<p>@FCCDAD
If you were first percussionist in your HS ensemble, but their orchestra is full and the gaps they really need to fill are that the English department needs a writing student, and the Chemistry department needs a Physical Chemistry major, and the Engineering department needs an experienced firefighter to study Fire Protection Engineering, and they have too many prep school kids and not enough low income URM students to bring that perspective, well… your percussion experience is nice, but it doesn’t fill any gaps in their incoming class.
Actually, the likelihood of an admissions officer knowing, or caring about this information is low. They don’t interact with faculty except in special cases.</p>