Gap Year Question

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>Should I write an essay or list my GAP YEAR activities in bullet points?
I think writing an essay would be more helpful, but I am not sure whether it is allowed for this section or not.</p>

<p>**Education Interruption<a href="Education%20Interruption%20Section%20of%20the%20Common%20App">/b</a>
If your education was or will be interrupted, please check all that apply.</p>

<p>did not/will not graduate
did/will graduate early
did/will graduate late
did/will change secondary schools
did/will take time off
did/will take gap year
did/will receive GED </p>

<p>Provide details on the item(s) checked above.</p>

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<p>please help!</p>

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<p>I actually wrote mine in a letter format–I don’t know what is or isn’t allowed, but they basically let you upload a text document so they don’t say that something <em>has</em> to be bulleted or in paragraph form. Anything that succinctly explains what you did, I think, would be best since bullets leave a lot to the imagination. And besides, why not let them hear what you did for that year in your own voice? </p>

<p>That can’t hurt.</p>

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<p>tick did or will take gap year,write your essay in MSWord(it shouldnt be too long,just focus on the highlights)then upload.that should be fine.</p>

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<p>Thank You guys.</p>

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<p>i wrote an essay, and its kind of long-ish, but i got a couple of friends who’ve interned at Princeton’s admissions office to read it, and they said it was a good piece. So i say essay…</p>