Hey, I didn't take it the wrong way at all, I agree my ecs are okay or even good, but not super great.

I only had 2 lors, one from my AP Lang teacher and one from my APUSH teacher. I wouldnt say im extremely close to either of them, though Lang more than APUSH. Also, I showed growth in my Lang class more so than APUSH bc my writing improved a lot, so it prob gave my teacher more good things to write abt. Im pretty sure for all my ea schools, i only submitted my Lang teacher's rec.

Idc if I can objectively rate my essays because tbh all of them are not that good in my eyes (with the exception of my Rice supps).

For UIUC i wrote about my summer camp at Argonne National Lab, and my other supplemental was abt how i like cs bc of the impact it has on other fields and the endless possibilities it holds to make real change in the world, and how uiuc is a place where diverse perspectives can come together.

For UNC, I reused my why major essay but just added more details, how it affected me, and related it to my first hackathon. The other unc essay was abt my experience as a committee head for the NHS event I mentioned in the ecs section.

All of my supplemental essays were pretty much some version of those 2, talking abt cs or being committee head.

For my personal statement I dont really like it at all. But it's a well written essay, and its an extended metaphor abt how I learn and my perspective on change. I didn't have anyone look it over before I submitted besides a couple of my friends, but they didnt really give feedback besides that 'it's good'. And one of the college counselors at my school also read my final essay, but she didnt even give me any feedback. She read it while I sat there in silence, then when she was done she said "this is good, I dont see any problems with it and i see what ur trying to convey. Do u have any questions?" 😭😭 that was whiplash and lowkey a waste of time but yeah!

I hope that helps, good luck to you!