Instead of submitted a resume, I decided to go to the additional information section to elaborate/add more context to my activities. How do I avoid sounding arrogant?
Don’t brag. Simply add things that are not able to included elsewhere in the application.
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It’s always good to quantify if you can (and didn’t have room in your initial descriptions).
Be factual; don’t give opinions.
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Don’t inflate. I’ve seen apps where kids write they were “honored” with serving as student council representative. No- they volunteered to serve on a committee. That’s not an honor.
Use simple, declarative statements (which are true) and you’ll be fine.
If your HS puts everyone with a 3.5 and above into an honor society, don’t write “selected for the prestigious honor society”.
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Exactly - “prestigious” is opinion / subjective - don’t use opinions.
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Did the school ask for a resume? Is there too little room for what you want to include? Can you submit the resume as requested and elaborate on just one activity in the supplementary essay?
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Don’t be redundant. Make your points and move on. Repeating the same info is self indulgent and arrogant.
Good luck.
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Just because there is space does not mean you need to fill it. The common app allows for space to prioritize listing you ECs and honors - make the most of those areas and use the supplemental essays to highlight your interests and experiences.
Those “additional information” spaces are mostly there to explain extenuating circumstances, traumatic situations that impacted a typical high school path, etc…
AOs typically warn about the misuse of the additional spaces, so unless you are explaining something that did not have another place to logically go…they may be annoyed by what they could perceive as arrogance in using a space created for actual situations to be explained.
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