<p>I'm putting my own activities/work/awards sheet to the Common App, since the space that they give you sucks. Should I just leave the other sections blank, say "see additional information," or leave the activites and their crappy descriptions in the sections?</p>
<p>Do NOT leave the section blank, whatever you do. Keep what you have there, and then expand upon it in the additional information section--or, what might be a better idea, send along a resume (that's what I did). That way you can format everything how you want to (bold, indent, bulleting, etc etc) and make everything a bit clearer.</p>
<p>Yeah, they say right on the Common App that even if you attach a resume to fill out that section, so they can "focus on the highlights" (or something like that).</p>
<p>And I agree with you about the crappiness of that section.</p>
<p>Believe it or not, the University of Michigan's section was even worse. There was space for about a 5 word description and only a pull down tab for activities.</p>
<p>Can't you just put the additional activities or awards in the "additional information" box?</p>
<p>I am putting it in the additional information section, my question was if I should leave the other sections blank.</p>
<p>I was advised NOT to.</p>
<p>I guess you'd better fill the app except the "addtional info" as much as you can first.</p>
<p>if youre using the common app, then you MUST fill out that section, however, if you use the pton app you can just leave it blank and put in "please see attached"</p>