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<p>1)yes
2)I say yes. But its hard to measure
3)impossible to measure
4)No. ECs are useless. Other countries don’t require ECs and their college students are smarter than ours. So theres your proof.
5)No, most of the stuff is done through connections and is meaningless.
6)No, unless they are trying to go for politics. But that isn’t college now is it?
7)impossible to measure. Most students at top colleges had a 3.8-4.0(UW) in HS and yet they are spread throughout the whole spectrum(2.0-4.0) in college. And at schools like MIT, they do nothing but study despite the millions of ECs that they’ve done in HS. </p>
<p>But that being said. I still say you go along with the system in order to get into the college you want. Despite how ridiculous and completely nonsensical it is. You have to learn how to build a resume at some point.</p>