Extracurriculars That You Don't Want To Put On Your App

Applying to College
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<p>Okay, we hear so often about resume padding and kids do things they hate to impress colleges.</p>

<p>Now, let's turn the table.</p>

<p>I was recently published in the local newspaper for just a 150-200 word review. Ever since I was published people at school have been telling me this: this is a great thing for colleges to see!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you put it on your app, it will def impress colleges.</p>

<p>Okay, let me tell you something. Though the article was written for school, I guess I still was doing it for school and not pleasure. My writing teacher said that if your writing gets published in the local newspaper, whether in the editorals or this teen section, during the school year, he will give you enormous extra credit. And that extra credit appealed to me, because my writing teacher takes points off for every little writing mistake you do in a paper. Plus, I hate to write.</p>

<p>I don't consider this to be an extracurricular, but everyone around me does. I don't want to put this 'achievement' on my app, but people are pressuring me to, because besides this thing, I only have one EC. But that one EC, takes like tons of time each week, and I enjoy it with all my heart. The newspaper article/review wasn't as enjoyable.</p>

<p>Has anyone not include a small or even big achievement during their high school career on college apps, just because you hated it?</p>

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<p>Writing one short review that is published in the local paper isn’t an EC. Writing monthly or weekly review articles is. You can safely skip mentioning this one. Think of it this way, if the paper had printed a letter to the editor that you’d written would you mention that?</p>

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<p>That’s a good analysis. I was published in the editoral page in 5th Grade, and back then, when I did not even know what college admissions was like, I just thought of the editoral as a way to express my opinion about the community.</p>

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<p>I served as a Major General within my StarCraft clan.</p>

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<p>I was one of the 10th prestige leaders of my Modern Warfare 2 clan. Ironically, I probably spent more time on that than a lot of my legit ECs</p>

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<p>Well I am not allowed to include the fact that James Bond movies are based on my life.</p>

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<p>I love James Bond, too.</p>

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<p>SAT club. Seriously.</p>

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<p>Versii-SAT club as in studying or tutoring others?</p>

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<p>Being a pokemon master is not an EC.</p>

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<p>Colleges like to see long-term commitment. I have devoted countless hours of my life to the ancient art of sleeping.</p>

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<p>^ LOL ditto</p>

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<p>Um let’s see…</p>

<p>I placed 8th in the WCG 2009 Starcraft and I’m an A- Zerg on iCCup.</p>

<p>I’m a finalist in the 2008 Pen Spinning World Competition.</p>

<p>I built a Stargate in my basement. Unfortunately I can’t test it because NASA won’t give me a grant to send a second one far away enough from the earth’s magnetic field so that I can establish a wormhole between the two.</p>

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<p>^
Wow, you’re an A- on iCCup? What’s your APM?</p>

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<p>Being the King of Liberty City and a master of Grand theft Auto 4 would not impress Adcoms. hahaha. :)</p>

<p>can you chance me?</p>

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