Tough EC Situation

Applying to College
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<p>So I’m in a bit of a predicament. My school requires every student to make and activities resume that gets stapled to our transcript. They also want us to elaborate on every activity. This is bad for a few reasons. </p>

<li><p>It’s redundant. Listing every activity when 7 of them are already in my Common App activities section is just silly, and I know that redundancy is not good since admissions officers have enough to look at.</p></li>
<li><p>It’s long. A resume with descriptions is easily over two pages, which may seem pretentious to admissions folk.</p></li>
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<p>Currently, I figured I might write in the additional info section that my school has a policy to attach a resume and it includes the activities I wasn’t able to list in the activities section in addition to the ones I have listed. I use the rest of the additional info section to just provide some other facts about myself.</p>

<p>Does anyone have any better solutions? Maybe telling my counselor that I don’t want the resume attached? Or maybe handing in a new resume that only contains the activities I don’t list on the common app?</p>

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<p>I wouldn't worry about the redundancy and write everything out on both the application and the resume. A lot of the application package is redundant. The application may ask for SAT scores or a list of classes you've taken which are also going to be on the College Board report and your transcript. I am guessing the admissions officer will mainly look at what you have written on the application but they might refer to the school resume to clarify what you have written. The admissions people also should know that the resume is a school requirement since all the transcripts from your school will have it. Good luck!</p>