<p>I've been playing guitar in a band for a while now and was wondering if this counts as an EC? It isn't school/academic/athletic/community service related at all so I wasn't sure if this counts.</p>
<p>I wanted to write about this on my common app EC essay since we played gigs at a lot of places (did a charity concert for the breast cancer walk) and we got our songs played on a local radio station.</p>
<p>not sure if this is a good idea though = / ?</p>
<p>Sounds like you have passion for it, and EC’s are not restricted to the little boxes you noted above … and you probably stand out more when a few of them don’t, IMHO.</p>
<p>Yes! Definitely mention it :)</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice but should it be main EC (the one I write the essay on)? I think I spend most of my energy on that, but I’m not sure if thats what colleges want their kids picking to write about. DUnno guess its cause I’ve read so many EC essays on debate club/science competitions/summer programs =S</p>