Weight of EC's?

Applying to College
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<p>I live in Maryland and I have a 3.9 UW 4.0 W with Honors and AP's. I got a 2030 first try on the SAT and I'm taking it this month and hoping for 2100+. I didn't studied at all the first time. </p>

<p>My EC's are terrible though... Just recently I picked up Running and Squash but not anything worth putting on my applications at this point. In school I'm in Yearbook and Newspaper but no leadership positions. </p>

<p>My match school is Maryland and I have no problem going there, but I would like to know if I could get into anywhere else with weak EC's. I'm thinking of applying to UVA, Notre Dame and UNC as reaches, but I am guessing they take EC's very seriously. Also im applying to wake forest and tulane but im not sure about those either with bad Ec's.</p>

<p>Is it worth paying the application fees?</p>

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<p>You need to check the Common Data Set, section C7, for each of those schools. Here is the one for UVA: [Common</a> Data Set: Institutional Assessment and Studies, University of Virginia](<a href=“http://www.web.virginia.edu/iaas/datacatalog/cds/admission.shtm]Common”>http://www.web.virginia.edu/iaas/datacatalog/cds/admission.shtm) ECs are Important there.</p>

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<p>I know, but is it worth applying?</p>

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<p>Yes, it is worth applying. Your grades and curriculum rigor and SAT scores matter more than ECs do. </p>

<p>Apply by Nov 1 for Maryland priority application. Notre Dame and Tulane offer non-binding EA. Take advantage of these if you can.</p>