<p>I've been lifting weights regularly since last summer; I haven't won any competitions or anything - it's just to grow stronger and supplement my running. I know it's not exactly a hook, but can I list it as an EC on my resume?</p>
<p>Thanks ^^.</p>
<p>I think that would be kinda corny. But I’m not an adcom, so you never know.</p>
<p>yes you can. a friend listed yoga. and colleges need jacked kids along with math nerds, right?</p>
<p>Yes. college apps say hobbies and what you do in your spare time counts as ECs</p>
<p>That’s pretty sweet… I think I will put that on too.</p>
<p>What if you get to the interview or somethin, and youre not as ripped as they predict you to be? Hahaha… XD</p>
<p>well, I listed tennis and swimming… I don’t see any colleges turning you down for listing weightlifting- but it certainly won’t be a deciding factor one way or the other</p>
<p>^It does add dimension to who you are. People do like well-roundedness, especially in the college admissions world. (personally, I did not add hobbies down as an EC, though I love web designing)</p>
<p>I’m not the stereotypical weightlifter - will that make it more of an interesting EC to adcoms? Because, if I do it, I must be doing it out of a sincere interest in it, right?</p>
<p>You see, I’m the last kind of person you’d look at and think, “She lifts weights.” I’m not “ripped” at all, lol… though when I get to the interview, I think they will be expecting a 6"2, 85kg baseball player… not a petite 5"2 48kg Asian nerd. Lol.</p>
<p>I guess you could always list it on your application, but tons of athletes lift in addition to playing their sport. Football players, runners, wrestlers, swimmers and athletes of other sports lift often because its part of their training or off-season program. Colleges assume that if you’re successful at your sport, its because your putting in the appropriate time in the weight room and off-season workouts. So saying you just lift isn’t much of an EC, its the equivalent of someone saying he “runs to stay in shape but isn’t on the track team.” I’d still put it on the app though, especially since you are female. Because not many girls lift, it makes you unique.</p>
<p>you can put it down as an EC, but don’t expect it to make much difference</p>
<p>haha, I would think so! 
I agree with the above poster though…</p>
<p>Put it on your apps.<br>
If you keep working at it, can you enter any competitions?<br>
Could you start a club at your school for this sport?<br>
Could you submit articles in your school newspaper to encourage others to participate?<br>
Taking it a bit further, you could find others who enjoy this hobby and put it to good use in the community. Your strong-bodied club members could go out to senior citizens’ homes or homes of people who’ve had surgery or other medical problems to help with heavy chores like moving furniture, mowing lawns, anything that requires strength. And do it for free.<br>
These steps might make the difference between just another applicant with a hobby and an applicant with leadership skills, compassion, and initiative.<br>
GOOD LUCK!!</p>
<p>Swissmiss…that is very helpful!</p>
<p>Thank you!!</p>
<p>i put it on my application…but i am a competitive power-lifter…I’m sure Dartmouth loved it!
what are your lifts?</p>
<p>Anything that you can spin into a short answer that talks about your interests, self disciplines or what you learned from whatever activity is useful. </p>
<p>AdComs are so bored bored bored with all these cookie cutter over achievers. Anything that will draw you as a differentiated person and interesting will help.</p>
<p>I can only bench 35 (yes, I typed that correctly :()… after months of working out 3 times a week. I’m probably less strong than the average guy on CC. But, hey, it’s the effort that counts I suppose - I never wanted to enter competitions and so forth anyway.</p>
<p>^ You’re about as strong as a 6 year old boy.</p>
<p>^ You’re about as polite as one.</p>
<p>35 kilos? or pounds, because if its pounds, then you are probably suffering from muscular atrophy or something, i mean a year of training does much more than that. im sorry for choklit rain’s rudeness, it was unecessary…</p>
<p>In pounds - but I don’t eat very much and get around 8hrs sleep a night. I actually started off with just the bars (which was last August). I’m not sure if it’s nutrition or sleep or even my natural build (see my second post in the thread) that is causing the problem. How do you train, anyway?</p>