Frequently Made Mistakes

• Employment! A job you get paid for is not considered a co-curricular activity. You may add this job to your resume.

• If you are given an award each semester, create an entry for each semester that award is given to you. If you are given an award for the year, you man include the fall and the spring in your entry.

• You may update your entries each semester to include all the semesters you participate in your co-curricular activity. You do not need a separate entry for each semester you participate in your co-curricular activity.

• Intramural sports do count as co-curricular activities.

• NO ACRONOYMS! You may know what your organization letters stand for, but others may not. (This includes SHSU)

• Enter your membership as one entry and your position as officer as another for the same organization. This way you have a record of your membership in the organization, as well as a separate record of your officer position.

• Any volunteer work you do may be put on your co-curricular transcript.

• When listing contact information to verify your involvement in an activity or organization, list the name and phone number or email address of someone other than yourself. Leaving contact information blank or listing yourself makes verification of activities much more difficult to complete and slows down the verification process.