Your Student's Pathway To College Starts Here

(And Why It Matters More Than You Think) If you've spent hours polishing your Common App essay but only minutes deciding what order to list your activities in, you're not alone — and you're leaving strategy on the table. Admissions officers move quickly through the Activities section, often in under a minute. But that speed doesn't mean order is arbitrary. Where you place each activity sends a signal about what you value, and readers pay closest attention to the beginning a