the official "RATE MY EC" thread

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>here’s everyone’s chance to post their ECs and have other people rate them from 1-10, with 1 being really bad and 10 being amazing</p>

<li><p>Varsity Soccer :
Been varsity soccer for 4 years.</p></li>
<li><p>Debate:
Will have taken it 3 years by senior year. For states, won honorable mention and 5th place sophomore year. States for junior year: 5th place, and honorable mention as well. my friend only took it for 3 years, but she is marking it down for 4 years. i’m going to covince her not to do that, and if she wont, then I’m going to mark it down for four years too. 10 hours a week</p></li>
<li><p>**Drama:**Taking it all four years. principal roles. 18 hours a week</p></li>
<li><p>Track: Will have taken it four years by senior year. Qualified for 100 meter dash for states level, as well as high jump. probably going to be track captain. (if I don’t know whether im captain yet, since the season has not started, can i just mark down that i will be captain because its very very likely? like, if i mark it down and track hasn’t even started, will adcoms get suspicious?) 10 hours a week.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>5. Gay-straight alliance
Taken it 3 years by senior year. 2 hours a week. im the vice president of GSA at our school.</p>

<p>Volunteer work
6.**Student Guiding Light- **2 years. Help out emotionally wronged students at the high school. About an hour a week. I stopped doing it my senior year.</p>

<p>7.** Help out at the homeless shelter every weekend.** About 150 hours total so far in high school career. 4 years</p>

<li>**Church Youth Group **- Part of a youth group. Help the homeless, etc.
Various other volunteer efforts. 4 years.</li>
</ol>

<p>Around 250 volunteer hours under belt.</p>

<p>9. Work: Secretary at dental office - 3 years now. 5 hours a week</p>

<li>**designer, owner, and operator of baby-sitting business. **</li>
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<p>Rate each of my EC’s from 1-10, with 1 being a lousy EC and 10 being an amazing, noteworthy EC that would catch admissions officer’s eyes.
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<p>**
Overall EC score:**</p>

<p>State why did you give me these ratings? etc,etc.</p>

<p>I hope y’all will do the same so that i can rate your EC’s as well.</p>

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<p>I'd say 7-8 because you don't have anything like a research study program or published articles in a newspaper or anything bigger. But you do have lots of experience (4 years with some activities) which is good. EDIT...I don't know...maybe 9 because you have been at state level for a few of those things.</p>

<p>Rate my EC's...</p>

<p>Part-time Job 12 hours a week</p>

<p>...that is all :D</p>

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<p>ack . . . taking rating games to a whole new level of nerdiness.</p>

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<p>hey, that's what CC is for, right schrizto?</p>

<p>CamaroLover, a job is important and good for work ethic, but surely you do other things in your spare time? I'd give the job alone 3-4 points. If you also had other commitments, then your overall would certainly reach at least 7-8. </p>

<p>I'll get in this game too! (procrastination is a sin, but Rome won't see this)</p>

<p>1) Mock Trial - I founded this in my freshman year and have been either a lawyer or an expert witness for the last 3 years. No one had any prior experience, but we won county championships this year before getting stomped in regionals X(.
2) Amnesty International - Co-founded in sophomore year with some friends, currently a treasurer in it. We hold meetings once a week or so to discuss and promote various civil rights issues happening throughout. However, our school doesn't much like our existence (political organization = no-no)
3) Forensics - I technically co-founded this team in junior year, but the other guy did it for resume purposes and doesn't really care. We're really, really new. Like, 2 tournaments-old new. But we did get $2000 in the budget, and I'm gonna try to get us some wins before I leave this year.
4) Student Government: I've been class vice president since sophomore year. I made a sick speech and I've won every election since then. We've raised $10,000 over the years for senior prom, which is $7,000 more than we need (aka do-what-we-want-money).
5) Newspaper - I'm a political editor and columnist; usually I team up with a friend of mine to debate current issues like censorship or the war in Iraq, etc. </p>

<p>Volunteer:
Hospital: 3 hours a week for about a year. I was pretty much the only volunteer who did actual work--I did a lot of filing and delivering while my co-workers kind of sat around. </p>

<p>Intern: I interned full time (40 hours/week) at a county courthouse for most of August. I did what the employees didn't want to do (everything).</p>

<p>I also self-studied several math courses and chemistry in freshman and sophomore years, but that's not really exciting. </p>

<p>Whoo.</p>

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<p>Are you serious?</p>

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<p>I'm only a junior, but here it goes;</p>

