What kind of EC’s stand out

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So ivies are looking for recognition Involvement and meaningful ECs.

Recognition is have you earned any awards such as state runner up 2nd place in a regional competition. It can also be you have been commended for your work ethics.

Involvement is you have joined a club where you actually do stuff not a 1x a month meeting for 30 minutes and that’s it you have actually done something. Pair this with recognition.

Meaningful if you are going into math don’t join a history club but not participate in a math related EC. Essentially make sure your ECs are impactful and not just done for admissions but that you enjoy them too.

Now very broadly try being in 9-10 ECs they can be anything from working at fast food to caring for your family (babysitting a younger sibling etc) to leading your band to state awards. Your ECs should be meaningful and try to have leadership positions in 3-5 of them. Others ECs can be a blog a passion such as coding a community group such as a youth group anything which you spend time on that you like to do is able to be considered an EC.

Also community service is not that impactful unless you stick with the same organization. (For the most part.)

Hope this helps and commment if you need clarification