<p>I was just wondering what activities i should put on my college application. I know i should probably put the obvious clubs and volunteering but how insignificant of activites should i put. I love soccer so i practice 2 to 3 hours daily, is that something that i should put on there or would it seem like I was just desperate to put down another EC. thanks in advance</p>
<p>Don’t put down ECs simply to fill in as many boxes as you can, only put the significant ones. If that’s 15, fine. If that’s 5, fine. </p>
<p>Remember, “it’s about quality not quantity.”</p>
<p>so i don’t have a ton of stuff that i’m involved in but if its a big enough chunk of time like close to 15 hours a week do you think that would be worth putting on there??</p>
<p>Of course! It shows dedication. I was basically in the same position myself.</p>
<p>so you dont think that colleges will see that as me just trying to fill space and will accept that all EC arent all organized??</p>
<p>Hmm? I said the opposite of your first statement, in regards to “simply filling in spaces.” And I don’t know what you mean by “organizing” your ECs. That’s not something you have to do. But again, I’m not completely sure what you mean by that.</p>
<p>oh i meant like most clubs and sports are organized like mock trial or year book club so they’re able to tell if you actually did them. I practice soccer by myself so they would just have to take my word for it and 15 hours a week seems a little bit unrealistic.</p>
<p>Oh, I see what you mean. Well, first and foremost, tell the truth. If you really spend that much time playing and… it’s important to you, then put it. If not, then don’t. And if it is that important to you and you spend so much time doing it, it would make sense that you’d write about it for your EC short answer, which would further contribute to its validity.</p>
<p>Basically, admissions officers don’t have time to verify things like that, but they can easily see through “fluff” in an application.</p>
<p>so even at top universityies like u penn and johns hopkins (im looking at both) they wouldnt have time to check the validity of any of my ecs??</p>
<p>With thousands of applicants, it’s just not something these schools can do for everyone that applies. But if something “too good to be true” comes up for a viable applicant, they might very well call your guidance counselor to check. Or simply reject you.</p>
<p>I really hope you’re not misunderstanding what i’m saying, though. Because it wouldn’t work in your favor.</p>
<p>Oh yes I know. I just was wondering.</p>