Hello, I am hoping for anyone who plays video games or something to read this. For example, in the video game Counter-Strike Global Offensive, there are community servers were people join and play. Some of these communities are really popular, and they have popular websites with forums where people discuss things, try to get highest stats, and even donate. I would really love to start my own community and I guess this would count as a business almost-, so could this be put on a college application? I know making your own website is something colleges like, but I would assume creating your own community would be cool too. Thanks
I don’t play CSGO myself but I know roughly what you’re talking about. To some it may sound like a trivial accomplishment, so if you put it on your application you have to be sure to accentuate any difficulties you may have had when doing it and why what you did was worth your time.
Btw, what exactly is the appeal of CSGO? Seems like an FPS with bad graphics to me…
@gdlt234 I’ve been playing CS since I was young. But anyways I see it as an opportunity to not only become a leader of a community, but some of the money I earned I can also donate to charity and such.
@math800 Ah I see.
There ya go. As long as you emphasize that, I don’t see why colleges would consider it any different than being the leader of some community at home and doing similar things with the money.
It depends on who reads your file. Some adults have negative feelings, for right or wrong, about computer/video games and the amount that kids spend on them at the expense of “real” human interaction and activities. Your generation already has a rep of being glued to screens 24/7; this EC might feed someone’s stereotype. I don’t think that this is a good idea.
@snarlatron I see your point of view. However, I will be applying to primarily computer science programs, which inevitably require the use of computers.
@math800 create a tournament and donate half of the prize money to a charity