Play volleyball, application

[autumnsky926]

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I play volleyball for my church and each year my team competes with other teams (from other churches) we practice every weekend... Should I put this on my application? will this look good on my application? Thanks.

 

[Niosh]

I would not. My experience tells me that sports/hobbies typically are not considered an EC. I think it would be a neutral item on an application at best, at worst it would appear as though you were grasping at straws.

Others might disagree?

 

[1TB4RKSB4CK]

EC's are considered sports or hobbies, but you should only put it in if it had an impact on your life and if brought up, you can talk about it well.

 

[crazybob]

If you were team captain, then maybe.

 

[Niosh]

EC's are considered sports or hobbies, but you should only put it in if it had an impact on your life and if brought up, you can talk about it well.

I always thought of EC's as volunteer work, club type stuff, or school related but not an actual class. Although, I can see the 'Extra' portion as being interpreted as 'anything'. I brought up the sports/hobbies bit during my interview and left it off of my application.

 

[DrDrugs2012]

The easiest way to know whether to include something is a simple litmus test: if you have to justify something which is not widely assumed to be of intrinsic value, then you should exclude it from your application.

Not that I have anything against questions because I truly believe that the only dumb question is the one which goes unasked, but the fact that you need to ask whether its a benefit to you to put it on tells you that its not beneficial for you. Go with your initial hunch on that!

 

[Notecard]

Maybe. My best friend and I put our sports activities down but we've been playing them both for 14-15 years. We even talked about them during our interviews. One of the purposes of extracurriculars is that it makes you seem like a well-rounded person. If you think that it's a relevant part of who you are then put it. If not, don't.

 

[owlegrad]

I would add it. Well-roundedness and all that.