<p>Here's a first, maybe.
Does working out count as an EC? Going to the gym took up a huge portion of my sophomore and junior year. If i do put it down, should I add that I took a friend with me and "trained" him so it wouldn't seem like I'm obsessed with only myself.</p>
<p>You can do that, but just word it right. Try something like “Participated in local fitness program and trained a peer”.</p>
<p>LOL way to be creative ^ </p>
<p>Does feeding my pet fish count? I’ve been doing it everyday since ninth grade, so I think that shows good commitment…which translates into passion, right? </p>
<p>Just kidding. Don’t take me too seriously :P</p>
<p>On the other hand, I wouldn’t try to stretch it out as a “local fitness program” if it wasn’t a program. Tell it like it is, but go ahead and word it ‘correctly’ to sound legit.</p>
<p>Really, just write something casual and colloquial like “worked out; trained workout partner” than a supposedly more elegant phrase that serves only to obfuscate what you’re actually trying to say. It will only annoy them. Working out is a fine EC. I literally wrote “working out” on my application and wrote an awesome and creative short EC essay about it and got into two of HYP. Colleges like interesting, bold, creative people. Not people who are so up-tight that they feel the need to use the sort of language used by bad bureaucrats to conceal a healthy, commendable activity in an attempt to create a false sense of selflessness. Just be yourself.</p>
<p>I wrote my short answer on cooking. Would writing “cooking” or something like that be an okay idea for me on my EC’s? I cook dinner everyday for my family, and I love it.</p>
<p>Wow Matrix, you really used that as ur topic for your essay?
Ya everytime I look at top-tier sample essays, they are always about some random topic like fishsticks and then creatively manipulated to bring out the student’s personality.
Thanks for the advice!!</p>