<p>During my sophomore year, I decided to help the Marching Band by joining the Prop Crew. The big prop for that year was called a pull-over. It was a forty yard long banner that was pulled over the band by several people carrying long poles that clipped onto the edges of the banner. That year was also the first year that the band director decided to take the band to the Band's of America National Marching Band Competition, the country's largest marching band competition. As we were walking down the ramp to the field, I rehearsed how we were going to set up. We waited at the sideline until the official gave us the O.K. and we sprinted to pull it across the front sideline. During the climax of the music we pulled up on the poles and ran for the other sideline. SNAP! I looked up and saw my pole unconnected. The pull-over crashed down on a stationary prop, almost covering some band members. We laugh about it now, but guess who is the new snare drum leader?</p>
<p>I'm six characters short of the 1000 maximum so I have limited room to edit. I'm submitting soon too. I feel very comfortable about the essay but some people are telling me that the extracurricular paragraph has to say about how an extracurricular has made you better.
All the prompt says is "Please elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences in the space below. (1000 characters max)"
So I'm fuzzled on why some people stick the achievement thesis of the paragraph. Is it bad to throw some humor and personal stories into the application?</p>