“That is really bad because those are exactly the ECs you want on your application.”
@bomerr I have to disagree with you there. There are no “must-have” EC’s on an application such as doing sports, volunteering in a soup kitchen, student “leadership,” etc., and I’m sure a good percentage of HYPSM students didn’t do all of those. As an MIT student, I only participated actively in 3 or so clubs while in HS (robotics, math team, school orchestra).
The EC’s you want to do are the ones that you are interested in and can contribute to, not necessarily ones just to make yourself look “well-rounded.”