<p>Hi, </p>
<p>So I have read in a bunch of places on this site that grad schools dont really care about extracurricular activities that have nothing to do with your major. But what if I am trying to find someone else to write me a letter of recommendation and I have been very involved in a very time consuming extracurricular activity (completely unrelated to my major) for all 4 undergrad years, would the professor who is in charge of this EC be a good person to ask for a letter? I feel like this professor could do a very good job talking about how dedicated, responsible and hard working I am even though they know nothing about my field.</p>
<p>And just in case it matters my major in engineering and the EC is choir.</p>
<p>A letter from an EC director is absolutely inappropriate.</p>
<p>In engineering, letters from professors and letters from past employers (in the field of engineering) are the only really appropriate letters.</p>
<p>Just to elaborate, any letter testifying to the fact that you are “dedicated, responsible, and hardworking” is useless. A grad admissions committee wants to know about your potential in that particular field, not in general.</p>
<p>You stated it clearly in your first sentence-grad school don’t care about your ECs unless they enhanced your major. Let it go. Focus on finding LORs from your professors in your major that reflect your dedication, responsibility, and hard work in ENGINEERING. If you get a grad school interview, you may want to bring up your choir participation but only as another aspect of your undergrad life.</p>