Forward from: Abdulaziz Sobirov
Quick activity section tips to at least keep the channel slightly informative since I noticed that a lot of people make simple mistakes:
If you’re mentioning your “SAT-prep startup” in your activities section, keep it as one of the last activities.
Restrain yourself from using flashy titles like CEO and CTO when it comes to describing your projects.
Don’t add tags like “the first ever..” or “the largest ever…” if you don’t have concrete evidence to back that up (which you would include in the add’l info section)
Use the “organization name” part to give slight background into your activity to be efficient.
Stop being overly professional and robotic in your descriptions. Add some humor and satire. Amidst reading 1000 boring descriptions, AOs will remember your applications if you make them laugh or even cringe a bit. “Prevented kids from dying in nature” if you were a camp leader for example (real example from my friend at harvard lol)
Include activities which don’t sound “impressive” on paper. Had experiences with people who have genuine interests like gardening or beekeeping or knitting but didn’t include them in their activity sections (and not because they had 10 other activities which were objectively better)
And finally, keep all of your descriptions down-to-earth and honest. Nobody likes pretentious boasting. Simplicity and straightforwardness is highly appreciated
If you’re mentioning your “SAT-prep startup” in your activities section, keep it as one of the last activities.
Restrain yourself from using flashy titles like CEO and CTO when it comes to describing your projects.
Don’t add tags like “the first ever..” or “the largest ever…” if you don’t have concrete evidence to back that up (which you would include in the add’l info section)
Use the “organization name” part to give slight background into your activity to be efficient.
Stop being overly professional and robotic in your descriptions. Add some humor and satire. Amidst reading 1000 boring descriptions, AOs will remember your applications if you make them laugh or even cringe a bit. “Prevented kids from dying in nature” if you were a camp leader for example (real example from my friend at harvard lol)
Include activities which don’t sound “impressive” on paper. Had experiences with people who have genuine interests like gardening or beekeeping or knitting but didn’t include them in their activity sections (and not because they had 10 other activities which were objectively better)
And finally, keep all of your descriptions down-to-earth and honest. Nobody likes pretentious boasting. Simplicity and straightforwardness is highly appreciated