<p>What are folks doing with the "additional information" section of the common app?</p>
<p>Please provide an answer below if you wish to provide details of circumstances or qualifications not reflected in the application. You may enter up to 650 words.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Do NOT use it for an extra essay or resume that repeats what is already in your Common App (some people think this is what it is for, it is not). The types of things my kids and others I know have used it for:</p>
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<li>If you have an EC where you have some related activities and awards, you can list hat EC in Activities, then say “See additional information”. Say, Music is the EC. Then in the additional info section, you put a header that says “Activities - Music”, and bullet out details of music participation, awards, camps, etc. Not paragraphs, doesn’t even need to be complete sentences.</li>
<li>One of my kids took a MOOC, and there was no place else to put it. It was not for high school or college credit, so she put a couple of sentences about it in the Additional Info section.</li>
<li>One of my kids had more high school classes senior year than would fit in the spaces they gave (some .25 credit art classes put her over the number). She listed those in the additional info section.</li>
<li>Occasionally students use this section as an explanation for something like a dip in grades. This is hazardous – often better off to talk to your Guidance Counselor and ask them to include something in their recommendation if there have been legitimate challenges beyond normal high school stress.</li>
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<p>Admissions officers do want a full picture of your activities and accomplishments, but they don’t want any more paper than necessary. Be brief and don’t repeat info found elsewhere with anything you choose to put in this section. It is okay to put nothing there, too.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>