<p>On CC, I have heard a lot of talk about that one outstanding EC that makes the applicant stand out and ultimately becomes the reason for his/her admission. Some examples are starting your own campaign, business, attending a UN conference, writing a successful blog, etc.</p>
<p>So please share the one EC that stands out the most in your application. If you've already been accepted then what was that one activity that you think was instrumental in your admission and if you are applying this year then which activity do you think will be instrumental ?</p>
<p>Though I haven’t yet applied, I feel as if my point of excellence is the nonprofit organization I founded, which supports a family friend’s orphanage using the funds I produce from my photography jobs and prior photography business. :)</p>
<p>I know a student who accomplished all of the following:</p>
<p>Founded a nonprofit that was nationally recognized for it’s impact,
Earned an UW 4.0, and was HS valedictorian,
Had near perfect test scores,
Was named a National AP Scholar junior year and State AP Scholar senior year.</p>
<p>I’m not confident that those accomplishments would have been sufficient to assure his Princeton acceptance. Which brings me to “that one outstanding EC that makes the applicant stand out…”, which is athletic accomplishment at a recruitable level.</p>
<p>I chair the national council of a highly respected international organization… Would this stand out? I know it seems like an obnoxious attention-seeking question, but I’m really not sure how to gauge impressiveness in such competitive admissions.</p>
<p>I have stayed in a Tibetan Buddhist nunnery under the direct guidance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. And when I came back from there I started my own national signatory campaign for the recognition of Tibet and have been featured in the National Newspaper. I have worked extensively against Human Rights violation.</p>
<p>Is that an outstanding one? If yes, how should I highlight?</p>
<p>At first I was tempted to emphasize my Academy Award (I was the youngest winner ever in my category) or my Pulitzer but it’s really winning the Heisman Trophy that tilted the scales in my favor. There are so few Heisman winners in the Ivy League these days!</p>