Did I write too much?

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>For my additional information on the common app, I uploaded a 4 page resume, basically the one I gave to my teachers. It listed my AP classes, scores, extracurriculars, interests, and jobs, which would have been only a page or two, but I elaborated on nearly every extracurricular and interest. I'm starting to think this was a mistake... </p>

<p>I've submitted my app to all my safeties and top schools so far (and gotten deferred from Stanford... haha. maybe this was to blame?) should I try and revise it for my remaining schools so it's not as long? This is starting to worry me. Especially because I've applied to my top schools already.</p>

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<p>that is WAY too much. You dont need to list all your ap classes etc, those are on different parts of the application. Your resume should be short, 1 page( 2 page is a reach) is good and should only elaborate on stuff that is REALLY important to you or makes you stand out.</p>

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<p>Okay… that sucks. I listed all my AP classes because I have 15, and the common application only has room for 8 or 9. </p>

<p>Of course I’ll revise it for the colleges to which I have yet to apply, but am I screwed for those I have applied to?</p>

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<p>your transcript shows the ap classes, doesnt it? :&lt;/p>

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<p>I assume so, but it said in the section where you list AP classes to put ones that do not fit in the additional information section.</p>

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<p>Just use the additional comments area to elaborate on things it tells you to. Many colleges, such as Stanford strongly discourage you from even sending a resume. Didn’t you read that In the Stanford supplement, where it said so?</p>

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<p>List APs and ECs you didn’t have space for on the common app.</p>

<p>Maybe, MAYBE, elaborate on one EC if it’s very important or impressive.</p>

<p>Everything else is noise, and might actually hurt you.</p>

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<p>I must have missed that part on the supplement. Oh well, too late now. I’ll fix it for my remaining schools. There’s not much of a chance that this could hurt me enough to get more rejected than I already would be at my other top choices though, so I’m not going to worry about it.</p>