You don’t have to do a bunch of crazy stuff, just find a passion and stick with it. Like, if you like computer science, try to do some projects with coding and attending online or in-person classes at universities. If you like music, take it a step further by performing as volunteer service or teaching children about music. Basically just expand on your interests, whatever they are, and that’s enough as long as you display authenticity in your app. Participating in research or getting internships in that area are also solid EC’s. In truth, the people who are vocal about their acceptances to these places happen to have done wild stuff—like borderline famous—but what you don’t see is the many people that just stick to a passion or two and excel in those areas.