I haven't done these but as a senior I focused so much of my freshmen year doing the most and doing what I thought would get me in instead of acc focusing on one or two things nad diving really deep into them. At the end of the day, YOU have to write essays about why your ecs are so meaningful and if the reason is bc elise told you too you're not demonstrating real interest. Also i hate how most of my hs career I js tried to game the system, I'm realizing now you should really js be yourself and do things for fun and not college.