saxophone), 10,11 (1st saxophone)
  • Concert Band- 9,10,11 (1st clarinet)
  • NYSSMA- Instrumental both Clarinet and Saxophone- 9,11
  • Area All-State- 10 (3rd clarinet), 11 (haven’t heard back yet)
  • All-County- 9,10,11 (1st clarinet)
  • JV Softball- 9,10
  • Lacrosse (club)- 11 haven’t decided if I should drop softball to continue with Lacrosse or drop Lacrosse to continue with softball in the spring
  • Paid Internship- summer between 10 and 11- Librarian Assistant</p>
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<p>10/10. You excel in academics, sports, the arts, and you have work experience. :-)</p>

<p>Senior Year!!! My passions include feeding the hungry (volunteering), Art (painting), Dance, Government/Political/Law Enforcement (demonstrated through my work experience, student affairs, and clubs)</p>

<p>Academic:
Elected Student Council- Grades11-12: Sargent at Arms. Helped approve our school’s first AP courses. Hold monthly fundraisers and organize trips.
Student Tutor 9-12
Academic quiz bowl 9-12
President of Art club 9-12
Journalist for Yearbook club 10-11
Dance club 9-12
Chess club 9
Language Club 9
Book club 10</p>

<p>Athletic:
Varsity Volleyball Team Captain- Grades 11-12</p>

<p>Employment:
Assistant for the Food and Drug Administration- Grades 11-12
Junior Police Cadet w/ Detroit police department 11-12
Child Care 9-12
Cashier 12</p>

<p>Regional:
4H club County President 11-12
Founder of a multicultural/political club “Youth in Governance” 11-12
Workshop assistant (unpaid) Financial literacy, career training, life skills</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Meals on wheels- Christmas 2011
Motor city makeover/ city clean up- 40 hours
Environmental- 10 hours</p>

<p>Summer Volunteering:
2013 Focus: HOPE food distribution- 120 hours
2011, 2012 Detroit Summer Lunch program- 200+ hours</p>

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<p>10/10
How do you guys get so many good ECs? I literally have like none</p>

<p>Rising Soph</p>

<p>100+ hours volunteering including
Medicine Sorting: 40
Math Counts: 40</p>

<p>Interact Club
Math Counts- secretary
JSA
Mu Alpha Theta</p>

<p>Orchestra
Tennis
Student Tutor</p>

<p>Yes, I’m pathetic</p>

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<p>I’d probably give you a 8 or 9. The large amount of community service is great and you could, only being a sophomore, rise up to be officers of some of the clubs.</p>

<p>Rising Senior</p>

<p>Key Club 9th-12th (Editor 12th)
Interact 11-12th (Treasurer 12th, but only because they needed someone)</p>

<p>National Honor Society 10-12th (Secretary 11th, President 12th)
French Honor Society 10-12th (No officers for this, but I probably would be president if we had them)</p>

<p>Scholastic Quiz 9-12th (JV 9th, Varsity (Captain) 10th-12th)
Forensics 11th-12th (Public Forum Debate)
Went to States. Didn’t place. :frowning:
Model UN 10-12th (Was unable to attend an event in 11th but still helped my friends prepare their spots on the MUNSC.)</p>

<p>Marching Band 7-12th (Brass Section leader 10-11th, Auditioned for Drum Major 12th, hopefully getting it)
Indoor Percussion 8-12th (Lead Marimba every year)
Concert Band 9-12th (1st trombone)
Attended County, District, Regional, State, and (In October) All-National Bands
Jazz Band 9-12th (1st trombone)
Attended District Jazz
Musicals 9-12th (Had a majorish role every year):
Once Upon A Mattress (9th): Wizard
Into the Woods (10th): Rapunzel’s Prince
Legally Blonde (11th): Professor Callahan
Hopefully getting a lead 12th
[Bonus points for who can guess my voice part based on those roles]</p>

<p>Morning Announcements Personality: 10-12<br>
(Our school does televised morning announcements that are mostly student-run. I’m one of the people actually on the TV)
Project: Johnstown 9-12
(After school program focused on the history and nature of the Johnstown area. Run by the National Park Service since 10th grade with the opportunity for placement into the Youth Conservation Corps/Pathways to Green Careers summer employment program. I was in that this past summer.)</p>

<p>I may run for a senior class representative, especially since I ran for class president and lost.
I also attend a HUGE number of leadership conferences, with my favorite being the HOBY conference I attended in the summer of 2012. I think we’re going on one to the US Army War College to study the Battle of Gettysburg this year…
I’ve also done National History Day projects in 9th-11th grades, winning the Senior Historical Paper category at my regional contest in 10th grade but couldn’t go to states because of conflicts. I also couldn’t attend the regional contest in 11th grade, but my paper won the school contest.</p>

<p>Wow. I do a lot. But it really doesn’t seem like it…</p>

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<p>@Swiftyfan13x I thought the same thing about myself and it was a huge confidence issue thing for me, but my posting on here and this summer honestly changed that a lot. I think it’s all about the way that you present yourself. And it’s quality, not quantity! :)</p>

<p>Plus, my private college counselor told me that 4-7 dedicated EC’s are all that you need, and honestly, adding more could hurt you.</p>

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<p>Who bumped my thread? There’s a new necro-er?</p>

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<p>Ok well there’s no one to rate but anyway
Founded flight club, organized about 30 kids and helped over a dozen fly planes. Came out on the news and newspaper</p>

