<p>the application says that they're only intrested in hearing about 5 activities most important to me. does that mean i can't attach a resume?</p>
<p>From reading the blogs, I hear that they really don't want you to but if you want to you can. They say almost no students do it and one blogger even said something on the lines of "So don't do it". Its your choice however.</p>
<p>No one will hold it against you for sending in a resume, but I honestly think it will have about zero impact on your application.</p>
<p>well in 5 spaces, i was gonna put in, in order;
1) musical instrument, 12 years
2) senior mentor (selected from large pool of applicants)
3) habitat for humanity (president 2 years)
4) association for diversity in action (leader 2 years, leadership award, lead discussions on society issues)
5) asian culture club (vice president, brings support to asian group, talks about racial issues present within school)</p>
<p>but if that were it, i wouldnt be able to tell them
national honor society (2 years, organized tutoring group before/after school)
academic decathlon (captain)</p>
<p>You can talk about them in the essays (?)
Use Additional Information (?)</p>
<p>Or, perhaps, if you didn't list them in the top 5, they weren't as important to you? (Again, I'm just guessing - no offense). But then listing something that you are not passionate about would add nothing to your application(?)</p>
<p>I guess they set up the limit to find out what you really like. Without it, one could just list all EC's he/she had...and there would be no way to find out which activities the person put his/her heart in, and in which he/she participated just to look good to college X</p>
<p>That's just my opinion :)</p>
<p>well habitat for humanity, association for diversity in action, and asian culture club all have a similar theme. i was hoping admissions could figure that out because they relate to injustices within our society.</p>
<p>habitat helps people get a home -- families in bad conditions who need a home and are willing to work hard for it
association for diversity in action - we talk about gender/racial/socioeconomic issues/stereotypes
asian culture club - we bring support to the asian community and organize cultural events in school</p>
<p>of course, i dont know how to formulate all of that into a coherent thought. it just works out in my mind.</p>
<p>What about grouping similar activies together, like saying intercultural programs for the (topic) and then explaining i was in this project and this program and this thing etc? Do you think this would be ok as long as i dont exceed the 40 words limit?</p>
<p>Yes, alpear, many people group together similar activities in one of the 5 spaces. That sounds like a good idea for you! Remember that you can expand more on any of these activities or groups of activities in the "Optional/anything else?" section of the application.</p>
<p>
A perceptive comment. :) They do want to learn what's most important to you among the activities you've chosen to participate in. Most applicants will have more than 5 extra-curricular activities. They don't want to read a list: they want to see what you place the most value in for yourself.</p>
<p>thanks a lot for the quick reply.</p>
<p>Ummm, i think i have two more questions:</p>
<p>1 What is an academic distinction? What is not? Would a second place in the regional chess championship be one? Or a leading role in a play that was selected best in the school and qualified for regional finals? Or being the leader of civil involvement kinda project that won a national championship and recognized internationally by unicef? I am listing these because im really lost. I dont know, I am at an isolated boarding school and there does not seem to be much that i did outside the school? What should i do? Do most people fill those 7 spaces?</p>
<p>2 I am already doing the 'sth you created' option, but I want to do the other optional paper, too. Is it a 'don't do it unless its gonna be real good' thing? Or would it show that im very interested in attending MIT even if it is a so-so one. </p>
<p>Sorry for the language, I am death tired.</p>