Okay, So I have around 20 extra curriculars I participated in over my 4 years in high school. I need to cut the list and I wanted to know if I should combine some activities to make room for others.
I was part of a robotics team freshman year, we won an award at regionals and placed 10th at states, but I didn’t continue it through the rest of high school beccause I strongly disliked my team members for personal reasons. Should I include the robotics team on my app?
I started a chess tutoring business with some of my friends
I volunteered at chess summer camps
I am vice pres of chess club- we organized a lot of school chess stuff and travel to competitions
I have been playing chess individually since I was very young and am highly rated with national awards.
Should all of these activities be seperate or should I combine some?
I did 2 different research opportunities at different universities on different summeres.
Can I combine the research opportunities or should they be seperate?
Science Olympiad- lots of regional awards from 9th to 11th grade but no state/nats
Should I include it?
Math Club- President and founder- we prepped for local math competitions and amc
We didn’t really do very much in this club. Should I include it?
I won a random physics competition- but I have no other physics awards, can I put this in additional info?
I’m also a black belt in taekwondo
I am in comp sci club and won a couple of programming competitions in 11th grade and will do it in 12th.
For half a year in 11th grade I did a tutoring program for 3rd graders.
I ran a physics club in 11th grade at my school where we prepped for competitions.
I participated in a science tutoring program for elementary school kids in 11th and will do it in 12th.
I am in a couple of cultural and dance clubs. These are kind of a low commitment thing that I do for fun. However, I feel like it’s important to include them as otherwise it seems that I am in only “academic” type clubs, and it doesn’t show the facet of my personality that cares about the community. To do so, however, I would have to get rid of “bigger” extracurriculars, like president of math club or something.
Ugh! I can’t choose what to include! What do I put in the additional info section? What about the honors section? Can I squeeze things, so that I get everything I feel is essential?