<p>I know colleges have said 'do not be intimidated to fill all the activity lists' but I'm still concerned how an adcom will view someone with only 4-6 activities. </p>
<p>did anyone not complete the list and still get accepted? </p>
<p>colleges do look for depth of involvement, but in CC standards, 8 extracurricular activities merely seems to be a 'requirement' in getting accepted to nation's top prestigious colleges. I'm shooting for Penn and MIT.</p>
<p>No. It's better to leave some spots unfilled than come up with weak extracurriculars.</p>
<p>I have over 10 laundry lists of extracurricular activities especially as I have transferred schools. (5~6 activities for each school); its not that I don't have enough, but I felt that it wasn't worth mentioning clubs that I've only spent 1 hour on each week.</p>
<p>Kemet is right. And I think you were right to do that. I filled up only the first box on the common app, whereas most people here would run well into a new page. Furthermore, most of those were different iterations of a similar topic (Spring Ultimate, Fall Ultimate, Winter Ultimate). </p>
<p>I got in. They're not looking for a laundry list or a competition to see who has the most. they're looking to get an accurate picture of who you are.</p>
<p>For MIT at least, it's much better to write down fewer activities that you're really involved in/passionate about than to write more activities, some of which are fillers.</p>
<p>I wrote all my important ones</p>
<p>-Tae Kwon Do
-Kung Fu
-Capoeira
-Aikido
-Tai Chi
-Violin
-Visual Arts
-Tutoring</p>
<p>those are my important ones.... I've won awards for some like Technology Students Association, or U.I.L Math/Science, etc but I really don't have passion for that.</p>
<p>I filled all the spaces but listed the most important at the top. I didn't put clubs and stuff if I only like went to one meeting but I put everything that was important to me (and I made sure to have enough activities that I took part in). Some activities can fill two listings like I was in Drama and a Thespian (drama honor society) so it's 2 seperate activities... stuff like that. I'm sure you can fill all the spaces and I think its a good idea (or at least list 5-6. Don't list like 20... most applications like the common app let you list about 6 and that's a good number. That's room for a club, a service activity, a sport, a leadership, and a couple of out of school things (church group, internship, research project, camp/conference you went to every year, etc).</p>
<p>I didn't fill out all the spaces and I got in to Dartmouth. The difference was that I spend 25+ hours per week on my top EC and have 3 others that I'm also pretty involved in.</p>
<p>I filled all the spaces, but had the ones I'm most dedicated to at the top. I think I had 7 activities...</p>
<p>tkb6 - 25hrs/week? wow, that's impressive. what do you do?</p>
<p>talk about intense......</p>
<p>I pull 12 hrs a week in martial arts and i thought that was dedication.</p>
<p>wow, very impressive! I only spend 4 hours at maximum for my most dedicated school activity;</p>
<p>We write the community service/ internship all on the activity list too!?
Wow, no wonder everyone complains 8 isn't enough...</p>
<p>My son listed about 4-6, but his top EC (competitive swimming) took up a minimum of 25 hrs/week exclusive of competition, meetings, and travel.</p>
<p>I filled all the spaces, but made sure to emphasize the highlights in my activities resume. I wouldn;t worry too mucha bout not filling all the spaces- emphasizing your involvement is the important thing anyway.</p>
<p>It might even be impressive when you seem to be running out of space, as in: "1's in various solo and ensemble competions" or "awards at district and regional debate competitions", if true.</p>
<p>I figure skate.</p>