<p>Right there with ya’!
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<p>I’m a nice person?</p>
<p>I spent two years in a leadership development program. </p>
<p>The first year others helped me recover from problems @ home like drugs and what not, and the second year I was the one giving back and helping others out, day in and day out, because I lived there. I feel like if any admissions office actually knew about what I have done, it would change things alot, but I find it hard to describe in E.C.s, although I have ones that go along with it, its not like I can put 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Any advice on getting that kind of thing threaded in?</p>
<p>Much of my stuff is just practical things. My location limits my ECs, not to mention that I’ve been told specifically that I will not be doing them this year.</p>
<p>But I know plumbing basics, how to field dress a deer, how to handle someone who is having a seizure, how to keep a wood stove burning all night, how to log trees, helped manage medicine for family members, etc.</p>
<p>When I do catch a break I like to fiddle with Unreal Editor, and I’m writing out a machinima I hope to produce and make into a charity during college. Not exactly things I can put down on my application.</p>
<p>I’m about to start a webcomic that’s updated weekly, i wonder how unique that is…?</p>
<p>I was once ranked in the top 1000 in the world for NCAA Football 10 on the 360.</p>
<p>I can tell you the nickname of any FBS college football team and name the conference that it is in.</p>
<p>I’m a self proclaimed college football connoissuer.</p>
<p>Is attending Church School an EC?</p>
<p>I guess it can be one mdh625 … it’s ‘extra’ to some people. And then on the other hand, it’s life to others.</p>
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<p>I absolutely died laughing when I read this. I’m mad that no one else seemed to catch it.</p>
<p>That they were one hit wonders … ?
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<p>I have finished 5th and 3rd place in my school’s annual Pun-off during my freshman and sophmore years. I plan to do so again the remaining two years.</p>
<p>Reading every single Agatha Christie book is an EC??
I’ve read every single book by her… I finished long long ago.
Do you seriously think I should put this on my app??? It wasn’t that important to me, I just wanted something to read. I think it would be strange to put it on my app personally, it’d be like “Eating cereal” or something else that doesn’t require effort.</p>
<p>I’ll ask again… Would one put these in the “additional info” section of the app?</p>
<p>I do tech-y stuff for my school. The people who also do know that, but everybody else doesn’t really. That’s cool… in a way.</p>
<p>I’m a librarian.</p>
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<p>See post #81</p>
<p>Would you put these at the very end, or closer to the beginning? It seems like something that could give you a huge edge in individuality.</p>
<p>Can skateboarding be used as an EC?
I mean it’s too late for me now, already in college, but I never mentioned it in my applications because I was somewhat embarrassed. My parents tell me everyday that they hate skateboarding and that society frowns upon it, even though it used to be a passion of mine.
So should people list skateboarding or no?</p>
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That’s awesome man. And notre dame fighting irish football 4ever!</p>
<p>Starcraft II Diamond League?
… It’s like being Varsity Starcraft!</p>
<p>Administrating/Moderator of a large (>50k member) forum… Sadly they aren’t pertinent to education at all.</p>
<p>Should/Can entries like these on a r</p>