<p>I am finishing up my common app and I am trying to decide what should go in the additional info...should I put a resume in or should I put an explanation of my subpar grades in freshman year...??</p>
<p>This completely depends on what needs further information. Will it help your application to have details about your ECs? Or are your 9th grade grades so terrible and your story so profound that it needs (and can benefit from) further explanation? Don’t feel the need to put something in there just b/c it’s available.</p>
<p>why not both?</p>
<p>I did both. I added an EC and then I explained why I lacked them 9th and 10th grade and provided an explanation for my sucky math sat II scores.</p>