About the short answer in the common app

<p>In the question about elaborating on one activity, are the colleges looking more for a technical laundry list on what I've been doing, or can I also do a memoir of sorts and tell a personal story of how I got into and I'm passionate the activity?</p>

<p>Nono definitely not a list. And last I remembered, the wordcount was 150 words so you don't have much room to do a memoir either. Make it something short about one activity and why you're into it/how's it affected you.</p>