<p>I have done alot of activities. But under only three vectors of me. And in the common application you only have 10 activities ito list. I am more of the person with various activites and i feel an additional essay might help to not only list out all the activities that weren mentioned, but also show how they are all connected and truly define my goal and aspirations. But alot say the additional essay is for students with a sort of negative aspect that happened in their life or so. What do you think ? Please help. </p>
<p>In your activities, you can combine.</p>
<p>So let us say you do Dance, but you are in a dance program, teach dance, and dance on broadway. </p>
<p>Your choice is to focus some of your 10 activities on the most important activities,
or to have an activity as “Dance” and then in the description show dance program, teach dance, and dance on broadway. </p>
<p>hmm i see your point, but lets say i have done more than 10 types of activties. So would you recommend me writing that essay ?</p>
<p>If you can’t focus your activities to 10 “types” then you have bigger problems than whether or not to write this essay.
An admissions officer is likely to think negatively about a list of 30 activities that lack focus or common themes. </p>
<p>I would suggest that you make a serious effort to edit your activities list to hone in what you consider most important - where is your real enthusiasm and long-term dedication? </p>
<p>You can certainly use the “additional info” section to flesh out details of your extracurricular activities. For example, you could list “math” on the Activities and then “see additional info” on the description line. You can then have an abbreviated resume type list in your additional info section that would list your specific competitions/volunteer tutoring/additional classes etc. </p>