The stupid Common Application only has space to list 8 extracurricular activities! What should I do if I have 8 to 10 more (I assure you I’m not a list-padder with simply brownie points), It is hard to create a professional looking resume and extracurriular section in the “ADDITONAL INFO” box!
<p>That is just too many EC's to be meaningful. If the other ones matter, write about them in the essay.</p>
<p>i had to grit my teeth n decrease my list too</p>
<p>An admission counselor at MIT wrote this in her blog:</p>
<p>""Student Profiles", "Activity Resumes", and other multi-page lists of distinctions. The first rule of resumes is that they should be no longer than a page. A page means the front of one page. If you're applying to MIT, we ask you to list and describe your 7 most important activities. We think 7 should be enough room. If you're doing more than 7 things, pick the 7 most important. Additional sheets aren't necessary you should be able to tell us everything we want to know on our form. That said, there seems to be a trend in college counseling to encourage the inclusion of an "activity resume", which, as far as I can tell, is a long document, usually in excess of three pages, which consists of a poorly formatted chronological listing of activities and distinctions in chronological order and excruciating detail. They are, in general, unhelpful and unrevealing. Don't bother with these. They are the resume equivalent of a Noam Chomsky talk: they inundate the recipient with too much information, they are longwinded and unrevised, what structure they may have is not immediately apparent, and they make you want to get up and walk out. Pick your favorite things, your most significant achievements, and leave it at that."</p>