One activity, different leadership roles, how to list

SpreadsheetMom
Sun, 24 Aug 2025 22:36:10 +0000

My D26 has been in marching band since 7th grade. In the activities section, she listed “band president” in 12th grade as one slot, and “section captain” in 10th and 11th as another slot.

Her college advisor suggested instead that she list “Marching Band” as one activity from 9th through 12th, then under description, mention the two different leadership roles – and elaborate on her actual leadership tasks in the additional info section.

She thought perhaps it would look like D26 was trying to pad a sparse list by using two slots. (That is not the case, but I see her point.) Also, she thought it wasn’t clear that she participated as a regular member in 9th as well.

Thoughts? I didn’t realize the additional info section should be used to add specifics to extracurricular activities.