Activities Section of Common App

Applying to College
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Hi all, for one of my activities I’m putting down that I am a second degree black belt in Taekwondo. In the description of the activity, can I put that I placed in the top 10 out of 28 at the Junior Olympics and just not specify the year (since it was in the summer of 2011), or is this not impressive enough to even talk about in the text box and I should mention something else?

Thank you

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You probably won’t have enough room to include everything in the description section. I would just say something like, “Participated in and received 10th place in Taekwondo at the Junior Olympics in 2011.” If you have any achievements that are recent, I’d try to include those if you have room.