I'm sorry that this isn't explicitly related to EA but as the college I go to will almost certainly have a huge impact on my career I thought it'd be ok. I live in the US and am in the act of applying to colleges right now (almost all of which are in the US). I was wondering if I should mention EA in my college application essays. I don't have anything explicitly related to it but I know some about it and it fits in with the identity I'm trying to present to colleges. I'm worried that it might turn off colleges even if I talk about a pretty mild brand of EA. I'm definitely going to "hedge my bets" and only discuss it for some colleges but I was wondering if even that would be stupid. I would really appreciate any feedback. Thanks.
I'm definitely going to talk about things I've done but with the way that a lot of essay questions are worded it wouldn't work very well. In addition, just saying "I volunteered for X charity because I think they do good work" is unlikely to make me stand out at all, and standing out is really important when it comes to getting into top colleges.