how are my extra curriculars?Answered
Hiii. I’m only a high school freshman, but I’m hoping to get a good head start on finding colleges.
So, I just want to get some honest opinions on whether or not my EC’s are “good” or not. Suggestions on what else I could do to up my chances are v v welcome! :)
So here’s what I have so far (keep in mind I am just a freshie):
-40+ Dance Studio volunteer hours
-6th grade orientation volunteer hours (about 10 hours and I was helping with the orientation, it was 8th grade)
-a local private college 2-week summer camp (I took Graphic Design, Weaving, and Improv classes)
-I hope to get into the National Dance Honor Society
-3 week out-of-state dance intensive at the Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts
-8+ years of Piano lessons (10 awards, 25-30 performances...if that matters)
-3 years of band (clarinet) and outside-of-school lessons; also created, led, and went to a weekly Band Club.
-5+ years of competitive dance, invited to nationals multiple times (about 8-10 performances every dance season)
Honestly there’s probably a couple things I forgot, but let me know how that looks so far. Thanks!!
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So just a FYI you shouldn’t ask about profile evaluations that’s good for livestream and the chancing engine.
The answer to your question is depends on major and your school list. As a lot of CV users are looking for ivies I’ll use a middle of the road ivy (UPenn) as a comparison.
The 6th grade volunteer hours just hurts you as that was in MS not HS so I’d say discard that.
Your ECs are lacking for ivies it may work at the least competitive ivy (Dartmouth iirc) but that depends on the evaluator. The rest are good but are not special. The ECs would be average at elite public schools such as UNC UVA and UMich. It’s better than most at elite schools like UT Austin UW UF. But you should try to have 8/9 ECs and have more responsibilities. Also you have a lot of visual art achievements but for any non art major you have very little achievements it’s not even humanities ECs with a STEM major. I’d recommend you join a speech/debate club and another STEM club.
Also the private college that is not very impressive unless you can show achievements and was free. Unless it’s by an elite school like Harvard or vassar (elite private liberal arts school) it isn’t really impressive.
Hope this helps and comment if you need clarification.
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thanks that’s really helpful and you answered my question perfectly. i mainly asked the question so that i could maybe get suggestions on what to do in the coming years and you really helped with that. I do however have many awards already in dance and i get more at every competition i go to. I’m planning to go into health/pre-med major or double major in pre-med and psych. I’m thinking about minoring in dance. But because I do so much dance (12 hrs a week) i don’t realily have time for clubs...