<p>i used to do swimming, ice skating, guitar, and flute
swimmnig - 4 years
everything else one year each
i was in my school band for guitar & flute
i took classes for swimming & ice skating
i have certificates for swimming</p>
<p>HOWEVER, i had all of these things BEFORE middle school. are they legit enough to put on my 'activities' page on my application?</p>
<p>Thank you so much!</p>
<p>PS. please chance if you have time (= I'll chance back!
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<p>Generally speaking, unless you accomplished something truly amazing prior to high school, ec activities are those done in high school. Activities you did in elementary school do not belong on a college app.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t put anything on your application unless you did it during high school. Being a member of a swim team at age 8 and at age 18 are completely different things. Unless you specific the ages of participation, it would be misleading (and unethical) to put 4 years of swimming on your application (as it would be assumed those 4 years are Freshman through Senior year of high school). If you did note that those 4 years were from ages 5 to 9, an admissions counselor would ignore them (for the same reason they don’t ask for your middle school transcripts).</p>