<p>Don't colleges see through this "extracurricular"?</p>
<p>lol i was wondering that too…</p>
<p>Yes</p>
<p>In fact, this person from my school put Student Council in the first blank of the Common App EC list and he got into Cornell</p>
<p>So I assume it is lol</p>
<p>ah.
any other thoughts/opinions? :/</p>
<p>I’m Class President for 3 years, Secretary and Vice President dual position my junior year, gonna be Council President for my senior year, let’s see if this’ll take me anywhere with Ivies :D</p>
<p>Ya, you could definitely put it. But if you really want to have it make an impact to adcoms, I would think about writing an essay about it (even if it’s that short essay on the Common App) to show the impact that you had on your school and your peers as a Student Council member.</p>
<p>The relatively few colleges that factor ECs into admission care far more about what one accomplishes as a student council officer (or as an officer of any organization) than what organization a student holds office in.</p>
<p>^ I would respectfully disagree. I think that many schools do care about EC’s. I do agree that whatever you do, make it count. It isn’t enough to show up to meetings. It’s counterproductive to spread yourself over a dozen clubs, a job, and volunteer work. You are better off finding a couple of activities that speak to who you are and really becoming involved. Adcoms want to see a student that is going to be an asset on their campus. Show how you were an asset to your school and/or community in high school, whatever your activity was.</p>
<p>The relatively few colleges that factor ECs into admission are the most competitive colleges – places like HPYS that get such an overabundance of high stat applicants that the colleges can pick and choose from among those outstanding students the ones who’ll most contribute to an active student body.</p>
<p>Most other colleges have more difficulty finding students with the stats that indicate they can academically achieve at the college. Such colleges tend to use ECs at most for merit aid consideration.</p>
<p>blueiguana: the vast vast majority of US colleges admit based on stats alone. ECs, while nice, aren’t factored. Of course, these are schools with generally higher admit rates as well.</p>