Do you think adcoms would get annoyed?

Applying to College
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<p>Lots of people attach an in-depth look at their ECs for the "additional info" section of the common app, right?</p>

<p>Well, do you think they'd get annoyed if my "in-depth look" was three pages for 10 activities? Some of them are the activities I listed in my seven activities section, and some not. But I write anything from a couple sentences to a short paragraph for each activity. Do you think this is all extraneous, and it'd just end up making adcoms annoyed? </p>

<p>Thanks so much for your help... I'm getting so stressed out as the Jan 1 deadline starts looooooooooming over my head.</p>

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<p>Nopee
I think thats a good idea and I am doing the exact same thing :)
I think alot of people do that</p>

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<p>I think that as long as your additional info brings a new element to your application and doesn't rehash what's already been said in other parts of your application it will be fine. Perhaps you could shorten it to include just the important stuff.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I mean alot of my stuff required further explanation..I could say I shadowed a doctor..but in the description, I wrote about what kinds of doctors/what I did and how they guided me to find a researcher to shadow/help</p>

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<p>I can't help but think this is a bit much. Look at it this way: the common app gives you 150 words to describe one EC in more depth. One might interpret that to mean that colleges don't want every EC described at that level. If I had to read it (and I've read applications in a similar context), I would just gloss over the extra info. Be strategic and target what really needs to be explained.</p>

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<p>It's too much. Follow each school's rules. Do not send anything they do not want. You could incorporate some of your ECs in your essays. Some people do include one page resume.</p>

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<p>Second oldfort's suggestion. A friend of mine with the most extensive, impressive, mindboggling attached resume (and perfect grades and SAT scores) was just deferred from his dream Ivy, and his guidance counselor in retrospect thinks it was the resume.</p>

<p>That being said, I did include a small attachment to my application, but nothing too much.</p>

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<p>at most one page attachment.</p>

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<p>My additional info is a bit less than a page. I'd keep it a page or less.</p>

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<p>eesh! So many differing comments, but I think I'll just go with it thanks to smiles1011! lol</p>

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<p>Just make sure that you didn't waste space explaining something that is self-explanatory. For example, don't explain common national awards, the kind that colleges are already familiar with and well-aware of. You probably don't need to explain sports and national organizations, either.</p>

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<p>I just put down camps and conferences i attended b/c there was no space else where.
Do you think not further explaining hurts me? or makes me look lazy?</p>

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<p>
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but in the description, I wrote about what kinds of doctors/what I did and how they guided me to find a researcher to shadow

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Way too much info! Anything more than "Shadowed ob/gyn" is much too detailed. At best your resume will be glanced at; at worst (and likely) it will be tossed aside.</p>

<p>kyobo - your listing should be fine.</p>

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<p>Is point form ok for this? mine's a little over a page but I only included extras about my seven activities and a note about a hobby.</p>

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<p>It's fine.</p>