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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have read a bunch of "essays that worked" from colleges that publish them.

Some of them completely focus on the kid's activities.

My takeaway is this: let's say my kid was a competitive gymnast and that was their main passion. I would not encourage them to write an entire essay about being a competitive gymnast and what it taught them (i.e. it taught me persistence, it taught me patient, it taught me to rely on myself).

But I would not tell them to shy away from the activity at all. I might have them drill down on one instance of where they grew in one of the qualities like persistence. ("I used to give up easily, but this situation or this coach showed me how to be persistent).

Or maybe there is a unique reason why they love gymnastics.

Something that makes them a whole person and not just, this is what this person learned from gymnastics.[/quote]

Along this line, a competitive swimmer I knew wrote about what they think about when doing laps (it wasn't swimming), and how this made them enjoy the sport more.[/quote]

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