<p>Well, I am an indian born here in the U.S. Before last summer, my relatives from India immigrated here and they were very frightened by the new culture. I've taught all of them about the differences between the U.S. and India, culture-wise, politically, economically, etc. I've taught them how to drive, how to manage their time, and how to have fun in the U.S. I've also managed to help them get them on the right track to their careers or already into their careers. </p>
<p>I have, however, sacrficed quite a bit of time to help them begin their new life and I want to ask if this would be an EC? Would it strengthen my application too?</p>
<p>PLEASE NOTE, I did not help them so I could add a new feature to my resume or anything like that, I helped them because I love them very much. </p>
<p>Honestly, I am just trying to extract as much stuff out of my life as possible for my college application next year...</p>
<p>^^you can mention it on your essay,but i dont think it’s really considered as an EC.(but this is actually as impressive as a good EC if you explain it really well)</p>
<p>I don’t think that would be considered an EC, but it will definitely be an “experience”</p>
<p>It would be a great thing to write an essay about, I think.</p>
<p>I’d definitely include it somewhere in your app. That’s awesome of you though man. You definitely earn respect in my book. :)</p>
<p>I do think that this could be an EC. You need to make a label or a name for this and then a few sentances to describe what you have spent your time doing. Volunteer Acculturation Services is what comes to my mind. You might post this on the Parents Forum–we are all very helpful! And thank you for helping your relatives in such a concrete way. That is what you need to stress/how many hours/activities such as: took group to the bank and taught how to set up accounts. Good Luck!</p>
<p>Find a way to make it shine through either your main or one of the supplementary essays especially if it is a big thing in your life.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t take Oregon’s advice. That sounds really corny IMO. I definitely would write your essay about this. There are a lot of things that can not be effecitvely explained in the regular application, and this is one of them. This would be a perfect essay topic; not only does it give insight to your selfless character, but it is basically a huge activity that deserves a lot of attention. </p>
<p>Here’s an example of an essay I read: A now freshman at Stanford wrote about how about every other night his junior year he would go and talk to his neighbor and play the violin to him for hours on end (the neighbor died that year of old age). There was no way to list this under ECs, but he wrote a really touching and informative essay, as I think you should too.</p>
<p>This is not an extracurricular. However, it would be good to write about it for your essay.</p>
<p>If you put it as an extracurricular, they would laugh at you.</p>