Rate the extracurriculars above you

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<p>^9, mostly because having language fluency is awesome. </p>

<p>School extracurriculars[ul]
[<em>]Drama Club, 4 years, co-VP this year
[</em>]A LOT of acting and design/tech work, stage manager of the spring musical this year
[<em>]Gay-Straight Alliance, 3 years, Secretary last year, Vice President this year
[</em>]Debate Team, 4 years, President this year and last
[<em>]Youth and Government, 3 years, Associate Justice (“junior officer” position) this year
[</em>]Creative Writing Club, 3 years
[<em>]Teen Democrats, 2 years
[</em>]Chess Club, 2 years
[li]Book Club and Humanities Club, both this year alone.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Community activities:[ul]
[<em>]Boy Scouts of America: Eagle Scout, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader this year. Many [</em>]volunteer hours through Boy Scout activities. Inducted into the Order of the Arrow <a href=“Scouting’s%20national%20honor%20society”>*</a>
[<em>]Volunteer at the county Animal Shelter
[</em>]Regular volunteer at a couple local community theatres
[<em>]Member of the Equality NC Youth Council
[</em>]Volunteer with the county Democratic Party[/ul]</p>

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<li>Schools love a good boy scout.</li>
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<p>Art Club president - 2 years
Newspaper editor - 2 years
Debate team - 4 years
Speech team - 3 years
Tae Kwon Do - since I was 6!
NHS
Teen Council at local modern art museum
Volunteer at local library</p>

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<p>Student council- rep 10, vp 11-12</p>

<p>Deca- historian 12, representative 11</p>

<p>Drama club- representative 11-12 and I was also in plays from freshman-senior year</p>

<p>Fashion club- president 10-12</p>

<p>FBLA- rep 10-12</p>

<p>Interact- icc rep 11-12</p>

<p>International club- president 12 member 10-12</p>

<p>National honor society- 11-12</p>

<p>Journalism club- 10-12 vice president </p>

<p>Speech and debate- 9-12 novice captain 11-12</p>

<p>Varsity tennis- 9-12 captain 11-12</p>

<p>I also work at a local tutoring center and volunteer with an organization where we play tennis with underprivileged children (300 hours a year). I have played piano for 12 years and played at many different competitions winning some. I have also won competitions for deca, FBLA and speech and debate</p>

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<p>^6/10; I feel like you’re spreading yourself too thin and your ECs are so different that they don’t really emphasize a specific interest that you have. But what do I know, haha.</p>

<p>Sophomore
-Model UN, going to be president next year
-Student Leadership Committee (works with school board to get policies passed or changed; works with the city government)
-Modern dance
-Work at a travel agency
-Summer programs: study abroad program in China</p>

<p>I applied for VA Governor’s School and VA STARTALK…still waiting for the results.</p>

<p>I also speak Chinese, Spanish, and Amharic, plus some German.</p>

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<li>Model UN looks good! You have a clearly international direction too, which is cool.</li>
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<p>Junior:
Art Club president - 2 years
Newspaper editor - 2 years
Debate team - 4 years
Speech team - 3 years
Spanish Club
French Club
Tae Kwon Do - since I was 6!
NHS - running for office
Teen Council at local modern art museum
Volunteer at local library</p>

<p>(Reposting because other member didn’t rate mine)</p>

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<p>^ 7 as well, there’s nothing jaw dropping, but you have a good amount of everything: leadership, passion, and community.</p>

<p>Grade my extracurriculars?
From 9th grade on, these are the extracurriculars I was involved in until junior year. </p>

<p>Freshman Year</p>

<ul>
<li>Cross-country(medal)(13hrs per week, roughly 10 weeks)</li>
<li>Swimming(11hrs per week, roughly 10 weeks)</li>
<li>Volleyball(12hrs per week, roughly 10 weeks)</li>
<li>Altar-boy at church</li>
<li>Self taught myself software programming</li>
<li>Volunteering at summer camp, assistant counselor</li>
</ul>

<p>Sophomore Year

  • Cross-country(all-conference)(13hrs per week, roughly 10 weeks)
  • Bowling(Instead of swimming)(8hrs per week, roughly 10 weeks)
  • Volleyball(13hrs per week, roughly 10 weeks)
  • Med Club member
  • Math Tutor
  • Alter-boy at church
  • Self taught app programming(several apps published on the market)
  • Volunteering at local hospital</p>

<p>Junior Year

  • Cross-country(13hrs per week, roughly 10 weeks)
  • Bowling(Captain)(8hrs per week, roughly 10 weeks)
  • (I did not make the volleyball team)
  • Med Club member
  • Math Tutor
  • Alter-boy at church
  • Self taught app programming(several apps published on the market)
  • Volunteering at local hospital</p>

