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[quote=Anonymous]And more examples (From here: https://bemoacademicconsulting.com/blog/common-app-activities-section)

3 Examples of Common App Activities Sections

Student 1: Jessica Chen
Lead Violinist (11th-12th)

Williams High School Orchestra

Led violins in 4 concerts throughout the school year, helped direct orchestra functions, Tulsa Young Musicians Recognition (20**).

Choir Violinist (9th-10th)

Williams High School Orchestra

Back-up violins in rehearsals and 2 concerts throughout school year, organized multi-school orchestra mixer events, coordinator for 3 fundraisers.

Talk Show Host (11th-Present)

“Zings with Zyna”, Local Access Television Cable Program

Scripted, hosted, edited, and directed local-politics themed talk show. Interviewed local politicians like the mayor and city council members.

Staff Member/Performer (11th-12th)

Six Pennies Tulsa, Community Youth Theatre

Performed in 5 benefit concerts in last 2 years, organized fundraisers for Goodwill, managed and organized 6 community outreach events.

Arts Mentor (10th-present)

Little Wonders Club, Summer Hobby Mentorship Program for Underprivileged Kids

Mentor kids in K-5 grades. Help organize annual plays, conduct choir, and provide musical and dance training (30 hrs a wk, 12 wks/yr).

Intern (Summer 20**)

Krackles Indie Music

Wrote weekly blog posts about latest record releases, assisted with social media marketing campaigns, coordinated merchandising with advertisers (200 hours).

Head Coach (11th-12th)

Little League Girls’ Baseball, amateur baseball league for grade 5-8 girls

Selected line-up, organized practice sessions, modeled drills and proper running techniques, coached team, coordinated practice session timings.

Second Base (10th-12th)

Williams High School Girl’s Baseball Team

Played second base for 3 years (500+hrs). Team won district championship 2 years in a row (11th-12th). Most Improved Player (10th).

Volunteer (Summer 20**)

Tulsa Helpers, Disaster Relief Organization

Mobilized community donations to help wildfire victims. Stitched over 30 new clothes for affected homeless. Event coordinator for 3 fundraisers.

Student 2: Mira Reddy 
Software Development Intern (11th-12th)

Google

Selected twice to serve as an intern dev, participating in 3-4 projects each summer focusing on research and machine learning (500+hrs).

Founder and President (10th-12th)

Milton High School Computer Science Club

Designed and organized projects including school hardware repair, PC building workshops, and monthly Saturday speedrun contests.

Student Teacher (Summer 20**)

STEM Minds Day Camp

Led online engineering activities for 4th and 5th grade students, designed projects, and held Q&A sessions on engineering education.

Volunteer Medical Intern (Summer 20**)

Projects Abroad (Ghana)

Participated in community outreach focusing on nutrition and cardiac health and door-to-door canvassing for blood donation (120 hours).

Volunteer (11th-12th)

UBC Geering Up Engineering Outreach

Co-led weekend workshops and classes for K-8 students focusing on coding and computer science (400 hours).

Part-Time Repair Tech (11th-12th)

Motherboard Computers

Laptop and desktop computer repair for both Windows and MacOS machines, sales, and customer education.

Reviewer (10th-12th)

On Cinema Blog

Wrote 800-1200 word analyses of current films bi-weekly, focusing mostly on fantasy, sci-fi, and horror.

Winner (11th)

American Computer Science League All-Star Contest

School team won the ACSL’s Senior Division prize in Bit-String Flicking, and placed 3rd in the Karnaugh Maps invitational.

Volunteer Tech (12th)

Kelowna Senior Center

Run monthly diagnostic checks, upgraded machines from Windows 8 to 10, and installed proprietary anti-virus on all systems.

Student 3: Ben Morris 
Founder and President (11th-12th)

Biology Honors Society, George Henley High School

Organized meetings, prepared the agenda, coordinated 6 field trips to clinical settings, wrote and maintained weekly blog.

Tutor (10th-12th)

Math Honors Society, George Henley High School

Taught trigonometry and precalculus strategies, aided school SAT prep in Math, and provided faculty with input on potential curriculum.

Percussionist (10-12th)

George Henley High School Marching & Jazz Bands

Played various percussion instruments including snare drum, marimba, and drum set, performing 4-6 concerts per school year.

Vice President (11th)

George Henley High School Student Council

Co-planned 5 dances, 2 school-wide community service projects, and 8 monthly charity pancake breakfasts to benefit St Jude’s Children’s Hospital.

Butcher and Salumiere (10th-12th)

The Whole Beast Artisan Salumeria

Crafted small-batch cured and smoked meat products including uncommon items like lonzino, N’duja, and coppa di testa, (15 hrs/wk for 2 yrs).

Host (11th-12th)

“What’s Your Beef?” Podcast

Self-made project. I interviewed my coworkers at the Whole Beast and grew to include local chefs and food makers. Produced 36 episodes in 2 yrs.

Academic Mentor (11th-12th)

Salt Lake Community Center

Assisted K-6 students with homework and ran reading groups focusing on young adult fiction and young-reader chapter books.

Volunteer

Salt Lake Public Works (Summer 20**)

Participated in repainting and rust removal projects, including bridge repair and public library beautification (200 hours).

Intern (11th-12th)

Lay Zen Teachers Association

Drafted internal communications materials and assisted with event planning for meditation retreats in Utah, Nevada, and Arizona (12 hrs/wk, 4 wks/yr).

Student (Summer 20**)

Utah State University Youth Engineering Intensive, Summer Program for High School Students

Participated in 200+ hours of workshops and discussions groups focused on tech and physics. Delivered 4 group projects and wrote 1 research paper.

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