<p>For the short answer of the writing section where you describe one of your activities, how have people approached this?</p>
<p>Did you simply explain your activity/what you do or did you glorify it with creative writing?</p>
<p>I don’t know how to approach this. I wanted to make it nice, but it feels like this might not be necessary for a short answer. So how did you write yours?</p>
<p>PS: Are they asking what kind of EC/work you did or are they asking how it impacted you? Or both?</p>
<p>Don’t write what “they want to hear”. If you feel that writing a creative excerpt will help you in the end then do it. When I had to write mine, I explained it briefly with the impact it has had in my life.</p>
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<p>Most assuredly yes! I was lucky though cause I had a great story to introduce my EC with (on the last hole of my last competitive golf round–aka the end of my competitive career–I made my final 15-foot putt to save par from the sand, which was a huge deal for me). </p>
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<p>Or either? I forgot the prompt, but mine was basically a reflection on the past.</p>
<p>So would saying stuff like “At ____<strong><em>, I did </em></strong> and _____…etc” be a bad answer?</p>
<p>MitchAPalooza: What do you mean by “Don’t write what they want to hear?”</p>
<p>Senior0991: So you didn’t answer the short answer prompt but talked about a life story? Isn’t that bad because you avoided the question? Can you explain more?</p>
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uh that answer would probably be a bit boring. It wouldn’t necessarily be a bad answer, but probably not a good one. </p>
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What!? No, I went into more depth about my EC, which ended up being a brief reflection on my golf career. I did not talk specifically about how my EC would benefit me in college/life, though I may have implied such. </p>
<p>Almost two years later, I have forgotten what specifically the original prompt called for, hence my comment.</p>
<p>So in the short answer, if you write how the EC made you motivated, responsible…etc and all that good stuff, would you sound corny?</p>
<p>I’m trying to avoid sounding like how “this EC made me into who I am.”</p>
<p>Would talking about what you did and how your experience/reaction was at the time be a better way to answer the prompt?</p>
<p>I’d take the latter approach, embedding somewhat subtle hints as to the former desirable attributes.</p>