Activities List Inquiry - Music

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
1

Hello, I’m a rising senior who has been stalking this site for a while. I decided to create an account because I couldn’t find an answer to one of my millions of questions on Google.

I was wondering if I’m supposed to include band and choir (in school subjects) on the activities list. I didn’t think I had to because colleges will already be able to tell that I was in them from my transcript. I’m also an active member of Tri-M, so that seems like a good indicator of my musical interest. I don’t think adding them will help, since I don’t have “noteworthy” personal achievements in either group, but my mom thinks otherwise. I’d love to receive some insight as I continue to drown in the college process!

2

I think you should, because they include time spent outside the classroom (concerts, practicing, etc). But I probably would not include the classroom time as part of the hours/week estimation.

You can create one activity called Music, put “see additional info” in that tiny description space. Then in additional info have a header that says “Music”, and bullet out your music activities.

3

Thank you very much! The Common App has divided “Music” into “Instrumental” and “Vocal,” so I’m either going to list them separately in Activities or use Additional Info section.

4

Thank you very much!