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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question - What do you do with an EC that also shows up on the kid's transcript?

Will the AO catch it during transcript review and acknowledge it as an EC? Or should it be included as on of the 10 ECs if you want to be sure it doesn't get overlooked?

Here's the specific: DC is a (not recruited) three-sport athlete who also plays an instrument in the school band. They've continued with band all four years because they really like it - the music, the social part, the opportunity to relax  their mind at music lessons and at band practice (together a 1.0 credit ungraded class that meets during the school day.)

It's both important to them (they hope to continue with their instrument in some light, casual way in college) and a good counterpoint to their athletics.

So, should they include as one of their 10 ECs (instead of their 3rd varsity sport) even though it's also on the transcript? Or no because that's repeating something found elsewhere? (We understand no AO will care about a third sport. It's the least important to DC but happens to be the one where they're a team captain.)[/quote]

Note that you can still make this an important part of the application via the essays, even if it's listed as a class rather than EC.
If band itself is only during the school day (other than a couple of concerts a year), it's a class, not an extracurricular. Does the student take lessons outside school? Practice at home? Participate in outside ensembles? Perform for nursing homes? Those are the sorts of things that could be included on the activities list (with school band listed as well), because the question about time spent only includes time outside the school day.[/quote]

Technically, it is not extracurricular unless they do something outside of school -- county band, marching band, pep band, etc.  Is there something the kid can join THIS year to justify getting it into the extracurricular list (since it sounds like you'd like to emphasize it).  For instance, can they join the pit for drama productions? Or is there a pep band that's volunteer/not the full concert band?  Or maybe something outside of school entirely?  That would give you an excuse to write Band/Pit Orchestra on the extra curricular list and then in the description, you could explain that part is class and part is extra.  (I don't know if they ding for not following instructions if you list course-stuff as ECs or not.)[/quote][/quote]

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