<p>I had a question: how should I list my extra-curriculars on the attached resume? Should I go through my list and list all ECs, repeat information, and further elaborate if possible? Or should I solely mention the ECs (on the resume) that I didn't have room to elaborate on?</p>
<p>Is there a standard way to do this?</p>
<p>Also, would it be all-right for me to group my Volunteer Work into one spot-because it's all over the place?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>I’d like to know also. </p>
<p>Is it formatted simply like the following?</p>
<p>“Activity Name: details
Activity Name: details
Activity Name: details”</p>
<p>There isn’t a standard, however, your resume should not repeat information that is already listed elsewhere in the application, else you risk irritating the adcoms with boredom.</p>
<p>There are lots of ways to create an activities resume. Put in “Brag sheet” or “example activities resume” into Google and check out what you find. Like gibby said, there’s no standard or wrong way. However, there are certain layouts that make for better resumes. </p>
<p>My personal favorite is the template in Kat Cohen’s book, “The Truth About Getting In”. Basically, you make several sections (ECs, work experience, com service, summer experiences, hobbies, award&honors) and detail the activity under that section. I prefer creating sections by EC category though (sports, speech and debate, FBLA, violin, etc) because this will highlight your focus areas. So in your case, you could label one section “Volunteer Work” and detail your experiences under that heading. </p>
<p>Let me if you’d like a sample template of the brag sheet I described.</p>
<p>Greenpenguin;</p>
<p>Depending on the various types of ECs you have, I’d agree with Drunkofdreams.</p>
<p>The way I did it last year was I put a resume and on the resume I broke it up into sections:</p>
<ol>
<li>Work Experience</li>
<li>Community Service</li>
<li>ECs</li>
<li>Hobbies/Interests</li>
</ol>
<p>It can be further broken down into:
<p>Etc., etc.</p>
<p>Thank you SO much.</p>
<p>So, then I would just mention the ECs that I further wanted to elaborate on, not all of them, right?</p>
<p>Any reply to the question above this post? I’m curious as well.</p>
<p>That is correct.</p>
<p>With ECs that you already mentioned on the Common App, you wouldn’t include those. (Unless there really is a great deal of information you couldn’t fit on the Common App.) </p>
<p>Just have a header on the top saying “ECs Continued” or “ECs;” something to that effect.</p>
<p>Should we add a quick heading to identify ourselves? (Name, address, email, maybe even applicant number? It IS a resume, after all).</p>
<p>Nope, you don’t need to do that. When it is sent out to college and if they print out files, it clearly states on the top your name and common app number. If you don’t believe me, you can print it out yourself and see it. You could insert a header that says “Name - Common Application Resume.”</p>
<p>For my resume, I attached the resume I always use, so it included my address and such. It depends on what kind of resume you end up making. If it’s just a brag sheet, I’d stick to the header. If it’s the type of resume you send out to firms for jobs/internships, it’ll already have your address.</p>
<p>Oh sweet thanks! </p>
<p>Also, like my job resume, my brag sheet will just list the years I was active per EC, etc., instead of the usual (9th Grade, 10th Grade, etc.) on Common App. I take it that’s okay too? It seems much more formal than (9th Grade - Present).</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s perfectly alright if you do that; that’s what I did.</p>
<p>Well, I have 3-4 ECs that I mentioned on the app but felt that I should elaborate on them because they were such general details. So, that would be alright…right, miss_murd3r?</p>
<p>Greenpenguins; you mean you elaborated on an extra attachment? That should be fine, save you didn’t write a whole essay explaining what you did. Haha.</p>