<p>Is it ok to write about four to six activities that you enjoy in the short answer question about "apart from the activities required of you,tell us something you do for pleasure"? or should you just pick one?</p>
<p>You can’t really say anything about all four / six activities, can you? If you can’t give any details, it’s worthless to write the activities, unless you write MIT-worship as your activity, LOL.</p>
<p>Very funny, kenhungkk 
I’m not sure that 4 things will fit 100-word-long answer. Anyway, if you find your writing great and inspiring, then keep it. But if someone sees it and says, “Oh a four-big-empty-bag writing,” then don’t.</p>
<p>I was going to list the activities since i did not think that ‘playing soccer’ or ‘rock climbing’ or ‘cooking’ would need such a detailed description (really?) and probably the whole thing be 50 words long. You just do not have one activity you do for pleasure, but hey it’s a big world out there.</p>
<p>I totally agree that you can write about more than one thing. But what is important is how you feel and if you convey successfully your enthusiasm to the readers. Anyway, it is an application, which will decide where you are in the next 4 years.
(my advice: do not list + do not describe things in general —> “describe” your rock climbing, playing soccer, or even sleeping IN YOUR WORLD).</p>
<p>incase a great part of the enthusiasm for the activities was captured in some other part of your application like ECs or essays or even in the interview and instead have a one sentence description for each activity (or this will impact negatively)</p>
<p>I think you should just choose one and try to be more detailed and show your passion for that activity.</p>
<p>There is another section of the application where you can list your activities. And considering this essay is 100 words long, talking about six activities is essentially a writing a list. I feel like this essay is really where you are supposed to elaborate on one of them, to show how a particular extra-curricular is especially important to you. ‘Playing soccer’ or ‘rock climbing’ or ‘cooking’ are all common hobbies; listing them on your application tells the admission officers nothing about you. Pick one activity and talk about how you do it differently from everyone else.</p>