On the application, it gives you space to put some extracurriculars in small boxes. You can put the name, type, range of dates you did it from, etc. The ‘types’ include Extracurricular, Job, Varsity Sport, etc.
However, below that, they give you unlimited space to “list any extracurriculars/awards/honors that I would like to be considered with admission.” How do I list these? Do I summarize in a few sentences or should I be short and to the point, like
“4-H Club; Treasurer, 2013-2015” or “North County Fastpitch Association Softball Team; member, 2010-2016; Team Captain, 2013-2016”
Or, do colleges want you to sort of explain these ventures? Like
I was in said 4-H Club for 4 years, one of which was during 9th grade. During that year I was Club Treasurer-- I was responsible for keeping track of money, managing the bank account, and deciding whether purchases were financially wise. During my 10th grade year, I joined another 4-H Club. Both of these clubs worked to improve the local community.
(I’ll write it better, but just a general idea.)
In addition to this, if I was in a club in middle school and continued it through high school, should I let colleges know? Will it show more commitment? I’ve heard that they don’t care about middle school achievements (that’s not what I’m putting on there, anyways), but I would think that they’d like to see that I was in the club longer than just 9th & 10th grade to establish myself in it.