<p>Any recommendations for extracurricular activities/clubs? Or otherwise interesting activities inside or outside of school?</p>
<p>No. What are your interests?</p>
<p>Reading, Writing, Law, History, and Science</p>
<p>Science - Science olympiad
Reading - maybe book club?</p>
<p>What exactly is the Science Olympiad? I’m thinking of starting a book club this year but I’ve been exploring the EC/club options first to see if I might want to do something else</p>
<p>Try out anything that sounds remotely interesting and stick to the activities that you like. Drop anything you don’t care for and are only doing for college apps. </p>
<p>What grade will you be entering in the fall?</p>
<p>The question about impressive ECs comes up regularly. There is a thread with comments by NSM, a Ivy alum interviewer, about what constitutes impressive ECs. The post is at <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/210497-those-ecs-weak-so-what-s-good.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/210497-those-ecs-weak-so-what-s-good.html</a></p>
<p>2 very interesting articles about ECs that stand out and how to get them (same author, different examples) are at [How</a> to Be Impressive Without an Impressive Amount of Work](<a href=“http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/05/28/the-art-of-activity-innovation-how-to-be-impressive-without-an-impressive-amount-of-work/]How”>The Art of Activity Innovation: How to Be Impressive Without an Impressive Amount of Work - Cal Newport) and [How</a> Could We Save This Ridiculously Overloaded Grind?](<a href=“http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/09/12/case-study-how-could-we-save-this-ridiculously-overloaded-grind/]How”>Case Study: How Could We Save This Ridiculously Overloaded Grind? - Cal Newport) Take a look at these 2 articles and I think you’ll get some ideas. I don’t agree with everything those posts say, but there is a germ within them.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that while ECs are valuable in their own right for the enrichment they provide you and (depending on EC) the contribution they make to others, if your only reason for doing them is to impress some adcom you might want to reconsider whether you should do them. Most colleges in this country admit based on GPA and test scores; there are only a small number that take ECs into account. So unless the ECs mean something to you, for most schools you’re wasting your time.</p>
<p>Don’t just start a club for the sake of starting a club. If you’re not prepared to throw your whole weight behind it and contribute something significant to your school or community, you shouldn’t start a club. </p>
<p>Truly impressive ECs will defy the expectations of adcoms–people who see thousands of hard-working club presidents and resume padder club founders a year. The implication? It’s unlikely that anything CCers suggest will impress colleges.</p>
<p>Find something you like and start clubs about it that actually do things for you school/the community, (as long as the club actually has members other than you) join clubs about it and become a leader, go to competitions about it, raise money and do charity work for it. Don’t just join a club for the sake of looking good, you actually have to have an interest for one or two things, not everything.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the advice! =) I’ll be entering my sophomore year, Mikemac: thanks so much for the links! I’ve been looking for information regarding those topics! =)</p>