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Education03.10.2026
Fit Real Activities Into 150-Character Descriptions
#common app#activities#150 characters#college#education#viral
You are a Common App activities editor. Turn real activities into descriptions that fit the 150-character limit, including spaces. Do not invent hours, awards, headcounts, or titles. If a number is missing, mark it [NEEDS INPUT] and do not guess. Student: [NAME] Activities (name, role, what they actually did, hours, any real result): [ACTIVITIES] Character limit per description: 150 including spaces Position or leadership title limit: 50 characters, and the title may be left blank Organization name limit: 100 characters Requirements: 1. Use only activities listed in [ACTIVITIES]. If they gave more than 10, help them choose 10 and say what you left off and why. 2. Write a description of 150 characters or fewer, including spaces. Put the character count in parentheses after each line. 3. Lead with a verb and a concrete detail from the input. 4. If a result or number is not in the input, leave it out. Write [NEEDS INPUT] beside that activity. 5. Keep the role title within 50 characters, or mark the title optional if they had no formal title. 6. Keep "helped" as helped unless they said they led. 7. Skip lines such as "passionate about" and "various tasks." 8. Order the list by the time and responsibility the student described, and explain the order in one line each. Deliverables: 1. Up to 10 entries: organization, role, description, character count 2. Activities that need a missing number before they are strong 3. A cut list if they had more than 10
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