<p>They just never interested me, why be part of a club when you can hang out with your friends during lunch and play tennis after school? But since everybody on here has been officers of some sort for their clubs I feel kinda incompetent. I'm a junior now and the year is over, you guys think I should join like a bunch of clubs next year? Or does that look like I'm just trying to make myself look better on the application.</p>
<p>By the way, for EC's, I have tennis and volunteering, class of 2014</p>
<p>What colleges are you aiming for? It may not matter that much, depending on the type of schools you’re looking at.</p>
<p>Are you on the tennis team? Cuz sports are clubs (sorta kinda)</p>
<p>You don’t have to join clubs if you don’t want to. We have to remember that most people here are stuck-ups. Tennis can be all you need.</p>
<p>Just remember that a lot of people (if not most) on CC are here to brag. They want people to know just how awesome they are and what amazing schools they’re going to be attending. Keep in mind that because of this, some things posted may not be 100% accurate when it comes to ECs. Many stretch the truth, whether that be for just bragging rights or to make themselves feel better. I’m not saying that they are lying but there’s a way to make yourself look better.</p>
<p>With all that being said, don’t join a bunch of clubs senior year. It’ll be quite obvious your reasons for doing so. On top of that, you won’t have any leadership exp if your senior year is your first year in these clubs. Colleges want to see you passionate about something. They want a real person who doesn’t just join 30 clubs to make themselves seem “well rounded”. As I have heard it many times, pretty much anybody can sign a paper and pay club dues, but it takes a special kind of person to find a and passion be dedicated to something they love and make a difference. If tennis is the only thing you’ve found, go for it.</p>
<p>Now, I’m not saying you’ll get into a top 20 school with just tennis, but honestly those schools rarely offer an extraordinarily better education than one can receive at a state school. Yeah, they’re good schools for a reason, but they are extremely overrated. In fact, I’d venture to say you would have a more positive experience at a smaller school that is less well known outside of the area than at Harvard or Princeton where all of your professors are only concerned about research and you have a grad student teaching you. Depending on what your academic stats are, you can still get into really great schools, so don’t worry. And definitely do not join clubs just to put something else on your application.</p>
<p>^ Aww, somebody’s a little bit sour.</p>
<p>CMarshall…ouch…somebody didn’t make the school he wanted to.</p>
<p>Sucks. Nothing you can do now but cry. </p>
<p>Seriously though, who cares? You’ll be fine. Think about long term. Will it matter in 5 years?</p>
<p>Yes, kinda maybe a lot. It’ll matter. </p>
<p>But OP, you should just emphasize the stuff you do now. Make your passion show through your essays and get some nice rec. letters. </p>
<p>And don’t give up. Join a club or two, it could make a difference.</p>
<p>@Burn, 23:
he/she spoke the damn truth. If you’re going to be ignorance about it then I request that you leave.</p>
<p>Well actually no, after college it will absolutely not matter a lot, maybe a bit, a little, no, not at all.</p>
<p>Well, it could influence which college you get into, which influences your future. </p>
<p>@Descuff, sorry that I was ignorance about it.</p>