<p>First the easier ones:
1. Student Government: Vice President
2. Model UN: Vice President
3. Key Club: Webmaster
4. Math league: Secretary
5. Cross Country - JV</p>

<p>More Focused Ones;</p>

<ol>
<li>Co-President/Co-Founder of a volunteer group that plays music @ places</li>
<li><p>Co-Founder/Co-President of my school's Young Democrats
I'm a national officer too for this, helping do national stuff, but im not saying for confidentiality reasons, since you could just google my position and find me. =P</p></li>
<li><p>State Youth Council for something else. Smaller position, state level/local level in a way, depends</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Since I'm a junior, count on me gaining one or two more presidencies for local clubs by senior year, even though i might not decide to run since its not really that important of an ec, but hopefully a higher position on the national level for the party</p>

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<p>^I'd give you a 7-8, since you have a lot of offices and founderships. ^_^</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Choir-4 years. Participated in the Jamestown 2007 anniversary choir (1607 members), an all-California competition in San Francisco (we go every year, it's mostly NorCal groups though, we're almost always the only SoCal group), various local performances (NOTE: all these are as part of a group).</p></li>
<li><p>Spring Musical-4 years. Understudy Junior year, and most likely a lead this year (official as of December).</p></li>
<li><p>Womens' Varsity Golf-3 years. Scholar Athlete all 3 years, Most Dedicated Player 11th grade.</p></li>
<li><p>GirlsTalk Club-Co Chair 3 years.</p></li>
<li><p>Cultural Assembly Committee 1 year.</p></li>
<li><p>DaCapo (voice) club-2 years.</p></li>
<li><p>Church Worship Team-3 years.</p></li>
<li><p>PEACE Academy (my smaller learning community) treasurer 9th grade, Co-President 12th grade.</p></li>
<li><p>ELEVATE (the Senior Project that we do) Budget and Funding Subcommittee Chair Alternate.</p></li>
</ol>

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<p>parkrunner..
my friend's dad is an adcom (not at a very good college but whatever) and he was telling me that they are often suspicious of people who have such a huge volume of ecs. i mean your ecs alone add up to over 50 hours a week and then plus like 35 hours of school a week that only leaves you like 80 hours each week to do homework and sleep?
i'm not even going to doubt that because i know a lot of cc kids are crazy but just giving you a heads up that adcoms (at least some) get a good laugh about kids who write down that much stuff. now i have a lot of ecs too so i don't really know what i'm going to do because its not like i'm going to just not include some of them but this guy definitely told me that it sends up a huge red flag when people just have longg lists (like either that they lied about their ecs and/or time commitments or that they just don't have a life.. hah i don't know, just passing on some info i found..</p>

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<p>Well I think my EC's will become a hook/ a 10 in my 12th grade though If I'm elected to a higher national office, since theres only so few of us in the world and the ivies seem to like to attract national officers. Sorry if im sounding arrogant, lol, >_<</p>

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<p>*"1) Mock Trial - I founded this in my freshman year and have been either a lawyer or an expert witness for the last 3 years. No one had any prior experience, but we won county championships this year before getting stomped in regionals X(.
2) Amnesty International - Co-founded in sophomore year with some friends, currently a treasurer in it. We hold meetings once a week or so to discuss and promote various civil rights issues happening throughout. However, our school doesn't much like our existence (political organization = no-no)
3) Forensics - I technically co-founded this team in junior year, but the other guy did it for resume purposes and doesn't really care. We're really, really new. Like, 2 tournaments-old new. But we did get $2000 in the budget, and I'm gonna try to get us some wins before I leave this year.
4) Student Government: I've been class vice president since sophomore year. I made a sick speech and I've won every election since then. We've raised $10,000 over the years for senior prom, which is $7,000 more than we need (aka do-what-we-want-money).
5) Newspaper - I'm a political editor and columnist; usually I team up with a friend of mine to debate current issues like censorship or the war in Iraq, etc.</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Hospital: 3 hours a week for about a year. I was pretty much the only volunteer who did actual work--I did a lot of filing and delivering while my co-workers kind of sat around.</p>

<p>Intern: I interned full time (40 hours/week) at a county courthouse for most of August. I did what the employees didn't want to do (everything).</p>

<p>I also self-studied several math courses and chemistry in freshman and sophomore years, but that's not really exciting. "
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my ratings for you:</p>

