<p>What do they mean by elaborate? Do you just say what your ec entails directly, or do you write it like a mini-personal essay?</p>
<p>for example, I'm going to write about music (viola) ((yes, I know it's contrite but I'm really passionate about it)). Should I write just all state festivals, school orchestra, chamber ensemble etc. or add on how the EC changed me/affected me?</p>
<p>Don't mention something that's already mentioned in the rest of the application. Mine wasn't really personal, but I talked about chess and basically what I did (read chess books, play over lots of master games, compare what the masters do to what I do) and what I got out of it (a lot of fun). There was no point in repeating the awards that our chess team won, because that was in the rest of the application.</p>