So, you're filling out the application, and you get to the portion of activities, and you see that they are only giving you 4 little spaces with tiny little descriptions, to describe everything you’ve done in high school. What do you do? Well, whether they give you 4, or like the common app gives 12, you want to prioritize. Basically, you want to pick the activities that you’ve had the most time commitment and/or the things that are the most important to you. So, it’s okay, Moms, that you don’t list everything that your child has done since the third grade. It’s okay. They’re not looking for that. Instead, they’re looking for if you’ve done something over the course of 4 years of high school. Or let’s say that you’ve only done something once. You had a volunteer experience that was 10 hours, but it was really important, and it helped influence the student to go into something or to do more community service. Then, you want to put that one in there. It’s important to note, though, that most applications, in addition to that activities, also want you to write about one of those activities. When you do that, it’s important to pick the one, again, that’s the most important to you. So, let’s go back to my example. Even though you might have played water polo for 4 years, maybe that one experience in community service for 10 hours really impacted you. That’s the one that you probably want to write about, because you’re going to come across with passion and interest, and that’s what colleges are looking for.