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<p>At the most selective schools, it is sometimes thought that “common” ECs are not as advantageous as “uncommon” ECs to schools which want to build a “diverse” freshman class. A piano or violin playing applicant may not stand out as well as an <code>ukeke playing applicant at a school that gets thousands of piano or violin playing applicants but only a few</code>ukeke playing applicants.</p>