<p>I am applying to a school that doesn't use the common app and there is no limit to how many activities/awards you can put down, besides a very lenient word count. How many do you think would be too many to put down? Should I just put down the 10 activities and 5 awards that I am putting on the common app or is it okay to put more? This school is a safety for me.</p>
<p>For activities, I was thinking of adding 2 more. One is a position I have at my school in which I basically serve as a student-administration liason (3 years). It doesn't require a lot of hours which is why I didn't put it on my common app, but it's a nice title. The other is a leadership position (1 year) I had in a community service event, same situation as above in that it didn't require that many hours so I didn't want to put it on my common app. The leadership looks nice though.</p>
<p>For awards, there are two contests/activities that I've been doing for my whole high school career and have gotten regional awards in them every year. I get better every year, but on my common app I only list the highest award that I have gotten (aka the most recent award). For this app, I was thinking of listing all the awards to show my progression. Together it adds up to 11 awards, but I can condense it to 5 lines by saying like 2012, 2013 Hon. Mention (1, 2) indicating I got 1 honorable mention in 2012 and 2 in 2013, so I just took 3 awards and condensed it into 1 line. So I will have these 5 lines on top of 2 other awards. Is this excessive? Should I just go with how my common app is and only show the highest award? Do you think commitment to the activity/contest will play any role? I feel like I may be over thinking these things considering that it's a safety and I'll get in either way, but I still want to make my application as good as possible for possible merit scholarship consideration. </p>