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<p>Papa Chicken - Good question! My D attached her six-page list of awards and activities so that it LOOKED like it was entered into the "Additional Information" block of the online Common Application (<a href="http://www.commonapp.org)%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.commonapp.org)&lt;/a>. Artwork samples were attached to the Common App Supplement, which is unique to each college. And of course portfolios and recordings should be sent directly to the appropriate department head for evaluation.</p>

<p>Hopefully you're going to format your list of awards and activities so it matches the form you're attaching it to. (My D even matched color in a couple of cases!) If you'll be using the Common App I'd recommend sending hardcopy, even if you (like my daughter) was REQUIRED to enter the information in the online version and then print it out. Perhaps the online form has been updated, but when D filled it out last October the Additional Information block was extremely difficult to format. She found it easier to "mimic" the block in MS Word. When she printed out the Common App for her GC, she simply pitched the Additional Information output and replaced it with the MS Word document. Actually she did this for her Personal Statement as well, as she didn't care for the way the Common App software formatted her essay.</p>

<p>Good luck with your quest!</p>

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<p>thanks NewHope.....wow, 6 pages!</p>

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<p>I was the only person I know of at my school that sent a resume to all the colleges and universities I had applied to.</p>

<p>Okay, not all. Just some. The major ones that I really wanted to get into.</p>

<p>I used the Microsoft Word version of the Resume in order to make it look "classier." I think it was the Elegant format? Looked great. </p>

<p>I regret putting some things down on the resume later on, but later versions of the resume were modified to remedy the foot in mouth syndrome. :)</p>