<ol>
<li>I give you a 6 for this one because youre founder, etc.</li>
<li>i'd give you a 5 for this one since youre a founder, but amnesty is really relaxed</li>
<li>i'd give you a 6 for htis one.</li>
<li>7. raised a lot of money. highly impressive.</li>
<li>5. no major accomplishemts here, etc.
Intern: rating of 7
hospital volunteer: rating of 5.5
selfstudy: rating of 6. self-study means a lot of discipline. i think it means a lot</li>
</ol>

<p>Overall score:
Around a 6.5 Impressive ECs but no relation to one another.</p>

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<p>I would say they are pretty much related to each other.
Forensics, Politics, and Activism are pretty much related...</p>

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<p>How about mine?</p>

<p>1) Spent semester in Israel: Selective, rigorous academic program (1.5 hours of Hebrew and 3.5 hours of Jewish history per day, THEN school), fully independent
2) Regional Historian (12) of North American Federation of Temple Youth Southwest Region (NFTY-SW)
3) Communications Vice President (11), Programming Vice President (12) of Beth Israel Temple Youth (BITY)
4) Tutors underprivileged Spanish-speaking children 10 hours a week at an inner-city school (Palomino Elementary) and organizes food and clothing drives for the school
5) Worked as cashier at postal store for 2.5 years
6) Hebrew High School- Took Hebrew for Credit, recieved diploma from HH
7) Spanish Honor Society- Community Service Vice President, organizes drives for Palomino Elementary School
8) Day Camp Counselor 40 Hours a week over summer</p>

<p>Thoughts?</p>

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<p>hmm i think all of those are around 5-7, with the exception of #1 - i think thats an 8. </p>

<p>Mine?</p>

<p>1) Student Government.... hopefully president! (senator every year so far; im a junior btw)
2) Pre Med Club - Pres
3a) Research (BioChem)- will be 3 years by the time i apply for college; 6-8 hours a week... an hour commute from school, and 2 hours to get home. i hope someone mentions this in my app somewhere along the way. hopefully i'll be published by this time next year, and maybe go somewhere with intel sts.
3b) Research (Astrophysics)- Been trying to get a position in a lab for a year, but the professors been out of the country working on the project. she's promised me a position this january, and has promised to develop a project with me. i'll be starting mid january, so don't know if this'll look like a desperate attempt to boost my application. either way, i'm crazy in love with astrophysics so im doing it anyway haha. i'll be continuing biochem research with this, so ill be at two labs with two projects going.
4) Co Editor of Physical Science Magazine
5) Job - More like a paid internship with a mentally retarded facility; i do 100 hours of community service and they give me a $600 "gift". haha it was a nice surprise at the end.
6) Ping Pong Club - Co President this / next year.
7) Cultural Society - Treasurer for 3 years</p>

<p>someone else included this so i will too
self studying 2 ap's this year... well one for sure, not sure about the other, in addition to 3 in school.
1 1/2 hour commute to school everyday, 1 1/2 hour back home. </p>

<p>i cant think of anything else right now.
let me know. thanks!</p>

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<p>Really?/*********/</p>

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<p>talk<em>about</em>ambition: I give you about an 8-9. You definitely have a lot more going than me (i'm a junior too)...</p>

<p>1. Violin
-I have been playing for about 7 years, and I was a part of the symphony Orchestra Freshman year.
2. Speech and Debate Team
-Competed throughout the state...Freshman year.
3. Science Club
-Mentoring fourth grades and working on a project involving a Vernal Pool.
-Recycling Program
-More to come hopefully...this is my first year doing it.
4. PEER Leaders
-Helping/Volunteering to set up the Special Olympics and other school related events.
-Tutoring kids that need it.
5. Model UN
-Debate on current events.
-Will attend a conference in the spring
6. Volunteering at a Pediatric Office
-about 30 hours
7. Volunteering at the local Hospital
-about 12 hours so far...but I am still doing it
8. Volunteering at Elks Lodge
-Helped with office work...about 50 hours</p>

<p>Keep in mind these are the things so far that I have done. More to come hopefully...NHS, Office positions in one or two of the clubs listed above, possible research internship over the summer.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Here we go!</p>

<p>1. Student Council
11th Grade - Junior President
12th Grade - Executive President</p>

