Quick questions

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>I'm applying to college as an international and have some questions. (I'm using the Common App.)</p>

<p>1) Where should I put down that I attended a seminar?</p>

<p>2) In the 'activities' section, if I select grade 12, do I also need to select 'SO' (senior year?)</p>

<p>3) Should I put down my hobbies in the 'activities' section? If so, I've been playing chess since 1st grade, but I can't select any school year before 9th grade. Likewise, I don't have a position for playing chess, so should I leave that empty?</p>

<p>4) In the 'activities' section, how long should my sentences be? Should I avoid using the pronoun "I" and just write "did this and that"? Should I use the sign ";" between sentences or "-"?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>1) I would put it under Additional Information. </p>

<p>2) No, you only select the numbers. The letters are for transfer students. SO is for Sophomore in college. </p>

<p>3) You could put something like “Chess Enthusiast” </p>

<p>4) I personally have used fragments… all my descriptions are too long to use complete sentences. I plan on elaborating in the “Additional Information” section, though.</p>

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<p>4) Could you post an example of an activity description? I’m curious as to what punctuation marks you used.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>at name of hospital; did this and that; received this and that; worked with this person and that person</p>

<p>Can anyone provide any other input? Is that even acceptable?</p>

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<p>Where should I write that I gave a talk at a conference?</p>

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<p>Our D is noting her experience speaking at conferences in the Additional Information section because there isn’t room in the Activities section for a full description. But, either of those places would be appropriate.</p>