<p>OMG I didn’t see that! HAHA. THANK YOU C09!</p>
<p>Does NHS go under academic distinctions or activities?</p>
<p>Do you consider it an academic distinction, or do you consider it an activity? It means different things because some high schools make it more of an honor than an activity, and others make it more of an activity than an honor.</p>
<p>Hi I was wondering if writing often for a citizen journalism site and getting paid periodically should go under work experience or extracurricular activities in the common app. Also, I’m assuming that all community service would go under the extracurricular activities?</p>
<p>Well, since I was just inducted in June, I’m not exactly sure. But from what I recall, NHS is more like a club at my school, that meets a few times a month, and sponsors a big charity talent show each spring. So, I’m thinking it should be under activities?</p>
<p>also, being a published poet would go under honors right?</p>
<p>i’m taking a gap year and applying using the common app 2008-2009 and have few questions:</p>
<p>1) for current year courses, do i list the courses that I took my senior year?
2) is it bad to have teacher recs from the same teachers (if i’m applying to a school that i’ve applied before fyi. got waitlisted, but didnt take anyone from the waitlist)?
3) what happens to the school forms (secondary school report, mid year report, final report)? does my old high school re-do them?
4) under academics, there is a secondary education interruption section. does gap year count as one of those options listed?</p>
<p>NHS is a hard one because lots of kids aren’t inducted until the end of junior year, so when they fill out their apps they have done nothing. It’s hard to know whether the chapter will be active and the student will spend a lot of time on projects,or whether it is even worth listing at all.</p>
<p>The on line application form for one school to which Son is applying has pretty extensive drop down lists, and NHS was listed under both ECs and Community Service.</p>
<p>Only if you won an award, otherwise it would be an EC.</p>
<p>jts117: It’s your call. I don’t know your school–you decide for yourself whether you find it an academic honor or an activity. I can tell you that many people in NHS put it under honors and others put it under activity, so I don’t think it really matters. Just do your best to put it in the more correct spot.</p>
<p>Is the short answer part of the common app (the one that asks you to elaborate on an ec) supposed to be like an essay? Is it supposed to sound like a narrative or is it supposed to be more concrete - This is what I do, major accomplishments, things i’ve learned etc. ?</p>
<p>So yes, all the schools I’m apply require 2 teacher recs/evals and 1 ssr, so please don’t respond to my questions by saying that I should check with each school on whether they accept them or not.</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendations:</p>
<p>Should I invite teachers to recommend me online or should I give them the printed out copy?</p>
<p>If I invite them online, how exactly does the process work? Will the two recommenders I invite - be for every school?</p>
<p>Secondary School Report:</p>
<p>Should I just give this to my counselor? And ask to make 7/8 copies? Which one is better online or posted?</p>
<p>Also, how does the online process for this work?</p>
<p>Last Few Questions:</p>
<p>If copies of these are made (i.e. not filled out online by counselors and teachers), I have to each to a different admissions office right?</p>
<p>Okay, a counselor has recently moved to another school but she said she would be willing to write my rec. for me since I know her. Do I invite her through the common app? is that against some rules since she does not work at my school anymore?</p>
<p>^ That seems more of a complex/difficult question that should be answered by EACH of the schools themselves. I suggest calling each of office of undergraduate admissions to clarify this.</p>
<p>Is the short answer part of the common app (the one that asks you to elaborate on an ec) supposed to be like an essay? Is it supposed to sound like a narrative or is it supposed to be more concrete - This is what I do, major accomplishments, things i’ve learned etc. ?</p>
<p>MODERATOR NOTE to “Common App “Work Experience”?” thread:</p>
<p>I’ll merge this thread with: CA Q&A sticky thread.</p>
<p>Ok, so as you know, you have to submit Teacher Recommendations, School Forms, Mid-Year Forms. However, although you apply online for commonapp, teachers prefer that you give them paper forms. Thus, instead of using the online “school form invite” option, you have to download the forms. Now, colleges say that, if you are using the paper version, you should make sure your commonapp id is at the bottom of the page (without it, your form is void).</p>
<p>Well there’s a problem. When you go to download forms on the commonapp website, it only lets you do this when you’re logged out. So, as you download forms, your ID doesn’t appear anywhere. And, I don’t think you can just write your ID in pen at the bottom. What do we do?</p>
<p>^That’s a really good question I would like to know too!</p>
<p>^Even I am facing this problem. I was thinking of writing it to the Common App support. However, can’t the teachers take out prints of the form after they have been invited, instead of filling it online? Anybody?</p>
<p>Question 1:
At my school, varsity cross country consists of only senior runners regardless of ability. Should I mark this sport as four years of ‘Varsity Cross Country’ or four years of ‘Non-Varsity Sport’? I plan on doing the latter, but I feel it will take away value from the EC.</p>
<p>Question 2:
For EC/Honors that don’t fit, I plan on doing a resume. Should I restate all my EC/Honors or just the ones that didn’t fit? To be honest, there are only like two or three that didn’t fit… and they are the really pathetic ones.</p>