Questions about Extracurriculars and Awards

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<li><p>Do we need any proofs to strengthen the extracurriculars ? If yes, should it be a scanned version or a pdf document ? And can my school include them with the transcripts and reports ?</p></li>
<li><p>Do activities such as working for family business and being editor for a website count ? </p></li>
<li><p>Since in my country, high schools only have 3 years, should I list the activities and awards I got in 9th grade ?</p></li>
<li><p>Which types of activiites is included in the "School Spirit", "Academic", "Art" and "Foreign Language" ? Does learning how to play an instrument / speak a foreign language count ?</p></li>
<li><p>What should I upload for Additional Information and Resume ?</p></li>
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<li>Yes, both count as activities.</li>
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<li>No, you do not need to prove ECs. </li>
<li>Yes, those are activities. </li>
<li>I don’t understand the question.</li>
<li>You don’t have to have an activity in every category. Playing an instrument would be music- instrumental. learning to speak a foreign language would be under foreign language.</li>
<li>don’t use additional info if you don’t have to. There is no resume on the common app, unless a school specifically asks for one in their supplement.</li>
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<p>Thank you all for answering. And for question #3, my high school only have three grades ; 10, 11 & 12. 9th grade belongs to junior high school, so I’m wondering if I ought to list activities I took part in that particular year ?</p>

<p>Does not matter whether 9th grade is in junior high or not, just include that on your application.</p>