<p>I've been writing a few programs in my free time. If I manage to finish up an impressive program or two, could this fit in my app as an EC or could I put it into an additional info section? I'm looking into being a computer science major, so I need some related ECs on my app and it's hard to find many local activities about comp sci. Thanks in advance for your help.</p>
<p>Yes, this constitutes a hobby so it’s an EC. It may or may not be an impressive hobby depending in what kind of programs you write, how they are used (if they are used), who you create them for, whether you’ve received an external recognition for them, etc…It’s like someone who likes to write short stories or paint or do other creative work in their free time.</p>
<p>Thanks M’s mom, best of luck to your child M. Any ideas on getting recognition? If I created an app for android/apple for instance, could I boast about the amount of downloads or attention it recieves? It might be a bit late to enter a competition.</p>
<p>Sure you could. Of course, the other option (my favorite given my professional interests) is to volunteer your tech support services to your favorite nonprofit and offer to help them design and develop their web sites, create reports for them, automate manual processes, treach them to use their computer programs more efficiently, etc…The advantage of doing this is you get stellar letters of recommendation and real work experience to go with your programming skills.</p>