<p>Founded ultimate frisbee team
Founding racquetball club
Helped found NTHS at our school </p>

<p>President of flight club
President of NTHS
Sergeant at Arms of chess club
Section leader in marching bad</p>

<p>2x all state marching band, multiple division 1s
NHS, UIL, Debate, jazz band</p>

<p>Won 3rd place in a creative writing contest</p>

<p>Varsity swimming, varsity Drumline</p>

<p>Ty!!</p>

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<p>I was never rated, but I’ll rate yours a 9.5/10 and repost mine:</p>

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<p>Dude, yours is awesome! Definately a 10/10! Obviously you’re really passionate about band (same with so many kids at my school) and a lot else too! Btw, I’ve been looking NHD to do this year. Any tips? Also, good luck with Senior Class Rep elections! </p>

<p>Anyways, here’s mine</p>

<p>Boy Scouts. Currently a Life Scout going for my Eagle very soon. Past or present leadership positions include Patrol Leader, Scribe, Assistant Patrol Leader, Assist Senior Patrol Leader and Senior Patrol Leader. Also part of the Boy Scouts “Honour Society” called the Order of the Arrow.
FIRST Robotics Competition Team 303. I’m a subteam leader and member of student leadership council. We placed third place in the world this year and won the Newton Division.
Captain of FIRST Technical Challenge Team 756. Our robot won second place at the regional competition, Bridgewater showdown. We were also the first team in the state of NJ to successfully accomplish the the autonomous task.
Founder and President of BRHS RoboSoccer Club. We do a robotics competition called RoboCup in which we make autonomous soccer robots. I dis that competition earlier and placed first in the nation and third internationally. Inspired to open the opportunity to other students at my school, I created the club. We came in second place in the nation last year.
Team captain for ZeroRobotics Team Quark Charm. It’s a competition in which we program satellites on the ISS. We came in 9th place in the nation.
FBLA Webmaster. I participated in the Entrepreneurship category and placed first place in my state, NJ, and top 15 at Nationals.
Forensics Public Forum Debate.
Yearbook Club
Vice President of Geography Club. 4th place in WorldQuest NYC Regional.
Founder and President of Web Design Club
Co-founder and Co-president of Atheist Club
Politics Club
Founder and President of History Club
I scuba dive and am currently an Advanced Open Water Diver.
I also play golf for fun but may try out for school team next year
I also have my own app company, PocketApps, which makes Android and iOS apps. I currently have one released called Unicorn Hop with many more on the way!</p>

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<p>Bump for colicky kids also known as freshmen</p>

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<p>Freshman:</p>

<p>Debate - Treasurer (this club is hugely unsophisticated, I’ll be president next year and revamp it into awesomeness)
Math Olympiad - Vice President
DECA
Volunteering at Project CURE - 100 hours (summer)
JV Soccer
Newspaper - Staff Writer</p>

<p>I know, really bad. Any ideas guys?</p>

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<p>^I’m not going to rate in this post, just provide objective feedback since I no longer agree with the really strange awarding of points in this thread.</p>

<ol>
<li><p>How good at debating are you? Have you done high level debates? If so, where, and what rankings did you get? It’s important to be really good at debate rather than just be an officer in this case.</p></li>
<li><p>What do you do as Vice President of Math Olympiad? Do you just sit around as the VP, or do you have an active role as some sort of administrator?</p></li>
<li><p>DECA usually features an aspect of team roles; what is your role on your DECA team? Is it significant?</p></li>
<li><p>Is JV soccer you passing the ball around with friends in a gym after school or is it your team against other teams in a competitive league?</p></li>
<li><p>Newspaper - What kind of articles and how many articles have you written? What is your role as a team member of the newspaper?</p></li>
</ol>

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<p>Sophomore (Current)

  1. SECME - President
  2. Sophomore Student Council - Historian
  3. Business Professionals of America
  4. NCSSSMST
  5. Beta Club
  6. Experimental Science</p>

<p>Junior (Projected)

  1. SECME - President
  2. Beta Club - President
  3. Junior Student Council - Secretary
  4. NCSSSMST
  5. National Honors Society
  6. Business Professionals of America
  7. Experimental Science (unless it’s offered as a class next year)</p>
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<p>10 ^
Lol I have like no ecs
I’m in the national Spanish honor society
I was on my Bio League (1&2) team
And idk if this counts but I have an Instagram account with 4k+ followers for photography ( which is what I do in my free time ) </p>

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<p>@Kitsyxoxo The Instagram thing is sort of impressive imo. Especially for photography because there are sort of a lot of IGs dedicated to that! It shows passion too. Although it’s a little on the scarce side, what year are you in? You could still have time to make it up.</p>

<p>Mine isn’t as developed as some people but here goes. I’m a junior btw.
SADD (9th-Current)
World Language Honor Society (9th-Current)
Business Honor Society (10th-Current) <em>Treasurer
National Honor Society (This Year) *Running for an officer position
FBLA (This Year) *District Event Winner/</em>Placed at States/<em>National Qualifier/</em>District Officer
Big Brother Big Sisters (This Year) *Officer for next year
Model UN (10th-Current) *RUMUN award winner, SIDMUN award winner (2x)
Drama Club (This Year) *President. Our club is small and was mostly seniors from last year so I got an officer position bc the advisor liked me.</p>