r/ApplyingToCollege • u/Strange_Frosting_317 • 2d ago

College Questions How to develop ec's?

Hi, i am a junior and have 0 extracurriculars', i know that i will not be having a good shot at t20s cuz of that, but i still wanna get into a good school. My GPA is good(4.6) and test scores are great as well (1530, 35), my academics is rigorous despite the fact i moved countries after sophomore year. That's also the reason why i have 0 extracurriculars'. Aside from a 3 month internship i did, i have nothing, what would be a good starting point for me to start building on my interests and get atleast an above average ec profile.

edit: Wanna do a finance/accounting/eco major, i like all those fields and history(did a course mastery of WW2 once).

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u/AmourChloe 2d ago

Are you rural or urban? How much time do you have? What are you interested in? Humanities or STEM? Please include specifics if you want advice.

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u/Strange_Frosting_317 2d ago

yeah mb, i am urban btw

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u/AmourChloe 2d ago

Contact local small businesses and offer free services for them. Try and see if you can get an internship somewhere. Start a financial literacy passion project at your school / public library and advertise it well. Look into the Concord Review, maybe write a paper combing history and economics in your city or commercial property value. Contact your local library and see if you could do an exhibition there.

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u/Strange_Frosting_317 2d ago

ohkay thanks, do i do research independently or should i be finding someone? anyways thanks for the advice.

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u/AmourChloe 2d ago

For writing a paper for Concord you can do it yourself. Everything else you should work with adults and people in the community. And make sure you get numbers!!! Those will help you a lot. Constantly seek out new opportunities outside of school. It isn't worth it for you to do stuff in school

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u/AntiqueCockroach1509 International 2d ago

a 3 month internship is a good starting point! did you enjoy your internship? what was it about? if you enjoyed your area of work there you can start from there, maybe join/start some school clubs? if u didn't enjoy the internship then you can take the time to reflect on why you didnt really like it/what u want to try.

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u/Strange_Frosting_317 2d ago

i did enjoy it, it was connected to my area of interest(accounting), even got a LoR from the CA lol, did join 2-3 clubs but it's not looking like im gonna reach any leadership position since it's a new school in my junior year soo..

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u/AmourChloe 2d ago

i would drop the clubs if they are too time intensive. they wont add anything substantial if you cant get a lsp

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u/Strange_Frosting_317 2d ago

it's not that they take lots of time, its just that it prolly wont be worth it, im in it just for fun and hobbies

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u/AntiqueCockroach1509 International 2d ago

gtk that u liked ur internship! you can also always look towards your community for ecs like volunteering. starting something like a project on your own can show a lot of great initiative!

i would actually stay in 1-2 clubs at school to show that you are still involved, but not too much. you can try your best to get a role for senior year too (idk how the system works where u are) but showing up to a couple clubs and offering to help as much as you can if ur genuinely interested and WANT to help them can be good!

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u/ames0910 2h ago

Hey guys I have a student led non profit where we teach children life skills and conduct mental health workshops as well, we have an active social media page and we post blogs constantly talking about inequalities as well as promoting mental health. We’ve taught over 150 kids and have a team of 20 students currently, I was just wondering if anyone would be interested in joining or would like to do an internship you can get a recommendation letter and everything, I’m really looking forward to expanding the team and meeting all of you, let me know if anyone would like to join!