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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, you should absolutely list hobbies. This adds "texture" to your application. Most high stats kids are missing texture. Example: instead of reading books put[b] "Organized a community book club focusing on 20th-century American literature, which improved my analytical skills and fostered a local network of literary enthusiasts."[/b] https://www.collegevine.com/faq/8559/best-way-to-list-hobbies-on-common-app# Most kids have hobbies. The point is to personalize your kid and not make them seem like a bot. https://empowerly.com/applications/common-app-activities-examples/ [/quote] This is the stupidest thing. Who on earth thinks this type of narration is a good strategy? [/quote] Obviously, CollegeVine? Its their wording: "When describing your hobbies, be specific about what you do and why it's important to you. Avoid general statements like 'reading books,' and instead, provide details such as 'Organized a community book club focusing on 20th-century American literature, which improved my analytical skills and fostered a local network of literary enthusiasts.'"[/quote] The thing that's bizarre is that they are confusing two different types of things. I was an avid reader. I probably spent more hours as a teenager reading than anything else besides attending school or sleeping. I think there are two different questions here: 1) How could I have represented that honestly on the Common App? I think the advice of avoiding general statements is good. I think that encouraging me to describe more specifically what I was reading (e.g. I read almost exclusively fiction, including a lot of historical fiction and science fiction. I could also have included a count of titles.) 2) Should someone have encouraged me to take some of that time from reading and spend it organizing a book club, or a program to collect books for homeless children, or tutoring people in reading? I think it's possible that colleges would value those things more than they would have valued reading. I can't really say. But my advice to my kids is to be yourself. Do the things that are meaningful to you and that you enjoy. Then describe them accurately, and you'll end up at the right place for you. Maybe that's a school that values introverts and people who love to read! [/quote]
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