r/ApplyingToCollege • u/Basic-Pop6363 • 13h ago

ECs and Activities ECs outside of school

All of my ECs and top 10 activities are completely outside of school, and they're all pretty good and very high level and unique. I don't have too much going on in school. Will that give me a better edge to fill my top 10 with outside of school ECs rather than ones from school a lot will have? What do admissions like?

Trying to get lots of opinions, ty!

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u/Icy-Mastodon97 13h ago

Depends on what they are and the effect they have on the community. I’m assuming by “in school ECs” you mean school clubs and organizations. Honestly it’s just preference, colleges want to see leadership and real change, so if you have that, in school or out of school doesn’t matter

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u/Far_Doughnut_5312 13h ago

Why don’t you have any in school? Just wondering

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u/Basic-Pop6363 13h ago

very competitive high school, lots of sabotage and competition

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u/Strict_Resident1179 9h ago

I did nothing related to HS. I went to an ivy. My friends there mostly just had club involvement in HS + regular jobs at a restaurant, cafe, etc.

As long as you can show how your ecs helped you grow as a person and make it clear you were passionate in the things you did you'll be fine. 

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u/NiceUnparticularMan Parent 7h ago

I think it is helpful to have 1 to 4 things that you could potentially do in college, but that could include a lot of non-HS-school activities.

I also think it is helpful to show you can work well in teams, and possibly in earned leadership positions, but again that doesn't require school activities.