<p>Your EC's aren't impressive. Your shot at yale is as good as anyone else's. I mean, come on, NHS delegate, JV sports?</p>
<p>i dont understand is my school just different from everyone elses?</p>
<p>NHS delegate, i pour hours into that, 32 people ran and only 4 got elected, yea i think thats pretty impressive..</p>
<p>and yea im not making a big deal out of jv sports, I'm just lisitng my activities, would u like me to post the top 7 from my common app?</p>
<p>i would cut the stuff from your app that you are the least passionate about. counselors are just going to see it as filler</p>
<p>Do you plan on list mentioning every one of those activities? Seems a bit excessive. There are plenty of good ECs, but some are just...meh</p>
<p>well heres my common apps top 7 activities in order (hours etc in original post):</p>
<p>class secretary, lab work at cancer center, volunteer tutoring, NHS delegate (yes i spend lots of time and NHS is huge in our school), German Club Newsletter Editor (another huge club in our school), Attended School in Germany (non-exchange, took same classes as every regular german student), JSA cofounder</p>
<p>buump p</p>
<p>Great Chance good luck :_</p>
<p>buuuuuuuuuuuuuump</p>
<p>Excessive ECs weaken and cheapen your profile. However, being fluent in Farsi is a huge plus that may overcome the boring, laundry list of silly ECs.</p>
<p><em>sigh</em> ok for the last time I know it looks like a laundry list but I actually joined them BECAUSE I ENJOY THEM. I would just like to know whether I should include a resume with my common app, or if having too many extracurrics is actually worse than not mentioning anything past the 7 most important. Any ideas?</p>
<p>It is physically impossible to devote significant time to develop a passion when you are in that many clubs. JV/IM sports mean absolutely nothing as do most of the Clubs/ECs.</p>
<p>ok ill ask this question one more time...SHOULD I OR SHOULD I NOT INCLUDE A RESUME WITH MY COMMON APP</p>
<p>YES OR NO</p>
<p>If you feel that its necessary in order to put everything down, or it allows adcoms to see you in a better light, then yes.</p>
<p>that's exactly what i'm trying to say 1mx.</p>