Relevant ECs

Applying to College
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<p>Hi, I would really appreciate if I could get some opinions on my ECs (which should I not bother mentioning) and which I should list as the first few.</p>

<p>1) Economics Club (leadership)
2) Organised a really successful fundraiser in collaboration with a another club (I was wondering if this and the first EC should be counted as one or split up?? But I'm really proud of this achievement though because the profits was over 400% of the previous year)
3) Sport (17 and 18 yrs old) no leadership but I'm really passionate about it
4) Spent over 2 months organising a student initiated program for underprivileged primary school students
5) Photography Club (14, 15 and 16 years old) no leadership didn't enjoy it much
6) Biology Conservation trip (2weeks, 15 years old)
7) Around 100 hours over 3 years at my school library (from age 14-16)
8) Did some one-off volunteering at a hospice for terminally ill patients, another one-off event volunteering at a environmental related community service project (thinking of not including because I didn't like them that much and I wasn't very dedicated)
9) National Youth Achievement Award (Bronze) but I don't think this is that spectacular, only those who go all the way for gold get to shake the president's hand</p>

<p>Which should I scrap? Is it bad if I can't fill up all 10 of the possible ECs you can list? Also, my country's school system involves secondary school from 13-16 then junior college from 17-18, how do I go about getting my current teachers to verify my secondary school activities? I don't see anywhere in the common app that lets me get teacher verification.</p>

<p>Also, for my sport, I was part of it in 2013 when my school placed 4th nationally but I didn't compete, in 2014 when I was officially part of the team we didn't get into top 4. I'm not allowed to say that 'I was in (sport name) that clinched 4th nationally in 2013' am I?</p>

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<p>Anyone?</p>

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<p>Bump!!</p>

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<p>Any inputs!?:(</p>

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<p>1 + 2 - I say combine 1 and 2 (list the details about the fundraiser in the description/honours won text box for that club.</p>

<p>3 - If you love your sport and you’ve been really dedicated to it, then sure, list it.</p>

<p>4 - I’m confused. Did you start the org. and then just not participate in it? Could you list it as a detail under some other EC?</p>

<p>5 - you can go either way. IMO, if you spent a lot of time on it, then you can list it.</p>

<p>6 - definitely</p>

<p>7 - definitely</p>

<p>8 - it sounds like it shouldn’t be included, based off of what you wrote</p>

<p>9 - this sounds more like an honour than an EC, but I could be wrong</p>

<p>Your teachers don’t have to verify your participation - it’s honour system. Since you weren’t a part of the victory in 2013, don’t include it.</p>

<p>Keep in mind that CA asks you to list grade levels of participation, not how old you were when you participated. Also keep in mind that you can’t put down anything that would equate to 8th grade in the US - it will only let you list 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, or PG (post-graduate).</p>

<p>Good luck; let me know if you have more questions! I also recommend trying to get a couple more opinions on this matter :)</p>

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<p>thanks so much for replying! and for 4, I organised and participated :slight_smile: it was an independent volunteer project me and a few friends started, so I don’t think I should list it with the other volunteer ecs where I didn’t organise but was merely a volunteer?</p>