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FreedomOverdose

Nov 28, 2010

Essays / "Education beyond academics: What I learned outside the classroom" [7]

well, I could, but talking about the impact of a single activity would be a bit redundant, right?

FreedomOverdose

Nov 28, 2010

Essays / "Education beyond academics: What I learned outside the classroom" [7]

I chose the first option on the common app:
Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.

I'm a bit skeptic about posting my essay. Search engines would crawl it, making it visible to adcoms in a later time (though I doubt they would google it) and some people may misuse it... don't know, just my way of thinking :S

FreedomOverdose

Nov 28, 2010

Essays / "Education beyond academics: What I learned outside the classroom" [7]

Hello there :)

The topic I've written about in the commonapp essay is
"Education beyond academics: What I learned outside the classroom"

In approx 750 words I've tried to describe the impact of different activities (sports, debates, organizations) on me. Now, I'm reading that I shouldn't "rehash" my resume into my essay, however, I've mainly talked about how these extracurricular activities have changed me during the past years.

Do you think that would be a problem?

Thanks

PS: I'm the kind of person who thinks of education not only as studying, but a realm of experiences, and most of the stuff on my resume are things that I really love to do, not just membership