UC Activities List Questions

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  1. How important on the UC Activities list is it to list all of the leadership positions within a club? DD joined a club in 9th grade as a member, then progressed to be the Treasurer in 10th grade, and then became the President in 11th and 12th. On the Common App there’s a Position field, but on the UC Activities list there isn’t. Trying to get all the positions listed in the 350 char limit description is becoming a challenge, because she also needs to talk about what she did. Some people recommended just putting the highest position (President). But since she’s checking all 4 grades for the “When did you participate in this activity” question, it will look like she was the President of the club for 4 years.

  2. Is it necessary to mention the activity is a club at the high school? On the Common App, DD listed “Speech & Debate Club, [Name of High School]”. Should she do the same for the name of the activity on the UC app as well?

Thank you all in advance for your guidance! :folded_hands:

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Does she have room to say that something along the lines of “I was appointed/elected to the board in 10th grade and became President in 12th grade. As President, I…”

Can you share an example of the activity/club? If she wants to list the title as Robotics Club and then mention in the description that the Robotics club is at her high school, that’s fine.

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She doesn’t have room because she wants to also include the awards from the Speech & Debate Club. Currently this is the format she has for the Activity. The awards are not state or national, so she doesn’t want to explicitly list them on their own. Wondering how other folks handled similar situations. I think something will have to give, because 350 char is not a lot of space for all this info. =/

[Leadership Roles Served over the years]
[Description of what she achieved / Impact]
[Awards]

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It can be tough to condense activities into the 350 char limit but there are websites that give examples and advice. One is https://www.collegeessayguy.com/blog/guide-uc-activities-list-application-example

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Thank you! We have seen this website but it does not have an example of an EC that shows leadership progression.

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Why can’t you say progressive leadership and responsibility through President.

They’ll understand. You don’t need to spell out each role - and the character limitation is telling you that.

Or limit the # of roles. It’s quality over quantity. Some may abbreviate - like ldrshp.

My daughter didn’t in Common but toyed with abbreviation and may have used the & symbol of allowed. She had the same progressiveness in Habitat for Humanity.

Not a UC app but still had limitations.

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