Repetition of achievements/activities in the application

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Hi,
I've been filling my apps and I noticed that there is going to be a lot of inevitable repetition in my app. I mention the most important of them in my essays, then in my resume and then in the activities/achievements sections of the application itself.

Is that fine ?

In case of limited achievements, as in my case, is there any other way to avoid repetition ?

Will it create any negative impression ?

Please let me know the answer to these questions.
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by Jon@Admissionado » Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:16 am
Repetition of the same main storylines between your application form, resume and essays is totally normal! (and recommendations too). Where you have to be careful is within the essays themselves. You really don't want to have two stories about the same event. It can make things pretty boring to read (and it's better to avoid word for word repetitions even between the items... shake things up a little bit)

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by dhonu121 » Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:57 am
Thanks Jon. Word by word repetitions should be avoided is a good takeaway. Thanks.
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