Missing activities on the common application - what to do???

Sunny64
Sat, 30 Oct 2010 09:05:36 +0000

I forced my son to quickly get his applications done and submitted early this week before the mass piles that they would receive by early action deadline dates. In doing so we realized that we missed several activities and achievements that should have gone on his resume that would help define him as a student/person. They include partaking in 4 school plays where he was chosen for assisting lead roles, played Trombone for 2 years in the school band (although band will show up on his transcripts) and he received a Student Athlete Award last year (for playing 3 sports and maintaining a 3.0 or higher GPA - which could be assumed by the resume). His Guidance Counselor thinks that it’s no big deal and that if he gets waitlisted at any of his schools that he should send this supplimental list in to them. I called 1 of his choices and they thought we should fax it in.

What is the right thing to do? I don’t want them to think that we forgot because we were weren’t being thorough.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.