Activities, Honors, etc...

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>(This is my first post on this site, so I apologize in advance if I've thrown this post into the wrong thread! I don't think I have, but I figured I'd add a disclaimer in anyway.)</p>

<p>Okay, so I'm almost done with the Common Application. The way I've filled it out, under the activities tab, instead of listing my clubs, I listed what I actually DID in the club and then added which club it was under in the extra information. </p>

<p>Here are examples:</p>

<p>"Activity 4: Activity type: Foreign Language
Position/Leadership: Five Years of Spanish Language Class (from Eighth)
Participation grade levels: 9, 10, 11, 12
I intend to participate while in college: Yes
Timing of participation: School Hours spent per week: 4
Weeks spent per year: 36 Details, honors won, and accomplishments: While not a "club", I am truly enamored with the Spanish language. I am the only student of my graduating class (432) taking AP Spanish Literature."</p>

<p>and</p>

<p>"Activity type: Community Service (Volunteer)
Position/Leadership: (NHS Member) Cunningham Creek Elementary
Participation grade levels: 11 I intend to participate while in college: No
Timing of participation: School Hours spent per week: 2 Weeks spent per year: 4
Details, honors won, and accomplishments:
Tutored children once a week in reading, spelling, and mathematics. Helped at the Halloween Carnival and taught children to share and have fun."</p>

<p>Now, for the majority of the activities, I DID put the position clearly and didn't do it backwards like this. I just did NHS and other volunteering (and Spanish, but that's irrelevant) backwards so I could list what I DID, not what I was called.</p>

<p>My main question is: are admissions officers going to feel that I neglected to read the directions, and thus feel negative about my application? I know I'm not following the directions to a T but I feel like this method makes my application much more three-dimensional and full. </p>

<p>What do you guys think? </p>

<p>P.S. - I'm not sure if my question is totally clear, but I'm having a hard time writing it. I'll add more information if the replies seem like I haven't detailed this enough.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>It’s just fine to fully use the limited space and characters available in the activities section to show who you are, what you enjoy and where you’ve been engaged. This isn’t exactly the way the app intends responses to appear, but there’s nothing wrong about what you have done with this part of the app and admissions officers will enjoy reading it this way.</p>

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<p>Awesome - thanks for the help, niceday!</p>

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<p>For the Spanish one with honors won, you should put it under the honor/award section. Also, it is not really an activity. If anything, put it down on the bottom of the list.</p>