what should the tone of the "additional info" section be?

Applying to College
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<p>I wrote:</p>

<p>"I migrated from Singapore to the US at the start of 2005 and had a two-month interruption in my schooling during freshman year -- I was not enrolled in the first semester of the freshman year of my high school. There is a break in my extra-curricular activities because of this.</p>

<p>I debated in the World Debating Championship (WDC) format in my previous secondary school in Singapore. My current high school did not have a debate team at the time of my migration, and only started its debate team my senior year, thus giving me a two year gap in the activity. It debates in the Lincoln-Douglas (LD) format. Because the team is still in its infancy, it has no formal captain yet. "</p>

<p>I am trying my best not to make it another essay, and I am including only the emotionless/administrative details that would make poor essay material. Can someone advise me on this?</p>

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<p>Someone, anyone?</p>

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<p>As long as it’s professional in tone, the way you wrote it shouldn’t matter.</p>

<p>By the way, are you really sure this information is necessary? If anything I think it would be better if your counselor included this in her recommendation…but it might be too late for that…</p>

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<p>I am not sure if she did. Is a “safe than sorry” attitude bad here?</p>

<p>I’ve furthermore clarified that two of my courses listed in the course overview section were in fact taken at a local university. Penn’s question asking us to list our courses are so rigid! I had no room to put in my local uni courses there either.</p>