<p>Do most of you actually take the time to go to every club meeting? 1 hour long?! Can't some people just sign up to become a member, never go to any meetings, and write that they were a member of a certain club? What I am trying to say is, how are the UCs going to tell the difference between an active club member and just a club member who signed up and never showed up to any meetings?</p>
<p>I heard that they do random checks on random students.</p>
<p>I have 0 ECs and don’t plan on getting any.</p>
<p>They do random checks on transfer students however, those checks are more common in freshman applications as they are usually more competitive to get in than transfers.</p>
<p>Do random checks on the student’s club attendance or what? If so, what if the club does not do any sign-in sheet or of that sort?</p>
<p>Just have a high GPA and don’t waste your time on EC’s.</p>
<p>well I am worried because I heard that even someone with 4.0 gpa TAP got rejected from UCLA because that person did not do any EC’s.</p>
<p>@ asd: 4.0 gpa doesnt mean &<em>&</em>. Did he/she finish all major prereqs? If so, 4.0 GPA with all major classes done + TAP is 100% in… even without ECs…</p>
<p>If you are a transfer you should be past clubs especially if you are a Business/Econ major. Clubs are for kids. Some transfers’ ECs are incredible and they never ran for student body or started/joined a club. Your ability to go to club meetings does not impress anyone and I would like to believe that includes the application reviewers.</p>
<p>Does work count? (I work~ 24 hrs per week)</p>
<p>On topic: I would be inclined to believe that there is no point in joining clubs just so you could use it just to put it on your application. I think what’s best for everyone is to join a clubs they’re really really passionate about.</p>
<p>One hour each week is a lot, and that doesn’t end there. Most clubs, including the one i was in for about two weeks, have some sort of activities on the weekends. I would estimate that that took away about 9 hours.</p>
<p>Bottom line is, join a club that fulfills your life and whatever wanting you may have. If you like to break dance,then join a break dance club.
Trust me, when you’re into a club that you’re interested about one hour won’t be enough.</p>
<p>BUT YEAH, DOES WORK COUNT? ( sorry, I don’t know how to bold)</p>
<p>Yes, work counts.</p>
<p>As a transfer, ideally you want work and ECs that relate to your major. If you’re a math major, volunteer as a math tutor for high school students and work at a bank or for an accountant.</p>
<p>Even Starbucks work looks good, but more because it shows time management and such.</p>
<p>ECs are really a much bigger deal for freshmen applicants.</p>
<p>Lets say I write down that I worked at burger king for example. Is there a chance they’ll need to verify it for proof at all?</p>
<p>Yes, there’s a chance. A small one, but it exists. A certain percentage of applications are randomly selected for verification, and adcoms can also request a suspicious application be verified.</p>
<p>Burger King probably wouldn’t be suspicious, but it could be randomly selected.</p>
<p>Not sure if I remember this correctly, but I think I read somewhere that 0.05% of UC applicants who were selected to preform random check were withdrawn from admission because they could not provide evidence to prove they actually did the ECs they claim that they did.</p>
<p>You know, this topic really *<strong><em>es me off. In 4 years, I’ve spent maybe 2 months involved with a club with some friends, and we only did it because we really enjoyed doing what we were doing - the goverment crap at my college sorta ruined it and we got fed up of having to go to council meetings and </em></strong> to run a club.</p>
<p>The only point to take ECs is because you want to, not to prove something to someone (especially if it’s not true -_-)</p>
<p>wwlink,</p>
<p>I think you shouldn’t be mad at all. I felt the same while I was in a club for the first few weeks at my CC. It seemed as if the officers there wanted to hold their positions rather than really enjoying their time. Overall, I would say the same about almost all of the student government people, and quite frankly they don’t hold much power to even “change” anything around school.</p>
<p>It’s great to have a voice through the student body, but I think most of them missed the point of joining. A friend of mine told me he wanted to “get into” it so that he’d be unique on his application. Bottom line is that there’s a misconception that students must do such and such hours of community service, hold some positions in clubs and be a part of the student body-- that is undoubtedly wrong.</p>
<p>I used to force myself to volunteer, but when I entered college I realized it’s all up to the degree and experiences.</p>
<p>Your degree and experiences are about you, so that attach to your commitment, perseverance and passion–they’re what drive you.</p>
<p>No more forcing yourselves to take all the bs you don’t like in school, people!</p>
<p>(that was my two cent, and I hope I wasn’t judgmental in some parts)</p>