Activities
Can you put reading as an activity on the Common App?
Why sustained, serious reading can count as a Common App activity, and how to describe what you read so it connects to the academic interests you pursue.
SourceBased on what we at Aristo learned from the Stanford admissions office.
Readers in the Stanford admissions office we learned from had a favorite kind of activity entry, and it was one almost no applicant thought to write. Ask most students to list their activities and they reach for clubs, teams and service, the things a school organizes and a counselor can verify. Many of the strongest applicants spend hours every week on something else entirely, and they leave it off the page because it never occurred to them that it counts.
Readers prized the entry for three reasons, and each one says something about what a selective college is really looking for.
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