Manual dexterity question?

[Springs01]

"Describe any activities requiring manual dexterity (e.g. activities requiring hand-eye coordination such as cross-stitching, sewing, art, crafts, playing musical instruments, auto repair, etc.) at which you are proficient. (600 char w/ spaces)"


Am I supposed to actually describe the activities or just list them?

I plan on putting down drawing and painting. How am I supposed to describe these? They're just my hobbies...

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[Hev0406]

Since there wasn't really room to explain a lot I basically just listed my activities.

 

[ktran17]

I listed my hobbies and only described the ones that were not as obvious. e.g construction of electrodes

 

[jmh018]

I listed my hobbies and only described the ones that were not as obvious. e.g construction of electrodes

I did the same thing. Had to leave a couple lesser ones out to fully explain the better ones

 

[free99]

Keep in mind this is the only the view of one admissions officer (Dr. Emil Chuck), but after watching most of the Case Western Reserve admissions presentation this is what I gathered:

- If you have them, list manual dexterity hobbies that are unique. As Dr. Chuck said, it's expected that most people cook and can cut veggies - what hobbies do you have that set you apart?

- If possible, try to describe how you've honed this/these activity/activities and what you've done to showcase these skills. I believe the example he gave was if you were an artist and had entered your work into some sort of competition

I had many different activities that I think displayed manual dexterity, but chose to just expound on my ability to play various musical instruments, rather than listing several different activities. I talked about shows I've played and bands/ensembles I've been a part of. Hope this helps!

Edit: here's the link to the web seminar - http://ow.ly/lCgne

 

[Springs01]

Okay. I'm gonna only explain the unique ones. Thanks everyone.

 

[ttpharm]

Short and sweet

 

[Chococo45]

Should you only list current abilities?

For example, I played the violin and clarinet during my elementary and middle school years. I'm sure I would still be able to play these instruments but still would be a bit rusty :/

I'm also taking guitar lessons soon (just as a hobby - not for this manual dexterity question lol), should I list this as well?

 

[tooth knockn]

I THINK, any activity still practiced in the past 3 to 5 years, is current ability..... lol i don't know how old you are, but middle school sounds like a long time ago.

but to answer topic question, i listed what ever i could, with minimal detail, and between each hand eye coordination i put one of these "-" minus signs

 

[Chococo45]

Yeah, you're right. It's probably been too long to count those skills as current skills