I am an 11th grade student from India and I intend to pursue Comp Sci/Science majors. Up until the 10th grade, I was fully focused on getting educated in my own country, so I didn't pay attention to ECs. However, only in 11th grade did I change to applying in the US.
My primary ECs :
1) Music - I will have finished 2 to 3 levels of Trinity College of London exams for piano
I have been uploading piano covers on YouTube for some time now and will have a decent amount of views and videos up on the channel.
2) I am almost done with my own full length fiction book which I intend to publish on Amazon.
3) I played zonal (city level) badminton back in 9th and 10th grade but the pandemic halted all the tournaments and I do no intend to continue with the sport - I have lost touch and won't be able to achieve much within the given timeframe.
4) I intend to do quite some volunteering at orphanages, animal shelters, etc
5) I am an avid coder and intend to finish at least one major coding project by the time I apply.
6) I also am proficient in Ethical Hacking and Ethical Hacking using Python; I have scored 95+ on most major Comp Sci tests/ examinations up until now.
7) I am going to give AP Calculus, AP Comp Sci, AP Chem and AP Physics.
That is pretty much it. There is a lot of "intent" in the above ECs but I'm going to make sure I achieve most, if not all, of what I mentioned above.
How exactly do I stack up here?
P.S I heard that admission officers in most Universities differentiate Extra Curriculars which you have a genuine passion for and those which you did just to get into College. Since a lot of my ECs will be happening in the next one and a half year, will some of my ECs get invalidated?
In general, your EC list seems pretty solid! The one thing this resume seems to be missing is some leadership experience. Most of your activities (self-publishing a book, doing a self-driven coding project, playing piano) sound basically like things you've done on your own. Being the president of a club or starting your own club or organization (or business or non-profit, of course) would help bring this resume to the next level. Additionally, some regional or state-wide (or better) recognition for an achievement would look great. You could enter coding competitions, hackathons, or piano competitions, just to name a few examples. Good luck!
Your ECs are impressive and some are incredible to my ears. If you are passionate about a specific EC focus on that. Do not feel the need t publish a book or complete a major coding project unless you want to. Also none of your ECs will be invalidated what so ever.
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