<p>2. Varsity Volleyball
11th Grade - Asian-Pacific Champions</p>

<p>3. Varsity Basketball
Most Valuable Player 05'-06'
Team Captain</p>

<p>4. Varsity Track
1500m Record Holder
Most Valuable Player</p>

<p>5. Speech and Debate Team</p>

<p>6. Interact Roots and Shoots</p>

<p>7. Accountant for company internship, and accountant for small business</p>

<p>8. Started 1 small business of my own</p>

<p>9. Journalist for school newspaper</p>

<p>RATE??</p>

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<p>Are the ratings supposed to be in tier 1 admissions context?</p>

<p>Protege: 10 if this were the regular world, probably 6-7 from the skewed CC perspective.</p>

<p>Great thread idea, OP. </p>

<p>Ideal predictions of my ECs for the next four years:</p>

<p>Speech and Debate
- Speech team member (4 years, 6 hours per week, 1/2 school year)
Description: Some regional and state awards.
- Debate team member (4 years, 6 hours per week, 1/2 school year)
Description: Significant state awards, national qualifier.</p>

<p>Volunteering and Jobs
- Hospital volunteer (3hrs/week, full school year)
- Humane Society volunteer (2hrs/week, full school year)
- Media Center volunteer (5hrs/week (mornings), full school year)
- Supermarket job (summer after 9th grade, 20hrs/week)</p>

<p>Other ECs
- U of MN Hebrew Course (1 hour of hw/night, 4 years, full school year)
- Self-studied AP Courses (9-10th grade, 4 tests: 5, 5, 5, 4)
- Tutor boy with autism in math (2hrs/week, $10/hour)</p>

<p>Summer programs
- After 10th grade: Highly selective, free 6-wk Arabic Studies program in Egypt.
- After 11th grade: TASP. Highly selective, free writing program.</p>

<p>Awards
- Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Gold Key (national qualifier), freshman year
Honorable mention at nationals, sophomore year
Two honorable mentions at nationals, junior year
Silver award winner at nationals, senior year</p>

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<p>Did I just get skipped??</p>

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<p><em>EDIT</em> I just rated somebody but apparently three more people posted while I was typing up my own list, so...</p>

<p><em>EDIT2</em>
Sak--5-6 for most of your activities--they're impressive in themselves but you haven't really shown extensive passion for any one of them.</p>

<p>mj93--6-7 for all of them except for debate, 7-9 for debate depending on what actually happens, but I think you should expand your horizons a little.</p>

<p>Mine:
1. Model UN
- Director-General of one of the most competitive programs in the state (we recieve honors credit for Model UN as if it were a class)
- Been to conferences every fall and spring since sophomore year
- Won awards in every conference (including Best Delegate, Distinguished Delegate, etc.)
- Accepted into an application committee for Harvard MUN this coming December
- Designed the website (not very relevant =P)</p>

<p>2. Marching Band
- 4-year member
- Saxophone/Woodwind section leader
- Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championships Bronze Finalists for 2005, 2006
- "Superior" rating and silver medal at Festival Disney 2007
- Best Visual at USSBA Yamaha Cup 2007</p>

<p>3. American Civil Liberties Union
- President
- We do political stuff and raise awareness about civil liberties. Loads of fun.</p>

<p>4. We the People: the Citizen and the Constitution
- Competition is later in the year
- Our school has been national champions at least 5 times, including a "three-peat" in 2004, 2005, and 2006
- State champions 18 years out of 19 I think</p>

<p>5. Model Congress
- Been to three conferences, won awards in two (Best Representative, Best Position Paper)</p>

<p>6. Jazz Band
- I've been 1st alto sax in the past and I'm 1st tenor sax now
- We play a number of shows but we don't really compete or anything</p>

<p>7. Volunteering at a University hospital nearby
- 200 hours of refilling water pitchers, filing papers, and sorting silverware</p>

<p>8. Future Business Leaders of America
- We made it to Euro Challenge semifinals last year, but due to the fact that we couldn't go because 4 out of 5 team members had to go to a Model UN conference, our FBLA advisor no longer lets Model UN people do anything. Ah well, his loss.</p>

<p>9. Merck State Science Day
- I decided to do something different. As a school, we ended up coming in 1st in the state for the Integrated test</p>

<p>10. Miscellaneous
- I do graphics and web design in my spare time. Officially, I'm a freelance web designer but nobody really hires me.
- I've played keyboard and sax for various rock bands
- I was rejected from NHS! Whooo...</p>

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<p><em>Speechless</em></p>

<p>But aren't you the same person who was super competitive with comparing your stats with your friend's stats which your friend apparently bloated?</p>