<p>eyy anybody..
i was wondering if anybody could provide a list of extra curriculars i could start participating/completing for college.
BTW im international so sorta a genral idea haha
thnks</p>
<p>You don’t participate in ECs for the sole purpose of going to college… There’s no point in doing things if they don’t have any value for you. This is for you to decide and not for people who have no idea what your talents/interests are. It doesn’t matter whether you’re international or not; ECs are ECs.</p>
<p>Hahahaa, redemption. This whole generation of students is doing such things- it’s the only way they’ll get into college (myself included). Joining clubs they have no real interest in, running for positions in those clubs, spending their time getting community service hours doing stuff they find tedious. All in an attempt to seem “well-rounded”. So reconsider your thoughts before you tell the OP to not do something necessary for someone applying to a top-notch college.</p>
<p>aha well i would participate in ecs but i dunno what i should do.
my talents/interests would include basketball, piano, thats about it but i need more than just that so yeah
i would appreciate any help lol</p>
<p>Snappy: Yeah, well we don’t know he/she’s going to apply to a top-notch college. I’m just saying, because a lot of people don’t join meaningless clubs and run for positions they come to hate and they still get admitted into very good colleges.
If “this whole generation of students is doing such things”, then you’re implying that everyone can be head of student council/president of XYZ club/founder of ABC fund/etc. I know a number of people who have done only the ECs they truly loved and have gotten into top tier schools. I know that our former student council president loved her job and she’s not applying to an America college. Thousands of students worldwide that participate in Model UN know that doing so won’t help them get into college. Millions of students play instruments. Millions of people (note the word “people” instead of “students”) volunteer in orphanages, soup kitchens, libraries, hospitals, etc., and you’re telling me that all of them do that to get into college?</p>
<p>I’m not being naive in saying that the OP should do what he/she is passionate about and I don’t think I need to “reconsider my thoughts”. If everyone did everything to seem well-rounded, then what else would there be to do? Pretty soon everyone’s ECs would be virtually the same, then admissions would go back to comparing SAT scores and GPAs. The only thing separating a student from the rest would be admissions essays and admissions would all come down to deciding who’s a better writer in schools like HYPSM, where everyone’s SAT scores and GPAs are about the same. You make it seem like anyone who’s not a president/founder/captain of a club/team has no shot at college.</p>
<p>wow r3d3mpti0ns argument is quite convincing.
if you argue like that in the essay you said to grade youll get a higher mark hahaha</p>
<p>Haha, I don’t have that much time to argue like that and the time pressure makes my mind epic-fail. When it comes to SAT essay arguments, I just stick to formulas and universal templates.</p>