Should "Reading" be listed as an extracurricular activity?

Applying to College
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<p>I've read that Reading shouldn't be listed as an extracurricular activity on the Common App:
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/education/07choice-t.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/education/07choice-t.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>But what about people who spend about 15 hours a week reading literature, shouldn't that be listed on the extracurricular ? </p>

<p>I don't want to seem pompous by listing it, but I feel like it's a really big part of what I do outside the classroom !</p>

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<p>I would not put it in the EC category. Try to incorporate it in another part of your application.</p>

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<p>I wrote about the extensive reading and writing I do in my main Common App essay. I wove it into discovering a passion of mine (Native American studies) and how I pursued that love, etc etc.
Putting “reading” in the EC’s would sound too pretentious, IMO</p>

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<p>Thank you all!
i’ll try to fit that somewhere else then, since I already wrote my Common App essay…</p>

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<p>How about calling it Book Club and mentioning something like “Founder and only-member of the book club” under the details.</p>

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<p>LMAO thats genius</p>

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<p>Haha, I could do that, but I’m afraid they’d find that sad!
Thanks for the idea though, I’ll think of it if I can’t fit it anywhere else!</p>