Extracurricular Activities

Applying to College
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<p>What is considered to be an extracurricular activity? Does the activity have to be part of an organization? For example, I enjoy writing code for the purpose of my entertainment. Is this considered an extracurricular activity? I explored many clubs in my school and they all fail to serve any meaningful purpose. Most are just "resume builders" and I'd rather not submit random clubs that I have no interest in. In fact, almost every club in my school has meetings once a month and that's all.</p>

<p>If personal hobbies aren't considered extracurricular activities, can you please give me an idea of what is?</p>

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<p>Hey i was wondering the same thing as you…but i think anything you do outside of school work is an activity. (for example i like to swim as a hobby, but that does count as an activity) I have the same problem with my schools activity’s/clubs they all seem kind of fake and i have no interest in them whatsoever. I’m pretty sure any type of hobby you do or something you like to do for fun counts!</p>

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<p>You can always say you spend X amount of hours a week on that in your application. But it is just your say so of course unless your GC knows and mentions it in your LOR. It will be a reasonable subject of an essay, where you can talk about what you like about it and what you actually do, what you have been able to accomplish. It would be great if you actually produce something useful, like some kind of ap. It would be stronger to add something that shows demonstrated interest to really turn your hobby into an EC. Maybe summer courses. Many colleges have summer programs for HS students, if you have the funds. Try to secure an internship
[How</a> to Get a Kickass Internship as a High School Student | Tess Rinearson blogs](<a href=“http://tessrinearson.com/blog/?p=483]How”>http://tessrinearson.com/blog/?p=483)
[Google</a> in Education](<a href=“http://www.google.com/edu/students/]Google”>Build for Everyone - Google Careers)
also NASA, ATT and many companies will hav summer ops for HS students</p>

<p>a few of these take HS students
[2013</a> Computer Science Internships](<a href=“http://www.internmatch.com/s/computer-science-internships]2013”>http://www.internmatch.com/s/computer-science-internships)
[Discovery</a> Internships](<a href=“http://www.discoveryinternships.com/]Discovery”>http://www.discoveryinternships.com/)</p>

<p>Get involved in hackathons
<a href=“http://www.hackathon.io/[/url]”>http://www.hackathon.io/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The math or CS teachers at your school, and the GC might be good resources for you to find opportunities. You might even start a tech club or coding club or whatever, and have more meaningful goals than monthly meetings. Get involved in any math related club, math bowl etc.</p>

<p>But having other interests and activities can only enhance you. Surely the school newspaper meets more than monthly. Perhaps you can propose writing a tech column with topics of interest to students.</p>