<p>This is a question for my friend, more than me.</p>
<p>She worries that she doesn't have enough extracurriculars on the application she sent to UNC Chapel Hill. She recently was accepted into National Honor Society and Science Honors Society. Should she tell Chapel Hill about that sort of thing, or just trust that she has enough EC's to seem involved already?</p>
<p>Universities don’t count the number of EC’s and make a judgement; instead, they are trying to understand the quality of the EC’s to differentiate one student from another. If the National Honor Society and Science Honors Society has come since she applied, she can just email admissions with an update. They usually take this info and associate it with your application. If she doesn’t tell them anything, chances are her grades will speak louder than any membership in an honors society. The EC’s that could matter more are where she held leadership positions and did something substantial in the position (raised money for for a Somali family who was new to the community, lead a group of NHS members in a Habitat for Humanity project, etc.).</p>
<p>Alright, thanks. That’s what I told her. ^^’</p>
<p>I would generally agree with Snowflake, but if y’all are in-state, I might consider a quick email to the admissions staff. The very top colleges are looking for a very few standout applicants, ones who stand out not just among their classmates but among the nation’s students. That’s why NHS membership without any major, student-led accomplishments on the applicant’s part is insignificant at the top privates. Public universities, however, will often accept multiple students from one high school, and for that reason, you want to make it clear that your D is at the top of her class. For Harvard, NHS may be another drop in the bucket, but for an in-state school, it will help indicate her standing as a top student and as someone respected by the school’s administration.</p>
<p>Still, it won’t make a big deal either way. But I do think they’ll take it into consideration.</p>