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1. Of the extracurricular activities that I have participated in, the one that has meant the most to me is swimming. I started swimming when I was nine years old, while living in France. It quickly became a way for me to meet new people and to make friends with people that had similar interests as me. I continued swimming when I moved back to the U.S. The sport continued to play a major role in my life. Each year I would commit myself to the sport more and more. During my years in high school, I began to train close to twenty hours a week. From the time and effort that I put into the sport, swimming returned to me a few important qualities that are needed in the real world. The first was goal setting. As in any sport, being able to set and work towards goals is very important. However, in swimming it is twice as important because you have to be able to keep these goals in mind at all times and to adjust them as you achieve them. A second quality that I