<p>How many different aspects can I elaborate on here?</p>
<p>Can I talk about an extracurricular I loved in one paragraph and explain why some ECs ended abruptly?</p>
<p>Then in the next paragraph explain an aspect of my essay as a precaution?</p>
<p>What should the format be like? Paragraphs or bullets or..?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Usually you only want to actually write a full explanation if there was some outside circumstance that affected your performance in school, or something like that. I’m using it to provide a brief explanation about my gap year. The general rule is: if you don’t NEED to put anything there, don’t. It’s just more for the adcoms to read.</p>
<p>Don’t talk about an EC that you loved. Maybe provide a sentence about why some ECs ended abruptly if it looks odd or suspicious. I don’t understand what you mean about explaining your essay “as a precaution”. That makes me nervous. If you wrote your essay right, you shouldn’t need to explain it.</p>
<p>You can’t do bullets in the CA textboxes (I don’t think…). Just write a sentence or two. Don’t try and make it artsy or anything; just let your reader know what they need to know.</p>
<p>@LAMuniv
There was a part in my essay that some people who read it said that part made me seem “naive”. The “naive” thing was a trend I observed though, and did not originate from me. I’m just afraid that the Adcom might also somehow come to the conclusion that I’m naive.</p>
<p>The naive thing is relating troubles over the internet (not the main focus of my essay, I was describing the way that people did it though). </p>
<p>Should I just trust the adcoms? </p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>Should I use that section to talk about volunteering if I have none listed in the activity section because all of mine were one-off events, not repeated?</p>
<p>@CeLcel Don’t use the additional information section for that. Your essay needs to be able to stand on its own without any supplemental information - plus, what wold you say? “I’m not naïve?” I say don’t include it.</p>
<p>@Gohan24 It’s rude to ask your own question on someone else’s thread instead of making your own, but I think you can take a sentence or two to say something like “I have also acted as a volunteer for many one-day events. These events include _______.”</p>
<p>You should not have to explain anything in your essay. If part of your essay makes you sound naïve, you need to change it.</p>