Main Essay vs. Short Answer?

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>Hi, I was trying to get the opinions of others on this subject. I have written my personal statement about an experience that helped me gain confidence. This was within my sport of swimming, but I did not give much background on the sport as a whole. I did not use it for the short answer because I wanted to make sure I seem multi-dimmensional.</p>

<p>For my ec short answer, I at first wrote something about an art volunteering experience. However, I simply don't like it very much. Though I enjoy the volunteering, it does not comprise a large amount of my time, and it is difficult to draw any major lessons from the experience. I was also worried that it might seem cliche, or look unusual because it is not my most important extracurricular.</p>

<p>Would it be better to leave the essay as is, or write one about swimming instead?</p>

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<p>I don’t think that everything on your application should be about swimming… unless you’re going to be a recruited athlete in that sport. However, if you show different sides of that very important EC, then you should be fine. I just wouldn’t recommend you writing your personal statement about the exhilaration you feel when swimming and then your EC short answer about the same thing… Maybe about a different part of the sport not explored in your personal statement.</p>

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<p>I ended up just using the art volunteering one, and editing it a lot to make it better. It’s submitted now, but thanks for the advice anyway.</p>