<p>Are we allowed to attach another page of activity, awards and community service list, or are we to cramp everything in that single bondpaper?</p>
<p>I don't know, but I have a similar question for the online application. If my resume is more than one page long, but less than the 25 kb or whatever, is that ok?</p>
<p>I think you can add as much as you want.</p>
<p>I think it's ok ... mine was 2 full pages long with no annotations.</p>
<p>My daughter was an applicant last fall and we asked if rather than fill in the activity section on the application if she could attach a resume instead that included all the required information and the admissions office said YES. She left that part of the application blank and attached her three page annotated resume that she sent to every school on her list. She is now a student at Brown. I hope that information helps.
Susan</p>
<p>Susan,</p>
<p>Did she use the usual table type or followed the Brown format?</p>
<p>Paradox...hmm....hearing those two options, I would say neither. I don't know what you mean by the Brown "format". She included all the required information that application activity charts ask for, and any information Brown asked for. Her resume has each activity and awards/achievements in those activities, the hours per week, the weeks per year, the number of years, annoations...same with all categories inc. work experiences, summer experiences, comm. service, and then a list of academic awards and honors. So, she has all the information any application asks for but it is more comprehensive than a little chart would have. For other apps, she still filled in the chart if they required it (not all apps did) but still included her "resume". For Brown, they said she could just attach the resume and not additionally fill in any stuff on the app on this topic. </p>
<p>Brown aside, I think all applicants should attach an annotated resume even if they fill in the little "charts" on the apps. I don't think that little two inch chart could ever show my kids' lives outside the classroom. In Brown's case, it was nice to not even have to do the chart and just send the resume. But she did have a little chart she did on WORD for applications that state you must fill it in even if attaching a resume. My post earlier was to say that BROWN admissions told us that just attaching the resume was all that was required, as long as the information asked for is on it (and it is). </p>
<p>Realize that the resume can list more than one achievement per activity, unlike a little chart. As well, annotations for each activity are included, unlike a chart allows. I suggest this for ALL students. It so happens that my kids have extensive EC lives but I think an annotated resume is a document that can really show any student's life outside the classroom and I have helped students who have done far less ECs show these in such a document that makes the person come alive far better than the little app charts do. </p>
<p>Susan</p>
<p>wait.. how do we include our resumes for the online application?</p>
<p>In my opinion, one of the drawbacks to an online application is not being able to send things like a resume, or cover letter, or anything that does not fit neatly onto the application. My kids used paper applications.</p>
<p>My son recently completed the online app; it provides a way to upload a resume as a Word document directly into the application. It seemed from the copy he was able to print out that the resume was exactly as he had hoped. If such had not been the case, he was planning to send the resume snail mail, and he did send the photo and one other document via snail mail. It was very nice to get confirmation within about an hour that the application was complete. I still have a lot of trouble trusting the online process, especially for applications as intricate as Brown's. I am keeping my fingers crossed that it really is correct.</p>