Middle School Extracurriculars?

mathmom
Tue, 16 Feb 2016 21:01:30 +0000

I wouldn’t put DI awards on the Common Application. If I were writing an essay about my favorite EC (a question when my youngest tackled it) I might have a line about how I’ve enjoyed creative opened end like activities since being part of a successful middle school team. My older son might conceivably have written a line about the excitement of working on math as a team in Mathcounts, but it would be in the context of math activities he did in high school. (He didn’t, but with the right sort of essay you might start there.) An essay about what ballet means to you might begin with a memory of the first time you put on toe shoes, but the bulk of the essay should be about your high school self. Middle School is ancient history - or it should be!