<p>Hi,</p>
<p>Regarding the question of Extra-Curricular Activities, Do they have to be in school or out of school? Would the following count as Extra-Curricular? :</p>
<ul>
<li>Play Basketball at home.</li>
<li>Play tennis at my community center.</li>
<li>Go to a tutoring place to get tutored.</li>
<li>Volunteer at Library/Hospital.</li>
</ul>
<p>Thanks So Much.</p>
<p>Being tutored is not an extracurricular activity.</p>
<p>Playing tennis and volunteering are the only ECs up there. Playing basketball on your free time isn’t an EC also getting tutored isn’t an EC either.</p>
<p>They don’t have to be in school/through the school to count as ECs. Getting tutored isn’t an EC and unless you’re really passionate about playing basketball during your free time it’s not really one either.</p>
<p>Technically everything you do outside of academics are ECs, but the thing you need to do is decide which of your activities are significant and which are not.</p>
<p>Playing basketball is an EC, but I probably wouldn’t include it unless you are talented (and preferably have some sort of medal to prove it) or if it has some kind of deeper value or meaning to it. If you are really good or really passionate about basketball or tennis, then include it, but otherwise just leave it out.</p>
<p>Anything can be an EC, but not everything is worth mentioning. On your list tutoring and basketball would not be considered ECs you would want to mention on a resume. An easy way to think about it is that you should have some form of documentation/generally through an organization of sorts. Documentation can be almost anything and you will probably never need it, but something like playing basketball at home is not strong because you could easily lie about hours/hold no awards. ECs where you have a leadership position or have won awards through are generally the strongest.</p>
<p>Receiving tutoring is not an extracurricular… Why not look into some clubs at school? Or see where tennis at the community center can take you?</p>