<p>I play about two hours of ping-pong a week, solely for fun. Does this count as an EC?</p>
<p>Also, is it helpful or hurtful to put more ECs in the additional info section on the common app? (I have 10 or 11 that I want to put, but there's only room for 7.)</p>
<p>Put any extras in additional info, that's what it's there for anyways. Same goes for ping pong.</p>
<p>write table tennis, sounds a heck alot better</p>
<p>If you play ping-pong for fun, it's considered a hobby, not an EC. Now, if you had played competitively or been on a school team (I've never even heard of a table tennis team in any HS but lets assume they exist) then you could probably list it as an EC.</p>
<p>I don't think it will hurt you if you decide to add additional info. As a matter of fact, depending on your major, sometimes you may have to send a resume/portfolio. However, keep in mind that adcoms have a limited amount of time to read over your application and if you attach a long resume with a laundry list of activities, they will most likely not even read it. Also, I once heard a former admission officer say that by adding too many pages to your application, you're insulting the school in a sense by unknowingly saying "You people were stupid and didn't give me enough space to fill in all of my information".</p>
<p>I guess what I'm trying to say is, just list the activities that show your true interests and are meaningful to you. Leave the trivial things out if there isn't enough space.</p>
<p>It's all in how you put it across to the admissions officers. Technically an extra-curricular activity is anything you do outside of school. You can write ping - pong as an EC and have grounds to back it up. Use your judgement and put it where ever you think it would help most. </p>
<p>You probably don't want to put down ping pong as an EC if you already have 7 more legitimate things to put there. And I agree that table tennis sounds better.</p>
<p>lol, our school actually has a ping-pong club. My S is in it. They have a teacher sponsor and a photograph in the "clubs" section of the yearbook. So yeah, it really can be an ec if it's legit.</p>
<p>Our school has a table tennis team. 2nd place in acamis :D;1st place team had international champions :p</p>
<p>Table tennis is a serious sport. If your school doesn't have a club or serious competition, check out opportunities in your community for competitive table tennis--it is AMAZING to watch and fun to play if you are good at it and you might notch up its value on your app if you can say that you play competitively.</p>
<p>I guess it doesn't hurt to try lol</p>
<p>I added it not to my list of 7 extracurriculars, but to my "Additional Information" section, in my resume. I listed it as a hobby. Hmm?</p>
<p>A lot of colleges offer ping pong teams or clubs. Since colleges want to know how you will contribute to their campus and what you intend to do once you get there, then I would mention it. Ping Pong might also be a good essay topic if you can connect it with impt information about yourself. Ping Pong is cool... Any of you youngsters ever heard of Ping Pong Diplomacy in reference to Richard Nixon and the historical China trip?</p>