Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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 "Organized a community book club focusing on 20th-century American literature, which improved my analytical skills and fostered a local network of literary enthusiasts."
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/
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Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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 "Organized a community book club focusing on 20th-century American literature, which improved my analytical skills and fostered a local network of literary enthusiasts."
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/
PSA: i clicked on the empowerly link above and am already getting spam in my email. Thanks a lot.![]()
Anonymous wrote: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 "Organized a community book club focusing on 20th-century American literature, which improved my analytical skills and fostered a local network of literary enthusiasts."
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/
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Example: instead of reading books put "Organized a community book club focusing on 20th-century American literature, which improved my analytical skills and fostered a local network of literary enthusiasts."
That's not a hobby. That's a club. Clubs are fine too, but they don't matter more than hobbies.
A hobby would be reading. I read a few hours every day in high school. If the common app had been a thing, I would have listed it as reading, maybe including some kind of statistic about how many books I read or something like that. I probably wouldn't have mentioned the amount of it that was done holding the book under my desk in math class.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Do you think even for a quirky hobby it should still somehow related to DC’s narratives? Like building a wild life habitat if you’re pursuing ecology major? Or tropical fish at home if the intended major is marine biology?
No, I wouldn't. That looks "over curated" - and could signal parental management, etc. Look on admityogi.com for how many successful kids do it.
Don't make it look like an adult resume.
Mine got nothing quirky.
Spent most free time on sports, gym, browsing.
Doodling and counting calories for every meal. But it’s pointless to list them.
Anonymous wrote:
Example: instead of reading books put "Organized a community book club focusing on 20th-century American literature, which improved my analytical skills and fostered a local network of literary enthusiasts."
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Do you think even for a quirky hobby it should still somehow related to DC’s narratives? Like building a wild life habitat if you’re pursuing ecology major? Or tropical fish at home if the intended major is marine biology?
No, I wouldn't. That looks "over curated" - and could signal parental management, etc. Look on admityogi.com for how many successful kids do it.
Don't make it look like an adult resume.
Anonymous wrote:Do you think even for a quirky hobby it should still somehow related to DC’s narratives? Like building a wild life habitat if you’re pursuing ecology major? Or tropical fish at home if the intended major is marine biology?
Anonymous wrote:Do you think even for a quirky hobby it should still somehow related to DC’s narratives? Like building a wild life habitat if you’re pursuing ecology major? Or tropical fish at home if the intended major is marine biology?
Anonymous wrote:Does everyone make one of the 10 activities kind of quirky to show personality or stress hobbies?
There was one posted on this site a few weeks ago and “dog walking” was listed as one of the 10 main activities (towards the bottom of the list). I’ve been looking on Reddit and in other places for successful candidates and it looks like many people have one hobby listed.
Anyone btdt? What hobby did your kid list?