<p>I'm sure most of you know that for each different EC section on the UC application, you can only list like 5 things.</p>
<p>Should i list all sports, which would look the best time wise because they were lots of hours over the year, or list around 3 sports and add some diverse things like church group and sax lessons.</p>
<p>Only problem with church group and sax lessons were that they weren't near as long as basketball/baseball/football/track are.</p>
<p>there's a section at the end where you can list all the stuff you don't have room for earlier in the application. so highlight your most important things in the main part of the section and then put everything else later.</p>
<p>according to an article in the ucsd alumni magazine about admissions
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There are six additional categories that UCSD studies under the rubric of personal characteristics and extracurricular achievements. To make these evaluations, the admissions office, in addition to its own staff, brings in those 80 outside readers, who are trained to quickly scan applications for specific criteria. The readers are looking for evidence of unusual talents, awards and experiences that may generate additional pointsup to 1,700 total. A track record of demonstrated leadership is worth up to 300 points. There's not much flexibility in how they interpret the data: the president of a club gets 150 points; a student body president, 300. Period. Special talentsexcellence at the oboe, a talent for chessare worth up to 300 points. Volunteer service and participation in motivational or enrichment programs are similarly scored.