<p>To those of you who had successful applications, did you attach an EC list on top of the spaces given on the pton app? If you did, did you go into great depth explaining each award and activity or did you explain at all?</p>
<p>For those of you who didn't attach an extra list, how did you manage to fit in all the descriptions (if you had any) or honors in that space?</p>
<p>Last questions, did you list the EC are most related to your major first on the application?</p>
<p>thx!</p>
<p>I have not been accepted anywhere yet, but after being rejected ea at yale I can tell you this: EXPLAIN your extracurriculars! (and don't use the one on the application) After talking to other sucessuful people, a better councelor, and reading a is for admissions, I realize that is critical. I suggest picking up one of those books at Borders that will give you a nice format...you don't even have to buy it if you don't want, just flip through it at the store. As for how to attach it, I am still struggling with that myself. If I apply online can I send my extracurriculars as an attachment or is it better to send it all together? Anyway, hope this helped a little.</p>
<p>No, I didn't attach an extra resume, but I did add other stuff.</p>
<p>First of all, I used the Common App. In its additional info section, I described the background and curriculum of a Japanese course I taught at school.</p>
<p>I also did many programming-related activities, such as independently studying online MIT courses on comp sci, developing software for the community, and training for and participating in the USA Computing Olympiad. So I sent in my MIT notebook, a floppy containing my software and USACO training exercises I completed, and a two-page document describing the notebook and floppy contents.</p>
<p>The Common App has a textbox where you can enter all your awards, so I entered everything. I'm not sure how people using Princeton's own form can list all the awards without attaching a resume.</p>
<p>On the EC list, I put the activities in order of time spent. My main hobby - software development - took up the most hours so it ended up on top.</p>
<p>Good luck with the app!</p>
<p>Fowler, by explain, do you mean use the common app format, but just use a few sentences or something for the activity description? I did mine on paper and sent it in with everything, so it was easy for me. Maybe you could just send it in the mail.</p>
<p>My son just filled out the online form and did not attach a resume. There are adcoms that do like resumes and don't read them. I remember one quote that said, "A thick file is a sign of a thick mind." I think this was from Hargadon, but I'm not sure.</p>
<p>The best thing to do is to list your activities in such a way that it highlights your stengths. You don't have to list everyting, only the most important things. You don't want your important activities to get lost in a laundry list.</p>