Extracurricular rating/advice thread

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I’ll join model un and acdec too then! Thanks for the advice, everyone!(:</p>

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<p>I’m a current junior. Thoughts? (I know it’s long, sorry!)</p>

<p>Freshman year:

  1. Soccer
  2. Girl Scouts
  3. Community Service Club
  4. Mock trial (county runners up)
  5. Spanish club
    Over the summer, I volunteered at a hospital and at a summer camp as a counselor. </p>

<p>Sophomore year:

  1. Mock trial (County champs, regional champs, third in state)
  2. Soccer
  3. Girl Scouts
  4. Community service club (chairperson)
  5. Model UN
  6. Spanish club
  7. Yearbook
  8. Tutoring
    Over the summer, I volunteered at a hospital and took a college course.</p>

<p>Junior year so far:

  1. Mock trial (county champs [that’s all we’ve done so far])
  2. Girl scouts (I’m working towards my Gold Award, which is the GS equivalent of Eagle Scout)
  3. Community service club (chairperson)
  4. Model UN (went to two conferences, won Outstanding at the first, and Best at the second)
  5. Spanish Club (VP)
  6. Yearbook
  7. Debate
  8. Model Congress (haven’t gone to a conference yet)
    This summer, I’ll be doing a research internship, volunteering in an overseas country, and starting a charity.</p>

<p>I’m a little frustrated about my lack of leadership positions, but at my school, only seniors get leadership positions.</p>

<p>Next year I’m hoping for leadership positions in mock trial, model UN, model congress, and debate. I’m also going to try to start a charity (as a part of my Gold Award project), which will be linked back to a club at my school, so I guess I’ll have a leadership position in that. I quit soccer during the fall season of junior year, but will probably go back during the spring, or maybe senior year.</p>

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<p>I have a few things but not very much.</p>

<ol>
<li>Marching Band for 3 years (Fresh-junior)</li>
<li>Concert Band (Fresh-soph)</li>
<li>Symphonic Band (soph-junior)</li>
<li>Pep Band (fresh-junior)</li>
<li>Founded school’s Rho Kappa, holds a leadership position (junior)</li>
<li>Member of Mu Alpha Theta (junior)</li>
<li>School’s environmental team (won a nationwide award) (junior)</li>
<li>Tutored elementary school kid for about 30 hours junior year (more to come probably)</li>
<li>Key Club member (junior)</li>
</ol>

<p>I’m going to apply for NHS at the end of this year, may or may not get in.</p>

<p>I know this is probably a very broad question, but how do you guys go about getting research internships or something of that sort? E-mailing professors in the area? </p>

<p>@marshmallowpop </p>

<p>Those are some great looking ECs and it shows you are pretty dedicated to a certain few while of course adding some things on every year. Starting a charity does seem pretty unique. May I ask, how is it that you are able to volunteer in an overseas country? Where did you get that opportunity from?</p>

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<p>Wow everyone on here has great EC’s compared to what I’m accustomed to. I was thinking about starting a club , but from the looks of it there’s no way I can get it started before next year (my senior year). If I do start a club my senior year will adcoms think I’m just trying to look good? I actually do have interest in the club but I don’t want to put it on my app if it will be harmful. </p>

85

<p>I don’t have much but here’s what I do</p>

<p>On my resume:
German Club (9-now, president)
NC State German Club (10-now)
Student Taskforce (volunteering, community service, self-betterment) - (9-now, parliamentarian)
Volunteering
Social Justice Club (11-now)
Mock Trial (9-now, team captain)
Tutoring (9-now, paid and volunteer)
Tri-M Music Honor Society (11, quitting band so I’ll only be in it for 11th grade)</p>

<p>Starting later this year:
National Honor Society
National German Honor Society
Job
May join my school’s new Key Club-replacement club (just volunteering)</p>

<p>Not on my resume:
Investment Club (10-kinda this year?)
Photography Club (9)</p>

<p>I don’t know if summer stuff counts as ECs, but</p>

<p>9: Duke Camp Med
9: Business and Entrepreneurship Academy (my team won)
10: Business and Entrepreneurship Academy Junior Mentor
10: Issues for Future Leaders (my team won the case study)
10: Mock Trial Camp</p>

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<p>Freshmen Year:
Spring Track (JV)
Key Club (Did not participate at all)</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
African American Culture Club
Cross Country (JV)
Winter Track (JV)
Spring Track (Varsity
Christian Club
Science League (Team Ranked #10 in State)
Mock Trial (Lawyer)</p>

<p>Junior Year:
Student Made Club for Assisting Students (Founder)
African American Culture Club (Secretary)
Mock Trial (Lawyer and Co-Captain)
Cross Country (Didn’t Compete)
Philosophy Club
Genetic Engineering
Venture Scholars
Key Club (tutoring and Halloween volunteer
FBLA
National Honor Society
Student Ambassador Program
Article Writing Internship (Have not been active in yet but is volunteer)</p>

<p>I can already tell that I have extracurricular fatigue and I definitely don’t plan on putting all of these clubs on. Probably just the ones that I enjoy and the ones where I have a leadership positions in. Senior year I will also probably become a leader in some of the clubs already listed junior year.</p>