Extracurricular pursuits

Applying to College
1

<p>Among my extracurricular interests is my love of programming. In this field I have attained two major accomplishments: the authorship of my own multi-player video game (multi-player in the sense that two people can play it at the same time on the same computer) and the co-authorship of a program currently being used at a Massachusetts corporation. I would like to list these two achievements on my college application, but I cannot help but wonder if the former achievement would signal to an AO an undesirable fascination with video games (and, yes, I do play a lot of video games). </p>

<p>So what do you guys think? Should I exclude my accomplishment in the video gaming field in favor of my other accomplishment? Or should I include both?</p>

2

<p>Include both. The colleges that factor ECs into admission want video game designers as well as students talented in other fields.</p>

3

<p>By all means include both!! Half of my extracurricular activities involved video games (design, balance design, beta testing, coding modifications) and I got into my dream school and had no problem getting into ivies, etc.</p>

4

<p>Include both, have a diverse array.</p>

5

<p>Include both. Yes, you play a lot of video games, but you’re not putting down “1500 hours playing World of Warcraft.” You have meaningful, legitimate ECs in these activities.</p>