<p>Sooo I'm looking through the common app form and I noticed that there are only 7 spots for extracirrics and activities on it and I want to put at least 12 activities on it. Sooo what do I do?</p>
<p>...or am I looking at the wrong one?</p>
<p>you cry, and then pick the 6 most valuable/time consuming ECs on there so colleges do not think that you are an EC grubber/jack of all trades/only concerned with admissions and have no real passion</p>
<p>my advice: separate you ECs into tiers, and then only put the first tier, or 1 and 2 tiers on there, maybe leave a slot empty if it is just a crap 1/2 hr/month spanish club that you need to tell them about; there is a fine line between selling yourself, and padding your resume.</p>
<p>so its better to fill out 6 spots rather than 7? (what if the last activity isnt about resume padding?)</p>
<p>This year's Common App asks you to list your principal EC's in order of how much interest you have in them. If you have more, they go in the extra information section.</p>
<p>that was kind of a joke, 12 is too much though, like I said, separate them into a few tiers , and just chose the 1st or 1st and 2nd tier, the stuff that really really really matters, the stuff that you put your heart and soul into. This does not include NHS</p>
<p>You can either put it in the Additional info section or send a separate resume. However, some schools don't like extra information so you might want to check with the school. (I know Stanford definitely does not want extra info)</p>
<p>where does NHS go then?</p>
<p>^ Um, it's up to you. If it's important to you, put it in your 7. If not, leave it out.</p>
<p>hamburgler, FYI, a lot of people on here seem to have little respect for NHS as an EC. I'm guessing at their schools, it doesn't do much as an organization and is used as resume filler. That's why CJ above says to leave it on or off. But that may not be the case at your school. If you're asking where to rank it among your seven slots, then it depends on how much time you spend on NHS activities, are you an officer, etc. Taking the cue from people on here, I'd say it would be a weak no. 1 if you're applying to very selective schools and a member who isn't terribly involved.</p>
<p>Hope that makes sense!</p>
<p>NHS can also go into Academic Honors.</p>
<p>^ i go to same school as hamburglar and nhs at our school really does nothing</p>
<p>lmao i just clicked on that link and it said:
"cannot open that file. it probably doesn't exist"
HAHAHAHA</p>
<p>who cares about NHS?</p>