<p>I'm only a junior, so I am not applying this year, but I went online for fun and downloaded the Gtown application.</p>
<p>I was reading through it, and all I could find were places to write about your SCHOOL activities, but no indication of stuff you do outside of school.</p>
<p>For instance, I do very little at school (because my school offers very little), but I do a ton outside: summer programs, community service, I'm a student pilot, extra language etc. etc. etc. Finally, I went on a 4 month/1 semester foreign exchange program in Switzerland, but I found no place to write about that. The app only asks you if you spent more than one year abroad, but otherwise, you can't elaborate on where you went and what you did. </p>
<p>So my question is, where on the application does one include such information about activities NOT done at school? I spent a lot of time looking but found no place to squeeze it in.</p>
<p>One place I was able to talk about the things I have done outside of school was the alumni interview. The vast majority of applicants get them, and at mine I was able to talk about my experience in a summer exchange program to France and other things not relating to school. </p>
<p>Your essays are another possibility, especially if one of your activities is a major passion and will help to show the admissions committee something about you as a person.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I looked back and saw that some people created resumes. Is this is a viable option to include that information? Do they look at it with the rest of the application?</p>
<p>Personally, I think they would look at it. I would make it easily readable and clearly labeled, however. My friends' sister who goes to GW submitted a resume to make her application stronger, and it worked for her. Just as long as you make it new information that adds something to your application without a lot of extra paper, I think it would work in your favor. </p>
<p>You may want to ask somewhere else, however, because I'm just a high school senior with no real authority on this...</p>
<p>yup, that's where the resume comes in... i made one because i have 10x more activities/awards/programs that there's space for. i separated my resume into different sections like "extracurricular activities" (clubs and stuff at school), "athletics" (varsity teams i've been on since 9-present) "athletic achievements" (awards from sports teams), "community service," "community service achievements" (community service related awards), "work experience/internship," "summer programs," and "academic honors." </p>
<p>Hope that helps... if you have any questions, feel free to ask...</p>
<p>Thanks a lot. I typically do way more away from school than I do at school, so I am glad they allow resumes.</p>
<p>i probably should have done a resume, but i was too lazy. most of my activities were out of school--but i wrote my little activity essay thingy about taking care of my grandmother (not a traditional ec but something i put on my apps.) plus, there are those little check boxes. small comfort though, i know.</p>
<p>mostly i showed my biggest passion by sending in supp. art materials. you could do that if you have some kind of arts focus.</p>