<p>Hi all!
I am a senior applying to college for fall 2013 and I have some questions about the common application! I was wondering what order I should list my extracurricular's in the activities portion of the Common App. Chronologically? OR most important to least important? Should I put all of my service activities at the top, then my sports and then my theater? Also, if I have more than 10 extracurricular's, should I just list the rest of my extracurricular's in additional information, or should I make a whole separate resume?
Thank you very much and I look forward to your answers!</p>
<p>You are supposed to list your ECs in order of importance to you, so if your service experience was more important than your sports put that on top if not arrange it so that it goes from most important to not that important. After doing this you might want to consider leaving some off since you have more than ten but if you really can’t take any off list them in the additional info section, don’t make a whole resume for them (adcoms don’t want to read a resume) just list it in the format you listed them in the common app</p>
<p>Thank you so much! Your advice was very helpful! I have decided to take out some of my extracurricular’s. I was also wondering if you knew how I should write the essay where I have to expand on one of my extracurricular’s. Should it be descriptive, or should it be more to the point of what I actually did? THANK YOU!</p>
<p>Raqbau mentions that Adcoms “don’t want to read a resume”. However, our counselor recommends that we submit a concise CV (1-2 pages max) in the “Additional Information” section (near the essay section; where you can upload addtl info). She says that it is useful since there is no room in the Common App “EC” section to elaborate on your most important EC’s. Elaborating a bit helps to make it more than just a luandry list. Of course, the Adcoms don’t have time to read a long treatise, but I thought that a brief resume/CV was a good idea. What does everybody think about this?</p>
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<p>I have no problem with a
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resume, what I have a problem with is when people write a whole other essay or put everything they have ever done in the additional info section, it’s not a good idea. If you have an activity you spent a lot of time on and you think it deserves to be explained more than you can on the activities section then by all means do it, but like I said before, the key is to prioritize.</p>
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<p>That is entirely up to you, most people write about the lessons they learned and why the activity was important to them. If you need any inspiration I would be glad to share mine with you.</p>
<p>Thank you again! You have been extremely helpful! I would love to see your essay as a little guideline! thank you thank you thank you!</p>
<p>Your welcome :)</p>