How to Build a Common App Activities List
That Actually Gets Students Admitted Your Common App extracurriculars decide who walks through it.
Your Common App Activities Section
The Most Overlooked Part of the Common App
Every year, students obsess over grades and essays —then rush through the Activities Section in under an hour. That’s a mistake. Admissions officers often spend more time on the Common App activities list than the personal statement, because it answers a critical question: How does this student actually spend their time — and does it set them apart?
How Crimson Builds Standout Common Apps
- Audit existing activities through an admissions lens
- Identify gaps that weaken the activities narrative
- Build high-impact leadership or capstone projects
- Optimise wording, order, and framing in the Common App
START WITH A COMMON APP EXTRACURRICULAR ASSESSMENT
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Yale University
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MIT
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Duke University
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The University of Chicago
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Johns Hopkins University
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California Institute of Technology
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University of California, Berkeley
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University of California, LA
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University of Southern California
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University of Oxford
254 Offers to
University of Cambridge
242 Offers to
LSE
335 Offers to
Imperial College London
676 Offers to
University College London
779 Offers to
King's College London
442 Offers to
Oxbridge
175 Offers to
Northwestern University
131 Offers to
Yale University
134 Offers to
Harvard University
258 Offers to
Columbia University
356 Offers to
University of Pennsylvania
171 Offers to
Brown University
86 Offers to
Dartmouth College
246 Offers to
Cornell University
109 Offers to
Princeton University
187 Offers to
Stanford University
50 Offers to
MIT
199 Offers to
Duke University
147 Offers to
The University of Chicago
139 Offers to
Johns Hopkins University
24 Offers to
California Institute of Technology
365 Offers to
University of California, Berkeley
338 Offers to
University of California, LA
204 Offers to
University of Southern California
188 Offers to
University of Oxford
254 Offers to
University of Cambridge
242 Offers to
LSE
335 Offers to
Imperial College London
676 Offers to
University College London
779 Offers to
King's College London
442 Offers to
Oxbridge
175 Offers to
Northwestern University
131 Offers to
Yale University
134 Offers to
Harvard University
258 Offers to
Columbia University
356 Offers to
University of Pennsylvania
171 Offers to
Brown University
86 Offers to
Dartmouth College
246 Offers to
Cornell University
109 Offers to
Princeton University
187 Offers to
Stanford University
50 Offers to
MIT
199 Offers to
Duke University
147 Offers to
The University of Chicago
139 Offers to
Johns Hopkins University
24 Offers to
California Institute of Technology
365 Offers to
University of California, Berkeley
338 Offers to
University of California, LA
204 Offers to
University of Southern California
188 Offers to
University of Oxford
254 Offers to
University of Cambridge
242 Offers to
LSE
335 Offers to
Imperial College London
676 Offers to
University College London
779 Offers to
King's College London
442 Offers to
Oxbridge
175 Offers to
Northwestern University
This is why Crimson students are up to 7x more likely to be admitted to top universities.
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