<p>I am a student representative for a website and work on a section of the website. It is a trendy website (that has philanthropic goals and aims to "change the world"). I've done quite a bit of work for this website, and now am afraid that it wouldn't seem legitimate enough in the eyes of admissions officers as would some club like National Honors Society, Key Club, etc. even though it likewise aims to do stuff for the community.<br>
Would colleges kind of disregard this type of activity because it's not "legitimate" and valid enough?</p>
<p>I run my own photography website with it’s own blog for which I pay for so I’d assume it’s a pretty good EC actually. Especially if you’re like me and self-studied to learn CSS, HTML, etc, and put it all into good use then I’d think it would be a pretty strong EC actually. Better than just being a member of NHS and just as good as an officer in it. You learn and apply. Same set of skills really.</p>
<p>Yeah same here. Web design’s always been one of my hobbies and it definitely should count as an EC. I self-taught myself CSS, and HTML and a bit of JavaScript and I enjoy doing it. I don’t see a reason why admissions officers would disregard work on a website as an “illegitimate EC.”</p>
<p>@SsAxsKy Can you give the link to your site?</p>
<p>I don’t do anything that requires computer skills like HTML and such, I just help with content. So I don’t know if that makes any more disadvantageous.</p>
<p>^ not at all. My primary EC (what I wrote my essay on) was writing content for a gaming website. It definitely counts.</p>