<p>I spoke to my guidance counselor the other day about how to common app only lets you add 10 things in the activities portion. Between sports, clubs, and work experience, I have way more than 10 things and I asked her what to do about it. She told me to leave the activities portion blank and submit my own resume under "additional info". </p>
<p>I was hesitant to do this because I wasn't sure if college admissions counselors would be annoyed with me for including my own resume instead of using the common app. I asked my GC about it and she said it didn't matter, and she was once an admissions officer. Part of me is still unsure though... Do you think this a bad idea?</p>
<p>Don’t listen to your GC on that one–it’s called “additional info” for a reason. If they wanted you to list all 50 (give or take) of your EC’s, they’d give room for that. They want at most, 10 in the activities section. Additional info is for anything that simply doesn’t belong anywhere else, like special circumstances or explanations–not extra room.</p>
<p>List the top 10. If the rest are impressive and not just a list activities attach them as Additional Info. Some schools will look at the attachment and others might not.</p>
<p>Quality not quantity always. Put what’s most important to you (not necessarily what’s most impressive) and relevant to your application. Resist the urge to laundry list!</p>