How does the activity section of the common app work?

intparent
Tue, 17 Jun 2014 23:20:55 +0000

if you do group the music, you can use Addl Info to give each its own line.



This is what my kid did. Her activity happened to be Quiz Bowl where she had a lot of stuff to list. She put the activity in the activity section, then said “See additional information” in the description. Then in the Add’l Info section she put something like:

Quiz Bowl:

State tournament participant, 4 years. Individual state placement: 9th - 45, 10th - 20, 11th - 9, 12th - 2.

First place individual in SnoCat tournament - 12th, 2nd place in Rosewood Tournament - 12th

Attended ACE Quiz Bowl Camp - Summer after 10th, 11th

Team captain - 11th, 12th

State History Bowl - 11th - 4th place individual finish

Specialty areas: Literature, World History, Biology

I think this approach makes your application more readable. And the colleges don’t really care what section you put things in as long as you are concise, clear, and your information (awards, etc.) get listed somewhere.