Activity list thing

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brown University
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<p>The application never explicitly said to EXPLAIN your activities in paragraphs. Unlike other applications that specifically tell you to expand on a certain activity, Brown was actually pretty vague:
Please tell us, roughly in order of their importance to you, those individual activities and awards which you believe best represent your greatest achievements and interests.</p>

<p>So, I didn’t explain anything. I just listed my activities with hours per week, weeks per year, years received, leadership positions, awards in each activity, plus other awards in a section, plus trips, etc. It ended up being two pages spaced-out. And I’ve already submitted my application.</p>

<p>All my activities are pretty straight-forward though— like concertmaster, senior soloist for h.s. orchestra, or national qualifier in original oratory? I mean, I didn’t think I NEEDED to explain anything.</p>

<p>My ACTUAL essay for Brown was about music, which is my main EC. I briefly mentioned my experiences in speech in the Why Brown portion. I could re-use my common app-activities essay about speech and send it in…via e-mail?? I dunno. What do you think should I do?! Should I just let it be?</p>

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<p>Don't worry about it. You have to be succinct. I thought a lot of my stuff was self-explanatory. I only elaborated with a couple of bullets about my travels. Also, since I applied for engineering, I didn't want to explain any of my engineering and technology-related activities because I knew I would end up doing so for the 3A form. I basically did mine in an outline format with bullets for each activity, the awards I won, my leadership roles, and the years I participated in the activity.</p>

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<p>Well, like you said, you don't NEED to explain your activities. Personally, I did the same as you except I elaborated on two activities with a paragraph, because they are not mentioned anywhere else in the application. It certainly wouldn't hurt to write about them, but it's not completely necessary.</p>