Extracuricular Activities Section

<p>I won an international piano competition in middle school. Am I allowed to put this down under my extracurricular activities section, or does it have to be high school? And will they check and realize it is middle school?</p>

<p>Also are they actually going to read the Additional Info page, because I have so much stuff and no where to put it? And do they care about the dates you won your competitions?</p>

<p>I have the choice between putting down 1st place in a regional competition during high school, or 3rd place in an international competition but during middle school, in the blank provided</p>

<p>Depends on the competition. Whats the name of it?</p>

<p>It’s a competition mainly for people under 18. I competed in the year it was made. I probably should not give out the name for the sake of anonymity. I don’t think it is too large though.</p>

<p>well if the competition doesn’t have much reputation, then its not worth putting, especially if it was in middle school</p>

<p>Well, will they know its in middle school?</p>

<p>unless you don’t mention the year (which is suspicious if you don’t), the competition number (which is suspicious if you don’t), they will know</p>

<p>also, if you have only this one single “international” competition, and nothing else, they will not think much of it because there are a ton of local level competitions that call themselves international</p>

<p>The second point is assuming that the competition isn’t like Tchaikovsky or the ones at some of the famous camps</p>

<p>On the Common App, it literally gives me no space. Do they expect me to put years next to all the things I say?</p>

<p>That is why many students upload a complete resume as part of the Common App. The form they have for putting in EC’s really sucks. Just make sure your guidance counselor reviews it first.</p>

<p>I read that that looks pretentious though. Also do they expect me to upload a resume? Like basically, are most kids putting in dates or am I not alone?</p>