<p>I'm sorry if my question is deviating from the purpose of College Essays page. </p>
<p>My ECs and awards are stronger than my GPA and standardized scores, but on my Personal Essay of Common App, I wrote about my story to explain why I want to study biology in college and become a professional researcher studying regenerative medicine. Although I could list my achievements in ECs in Activities section and Education section, there's not enough space to write about my ECs in places other than Personal Essay. Is this totally acceptable? Or will it harm my chances? I still have time to modify my essay.</p>
<p>My ECs are summer activity, math competitions, national science fair in a foreign county, and tutoring service. I received some awards in major math competitions and the above science fair. </p>
<p>By the way, I just found a space called "Additional Information" in Writing section. Is this the place where I can write about my ECs?</p>
<p>Colleges know that you can’t fit every little thing that you do into the activities list. So you have to choose what is important. There are 10 slots for awards, I think, they don’t need to know about any more than that. </p>
<p>So if you have a lot of awards they can already see, you don’t need to write an essay to repeat that. You can show another aspect of yourself that might not be apparent from that list. But you can select an EC that is particularly meaningful or interesting and talk about why. You might talk about something that isn’t apparent about the activity to the casual observer. Or talk about what you learned from the activity and how it helped with your intellectual development or your skill. Or how you helped others when you did this. There are any number of ways to approach it. Don’t just use the essay for a brag sheet and to extend a big list of all the things you do.</p>
<p>If there are important activities and awards that must be listed I suppose you could use the additional information. You could also make a resume and attach it for colleges that accept that.</p>
<p>Oh, thanks so much for your answer, but I didn’t recognize your answer until right now. That’s why I posted a link in the above. Sorry.</p>
<p>Basically, my activities lack variety, so I only had to list 5 activities, three of which were so important for me. Though I was worried if I had to fill all the 10 slots, I’m relieved to hear your answer.</p>