Which activity should I use in my common app essay?

Transfer Students
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<p>Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences in the space below(1000 character maximum).</p>

<p>I've narrowed it down to 2 activities:</p>

<p>My participation in Mixed Martial Arts(MMA)
Or an Internship I am currently undergoing at a Private Equity Firm.</p>

<p>For my MMA I would talk about how it helped me develop as a person. How its a passion of mind that I have pursued and how it built me up mentally and phyisically as well as helped me understand myself when pushed to my limits. And how this seemingly individual sport helped me develop as a leader.</p>

<p>For the internship I would talk about how this internship is helping me understand my career goals of becoming an investment banker and Ill talk about the challenges and rejections I faced trying to get this internship coming from community college and how i overcame them.</p>

<p>Im applying to USC, Claremont Mckenna, and Columbia</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!!</p>

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<p>It’s really preference. Pick whichever activity you honestly feel explaining more in detail. Personally, I don’t think you can go wrong with either one.</p>

<p>My only advice is if you pick your internship experience, do not make it all about IB. There is nothing wrong with having a career goal but I would generalize it to the finance industry. This leaves you room in case a reader has a personal bias against bankers etc etc etc.</p>