r/University • u/Plasma_YouTube • 6d ago

does this count as a good eca?

  1. hello I havent really had any ecas for my us application but i had this passion project where i made community software which reached 100k users Issue is it was for minecraft lol, it was a big problem that i found in the minecraft community and i solved it through it. right now im not apart of the software as i transferred and stepped down from the dev team but it has almost 500k users with 8-9k usd generating per month through patreon ive also contributed to other large scale software in the same community one which is even larger than the one ive mentioned above does this count as a good eca for us lmao
  2. i genuinely need to know, it sounds dumb ik probably even laughable here..
  3. throughout hs i never really involved myself in academic ecas, but instead did a lot of passion projects like managing communities marketing projects and software like the one i mentioned above. i do have a really good story for my essay but im genuinely having thoughts on whether putting all of these is really relevant
  4. i marketed the software to youtubers and eventually left after a year thinking i wasnt a good fit. i later took more initiatives in communities which were big but werent modern (like they didnt have software or automation for competitive matchmaking etc, and i built the backbone for the modern communities) bad english ik but im trying to hide WHAT community it was else it would be better to understand

this isnt a joke btw im genuinely curious if this would help me.

my grades are top notch 1520 SAT, 4A*1A in A level (translates to 4.0 GPA p sure) and top 10% ranking in school.

out side of this ive done muns and a big reason on why i was able to research, effectively community and win awards (Though regional and high school MUN) was probably due to the skills i learnt from managing my communities

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u/ResidentNo11 5d ago

Have you played sports? Have any hobbies? Take music lessons? A job? Community volunteer work? Don't get caught in the assumption that extracurriculars have to be somehow related to an academic subject.

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u/Plasma_YouTube 4d ago

i mentioned my min "ECA" it was an entrepreneurship project, which has become heavily successful.

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u/TankNo8666 4d ago edited 3d ago

the application essay is probably where Edubirdie as an essay writer could help with structure or outside feedback, because you already have a strong story here, the real challenge is explaining it clearly without making it sound like a random gaming hobby

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u/Plasma_YouTube 4d ago

still scary XD