USNA Activities Form

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LwRower45

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Hey Guys,

I have a question about the application. For the activities section in remarks it says to talk about what is missed in the more check box style part. Since this section has a strict 2000 character limit and I have a lot of things not included is it better to use a list/bullet point style or try and write as concisely as possible and omit some activities. The second seems a lot harder and maybe even impossible to write in good english, but what seems to be the better way.

Thank you guys in advance!
 
LwRower45 said:
Hey Guys,

I have a question about the application. For the activities section in remarks it says to talk about what is missed in the more check box style part. Since this section has a strict 2000 character limit and I have a lot of things not included is it better to use a list/bullet point style or try and write as concisely as possible and omit some activities. The second seems a lot harder and maybe even impossible to write in good english, but what seems to be the better way.

Thank you guys in advance!
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You might want to try it a couple of different ways using an online character count tool, my DD struggled at first getting the characters down to 2000, the bullet point list was not working for her and it counts spaces too. Good Luck!
 
My DS (now a Plebe) used a bullet point list. The form is a bear because it counts not only spaces but new lines too. DS kept having to massage things around and abbreviate to get things to fit. (Pasted into a Word doc it has 1659 characters (no spaces) and 1924 characters (with spaces). And I am pretty sure ~1999 characters (with all white space, including new lines).)
 
concur with above
best to use bullets in a resume type of format to conserve characters. you don't need to use complete sentences, but be sure to make it very clear and crisp and organized, as you would with a resume
 
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