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Should Undergrads even bother with ECs if you aren't going to a professional school and going to grad school?

From my observation it seems like grad schools care about research experience, LOR, and stats. Everything else is fluff, besides for enjoyment do you think ECs are fluff? 

Is it better to focus time in research, grades and relationships with professors and use your extra time to just relax with friends instead of gunning to be president of some no name club.
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You know, you don't know what will happen after undergrad. Many freshmen matriculate thinking they've got it all figured out, and they're going to be a doctor/lawyer/do a PhD in x, and at the end of four years, do something they didn't even know existed when they were 18. So it's best to keep your options as open as possible. Some things to aim for, because they will make your life easier whatever you do:

* keep your cGPA 3.5+

* get work experience, ideally related to your major. Even if you don't go to grad school, being an RA in a lab can help get you a job.

* participate in activities that interest you. Don't "gun" to become president of some club, but also don't have no life to keep a 4.0 or spend your free time sitting around eating doritos and playing LOL. There is no college class that teaches you to be a person that people want to work with, and that is one of the most important determinants of success in any career you chose, including academia.