How upset would admissions officers get...?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm an very involved in three of my extra curricular activities, so I have a lot of awards and a lot of stuff that I want to put on my resume.</p>

<p>I'm having an insanely difficult time paring it down to one page. So far I'm at two pages. I'm at the point where I feel like I'm going to be leaving some important stuff about me if I cut anymore.</p>

<p>Exactly how irked would admissions officers get if I wrote two pages of resume instead of just one?</p>

<p>And how should it be formatted? Just lists? Just descriptions? Bullets? Right now, I am writing descriptions of the activities and then listing out awards I have won.</p>

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<p>Daughter sent out a 1.5 page 'summary of awards and activities sheet' and was accepted by many very selective schools.</p>

<p>I really think this "one page resume" talk is way overrated. We're not talking about a multi-page document, just a second page!</p>

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<p>Yeah- I've got a little under 1.5 pages.</p>

<p>So long as it's not cluttered and it's easy to read, it should be fine.</p>

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<p>Most adcoms don't mind your extra resume provided you also filled out their form. If you used your own format <em>instead</em> of theirs they get annoyed and think you can't follow directions,</p>

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<p>On most applications there are seperate places to list awards, # of hours spent each week on EC's, etc. including an area at the end of most application for "additional information" I think you should try filling in a" sample" application with your EC's awards, etc in all the appropriate places possible. Then see what is still on that list that hadn't been already been mentioned. For instance, if you had been playing piano since 2nd grade, and you can only list your HS years under EC's, then go ahead and list -Piano studies for 11 years at the back of your application under additional comments or awards, but don't list awards you were given in middle school , for instance, unless they are really important [like if you played at Carnegie Hall ].
Admissions officers want to see your MOST important and recent accomplishments /EC's listed first. If you want to send in a supplement then I suggest you make it an recommendation letter from someone who can give additional information about your passion and commitment for an EC , if possible. A.O.'s don't want to have to "dig" into an additional 2 sheets of paper to figure you out. Make it easy for them to "get" you. By the way, S had 2 extensive EC's in diverse areas over many years, but found a way to fit all the pertinent info regarding them onto his applications without the need for additional sheets. He was accepted at 13 colleges, including 2 top Ivys, so it can be done.</p>

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<p>I agree with Scipio's comments. He[?] said it better than I did.</p>