Your Primary Strategy Gap: Activities Gap

WHAT THIS MEANS

Your application will be stronger with a more intentional extracurricular story — and there's still time to build one. Colleges read activities lists looking for depth, initiative, and narrative fit. A strategy session focused on your activities can help you identify what to prioritize and how to present what you've already done.

WHY THIS MATTERS

Admissions readers spend an average of 8 minutes on an application. A clear extracurricular narrative — what you care about and why — is one of the fastest ways to stand out from candidates with similar scores.

WHAT STRONG APPLICANTS DO DIFFERENTLY

• —Choose depth over breadth — two or three meaningful commitments outperform ten shallow ones
• —Identify what their activities say collectively, not just individually
• —Show initiative within their activities — starting something, not just participating in it