<p>For example, during my junior year I started making no-sew blankets. I started off just making one for myself during the winter and then my family liked them so much I started making them for birthday presents, first communion etc. They're easy to make and it's fun to match up people's personalities with the pattern of the blanket. A lot of time goes into personalizing the blankets (sometimes I'll embroider them or iron on letters etc.) I'll be starting work with the Boys and Girls Club soon and I'm thinking of using the blankets as a volunteer project there so they can be donated. I'll be doing something similar on the navy base I live near for military families like mine. </p>
<p>Can something like this be put down as an EC? If someone does have a hobby (e.g. refurbishing old cars like one of my friends does) what qualifies it to be put down as an EC? Do you necessarily have to do something charitable with it or could it be something that someone does just for the heck of it? </p>
<p>if you spend time outside of school doing it, it can be counted as an EC. That is absolutely an EC and i think you should definitely list it.</p>
<p>Yes you can, I don’t see why not. Whether it counts anything in admission is another question? As in will this type of EC get you into Harvard, who knows?</p>
<p>@DrGoogle Good thing I have no desire to go to Harvard then 
Maybe for law school. Do you think it would count anything in admission? I mean, there’s a possibility on one hand that it couldn’t (unless you write an essay on it) because it’s just an activity or on the other hand it could count for something because it could show an applicant who’s not a mindless drone. </p>
<p>What I’ve always understood is that colleges basically want to see that you’re doing something with your free time other than watching TV or hanging out with friends. So yes, you can put your hobby down as an EC. They say that working part-time or doing something at home like taking care of younger siblings also “counts.” </p>
<p>Once you get into the realm of trying to rack up really amazing ECs in order to impress super-selective schools, I have no advice. I have a sneaking suspicion that schools don’t actually care all that much about ECs if they think you’re an interesting candidate otherwise – but generally ECs are the evidence that someone is an interesting person, so they get used as a proxy. If you can show your individuality in your essays, I suspect that will have just as much weight in terms of whether or not you get in. (But who knows! Admission to those schools is a mystery to me.)</p>
<p>@dustypig Gotcha. I’ll be sure to put down taking care of my siblings too (and elaborate on it). I don’t understand admissions either, it’s like a big black box haha</p>
<p>Bump. Anyone else?</p>