<p>Donemom:</p>
<p>As someone whose eyesight grows worse with age, I would not encourage the use of small fonts! :)</p>
<p>We're in a bit of a different situation as our HS strongly requests we do hardcopy application as they process the entire packet including school transcript- teacher rec.- GC rec. school profile- etc. With that said, I like Overseas advice- Maybe your daughter can see if she can include her activity sheet with the info. that the school is going to send out on her behalf. I am always concerned that they more mailings the college gets on your behalf, the greater chance of something getting lost. With this holiday week-end, I am sure alot of our kids (and us) are working feverishly on the application/essays. Good luck to all. And remember. IT's ALMOST OVER!!</p>
<p>IT's ALMOST OVER!!>></p>
<p>Oh, please let this be true. :)</p>
<p>My D created computer-generated labels with name, address and SS# and placed one on each supplemental piece of paper submitted.</p>
<p>"Almost over" is a very relative term!</p>
<p>My D created computer-generated labels with name, address and SS# and placed one on each supplemental piece of paper submitted.</p>
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<p>What a TERRIFIC idea!</p>
<p>What exactly should be included in the Additional Info section of applications? I had a situation where I tried out for varsity softball, but was cut and given this whole list of reasons. I was later told by a friend who made the team that the coach talked to the returning players first before making his picks, and that because a lot of the team didn't know me, they wanted two other girls: one who'd never played for the high school but was best friends with them, and the other who was terrible but friends with them (she quit four days later). I love softball and that team was the only way for me to play; I was also not given VP of NHS because I'm not aggressive enough (I'm the quieter type, and the teachers who did the picks didn't really know my either). There is nothing else in my city or school for me to do. I will be trying out for Varsity soccer this spring so that I can do something fun with the school for the last few weeks of high school. Should this stuff be brought up in the Additional Info, or is it unimportant. It explains my situation. Furthermore, I come from a district that is in debt. We do not have AP classes at our school and I must go to another school to take the two I have. Our class offerings are terrible and much of the student body is, well, crazy; if you've ever seen Save the Last Dance, it's like that at my school, only 1/3 white, 1/3 middle eastern, and 1/3 black. And we don't have metal detectors. But that's it as far as differences go for the comparison. Should I explain about my school situation so that the colleges know where I am coming from, since I can't expect my counselor to touch upon this subject?</p>
<p>Marite, same with my eyesight, but not that kind of small font! Just a bit smaller than what automatically goes on the common ap from pdf, and also, with the typewriter, two lines of info could be fit in one box when necessary. My son, in particular, needed this for his ec's, of which there were many, and different types within one category, eg. one box for tennis: USTA competitive, which he did year round and had a sectional ranking, and Varsity high school, which he did only during tennis season, with its own specific recognitions. The typewriter was also invaluable for schools like Stanford, which didn't permit a resume--it allowed for a different way of using the space provided so that a vastly greater amount of important info could be included under activities and awards. With a bit of practice on a xerox copy, and the indispensable self correcting feature, this was all done very neatly.</p>
<p>We were advised by my son's high school to print out the common app and send hard copy, NOT to submit online. Where items did not neatly fit into available space or category, he created a one page resume. When printing out the PDF we reduced the document size to 95% or so to make sure that the footer with son's name an ss# or other identification printed out on every page --- otherwise footer was chopped off. I mailed all the apps FedEx and followed up with a phone call to his top choices to confirm that the apps were complete. Since these were all smallish LACs I found the admissions secretaries I spoke to all friendly and happy to look up his file. Within a week or two every college sent him a postcard anyway, with any missing items checked off.
You know, I think it all depends on the size of the school and keeping the submission neat and organized. Earlham, Beloit, St Mary's, etc --- these schools pride themselves on connecting to the individual, so we never felt that by sending extra material we were turning off the admissions folks.</p>
<p>We were advised by my son's high school to print out the common app and send hard copy, NOT to submit online. Where items did not neatly fit into available space or category, he created a one page resume. When printing out the PDF we reduced the document size to 95% or so to make sure that the footer with son's name and ss# or other identification printed out on every page --- otherwise footer was chopped off. I mailed all the apps FedEx and followed up with a phone call to his top choices to confirm that the apps were complete. Since these were all smallish LACs I found the admissions secretaries I spoke to all friendly and happy to look up his file. Within a week or two every college sent him a postcard anyway, with any missing items checked off.
You know, I think it all depends on the size of the school and keeping the submission neat and organized. Earlham, Beloit, St Mary's, etc --- these schools pride themselves on connecting to the individual, so we never felt that by sending extra material we were turning off the admissions folks.</p>
<p>carolyn, I thought at 1st that this said "Spending activity resume" Now that's an interesting EC!
Oh, and my son pasted his resume into the computer app.</p>
<p>Having been through this process once with D, I think I'd advise pasting the activity list onto the application. I'm glad to hear there is room for this. So no Adobe Acrobat needed after all??</p>
<p>Your kids are amazingly prompt! How do they all have time to do their applications so early, with homework and activities and everything?
My son will probably finish his applications over the Thanksgiving break - he has a week off then. He hasn't had spare time to give the apps the thought that they need since school stared. I envy you all who will be finished soon!</p>
<p>Trading a plane ticket for a slave who will complete apps. Wish I could have done that switch.</p>
<p>Congratualtion on the progress.</p>
<p>Hope the rolling admissions start rolling in.</p>
<p>Is the hippie school making the cut?</p>
<p>Is the hippie school making the cut?>></p>
<p>All of her schools have a hippie aspect in one way or another, but the specific hippie school I think you're referring to is definitely getting an application from her. It's the only school within driving distance. :)</p>
<p>The good news is she batted out her essay this afternoon. I was petrified to read it, knowing that if I didn't like it we'd be facing another endless round of tears and slammed doors....but, I shouldn't have stressed: she did a good job. It's quirky and funny, just like her, and really conveys something important about who she is as a person. Whew. We're almost there.</p>
<p>mwbashful - I would NOT include in Additional Info such things as why you didn't make the Varsity team, why you are not VP etc. Your application should focus on the positives of what you have done and are doing. You definitely CAN and should find a way to include that you have had to go off-site for your AP classes.</p>
<p>Although your GC, you say, cannot be relied upon to describe your school, is there a school report or profile which will show what the offerings are in your school? And will show that you have taken the most challenging options which are available to you? If not, then find a way to feature that yourself. But DON'T do it in a manner which sounds like complaining, excuses etc. Stay positive!</p>
<p>I don't know if my GC will include our curriculum guide when she sends my stuff to colleges. Even if she does, it still lists of few of the classes that are "challenging" that were in fact canceled because only six or seven people signed up. I don't know how the college is going to know that I go to a school where the classes offered are awful and that the "challenging" classes are not exactly challengin. I picked an Env. Geo. class because i wanted a fourth science credit: I hate the class and I am not learning anything. We don't have a book, all we get is little busy work handouts from the teacher and the students in the class are absolutely crazy. If you think of the school featured in Save the last Dance, you'll be seeing my school, just 1/3 white, 1/3 Middle Eastern, and 1/3 black.</p>
<p>Anybody with advice, thank you.</p>