<p>I play a LOT of golf and practice on my game a lot and am fairly decent. I don't play for the school because its during baseball season and thats basically the EC i care most about. </p>
<p>I spend about 10 hrs a week working on my game in the summer, and play 2 or 3 times a week with friends. I dont really compete in tournaments and the like. I would usually have NEVER considered putting this leisure activity on my app but have seen people inquire about snowboarding and weightlifting in spare time (with positive feedback), so am wondering if it would be worthwhile to include?</p>
<p>Thanks to anyone with an opinion!</p>
<p>bump bump bump my situation is almost the same. I go to the gym for exercising. is that counted ?</p>
<p>^ i go to the gym also. i think it does</p>
<p>can anyone offer insight to my original question in the first post about the golf?</p>
<p>you have limited space to put your ECs and fun does not = extracurricular
many people say that you should even put clubs if you don't have a leadership position</p>
<p>it's like saying i play video games for 100 hours and that's my EC</p>
<p>i wouldn't put it because colleges will think you have nothing else and that's why you put that down</p>
<p>Yes, it's OK to include ECs like playing golf or working out at the gym.
Most colleges don't factor ECs into admission any way. At most, EC info helps with merit aid consideration.</p>
<p>It's only the top places --schools like HPY that have an overabundance of high stat applicants, that factor ECs into admission. For such colleges, memberships, playing sports for fun probably wouldn't count for much since even things like being school NHS president, class president, or an Eagle Scout don't make one stand out in admissions for such colleges because the pool has so many students with extraordinary ECs.</p>