Eric Karlan
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first heard May 2019
last heard May 2019
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to the next level, to engage in it more meaningfully and purposefully.
I think that that's one of the best things about the high school experience is it does present opportunities and it encourages students to engage in what's meaningful to them on deeper levels.
Sure.
So essays on the activity list, they give you the opportunity to write a description of your roles within a commitment or organization or endeavor and write a brief summary.
Some colleges and universities will give you the opportunity to upload a resume, which gives you the space to include more details.
There also is an additional information section on the Common App and many other universities applications where it's not intended and admissions officers don't want another essay there.
But when there are extenuating circumstances, when a student has done something or engaged in activity in such a deep way that I think it's on the activity
descriptions on the common app, I think you're limited to 150 characters, right?
So you could joke that's about the length of a tweet, which sometimes that's sufficient, but in many cases it's not.
So to have that additional information section to really elaborate and include more bullet points or details that illuminate and shed light on the true depth of how a student has engaged in that
There's always ways and opportunities.
And if the space provided to you isn't enough, there's certainly ways to create more space or make sure that you communicate everything appropriately to an admissions officer so they can fully appreciate what your child has done.
My piece of advice is knowing how to navigate
This process, like I said before, is more than half the battle and understanding that there is a lot to navigate and it's important to have conversations and get good information, not from a place of fear, but from a place of being able to plan ahead.
There's a lot of myths and bad information out there and it doesn't come from a malicious
place or even it's not even fear mongering either.
It's just that some people aren't always aware of the intricacies of how the system works and the different rules at different schools.
And if you take the time to have the conversations and plan ahead, I'd say that is the biggest key takeaway.
When I am like when I'm doing seminars and webinars with families and
who are just starting high school, one thing I always say is there's nothing to take action on immediately necessarily.
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