<p>NOTE:</p>

<p>Total volunteer hours: 391 hours
Most passionate about: programming
(have many apps published, and have made some money)</p>

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<p>9.</p>

<p>I’m a junior; some of the ECs listed here include positions I am very likely to hold next year. Theater is probably my most important EC.</p>

<p>In-School Extracurriculars
Spring Play Festival Producer (seniors only, selective process, likely for next year)
Stage Management (4-5 mainstage productions; 3 years)
Props Crew (5 mainstage productions; 4 years)
Mock Trial (3 years)
Latin Sectional Editor for Polyglot Magazine (2 years)
Founding Member of Proust Club (2 years)
Argus Literary Magazine(4 years)
Tea Club (3 years)</p>

<p>Out of School Extracurriculars
Assistant Stage Manager for a professional production company
Piano (11 years)
Chamber Music Camp (3 years)
Volunteer at National MS Society (50+ hours)
Mannes School of Music Precollege Program (2 years)
Babysitting/Tutoring</p>

<p>Awards
Scholastic Art and Writing: 7+ regional golds and silvers; one national silver
National Latin Exam: various</p>

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<p>8/10</p>

<p>Freshman</p>

<p>Forgot to include some stuff, so here we go again.</p>

<p>Youth Court (~60 hours, running for leadership position)
Partner’s Club (may try to run for leadership position)
Academic WorldQuest Competition
French Declamation
Won an award at my school for being an example of good citizenship.
John’s Hopkins CTY over the summer</p>

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<p>7.5</p>

<p>Sophomore:</p>

<p>Girls Tennis
Bay League Champions
Child Care - 9hrs/wk
Volunteer - Child Ministries
Habitat for Humanity
VP Dory Club
Tennis Open Level Team (outside school)
4 Tournaments; Won 2
Volunteer- Dog Grooming Center
Taught kids Tennis - 3hrs/wk
Awards:</p>

<p>Scholar Athlete
Honor Roll
Scholarship Federation member</p>

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<p>6</p>

<p>pr0nstar</p>

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<p>10/10</p>

<p>tenc</p>

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<p>How the hell is alwaysleah’s ECs a 5.5-6? They are at least a 7.</p>

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<p>Junior</p>

<p>Playing piano for ten years
French club
CSF
NHS
math club
Volunteen
Planet rehab</p>

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<p>@HSMCCP Thank you! I was a little confused with that response… But the kid was young. Whatever. You actually really made me feel better though so thanks<3</p>

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<p>6/10 for Gaby</p>

<p>Sophomore:</p>

<p>JV XC (Captain)
JV Soccer (Co-Captain)
JV Track
Tae Kwon Do
Islamic School
Couple of random clubs</p>

<p>Yea not much >_></p>

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<p>7.5/10</p>

<p>Sophomore:</p>

<p>Meh:</p>

<p>MUN (won Best Delegate at last conference)
GIN (environment… Co-leader)
Varsity Baseball (starting second baseman)
Student Council (Grade rep; running for President for next year)
Play 2 instruments
Speak 4 languages; 3 fluently, 1 intermediate</p>

<p>good:
Community Service group (president, co-founder and leader) - we work with 15 kids from the poorest areas of the city (their families earn $400 dollars per month) in a variety of things
Tennis - my school doesn’t offer it as Varsity, but I practice outside with some kids who are Top 20 in the country in their respective age categories and will most probably try-out in college.</p>

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<p>Freshman: (Pretty much going to be the same throughout high school, no new ones)
-Trout Unlimited volunteer
-Varsity lacrosse for the next 4 years
-Fish offshore tournaments and win prizes
-Have a sponsorship for mountain biking
-Varsity cross country starting next year through 12th grade
-Volunteer for about 3 weeks during the summer at a sea turtle and alligator conservancy
-spend 4 weeks every summer at Belize doing archaeology work
-(My biggest)- Shark Savers volunteer captain, basically go around different elementary, middle, and high schools and some colleges and give out lectures about shark conservation, I also go to libraries and talk to kids about shark conservation, soon to talk at conferences across the country and maybe some other countries (sorry for the extreme run-on sentence).</p>

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<p>and for @rokr32, I’ll give you a 7!</p>

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<p>7.5, look interesting!</p>

<p>Sophomore:</p>

<p>Extra-curriculars:</p>

<p>Key Club (since freshman year, committee chair)
MUN (since freshman year)
Latin Club (since freshman year)
Science Club
Drama Club
Basketball (since 6th grade, varsity since freshman year)
Track and Field</p>

<p>Volunteering:</p>

<p>tutor at local homeless shelter (since freshman year)
volunteer at local library</p>

<p>Comment: Not really concentrated on what I love (medicine), but I intend to get more concentrated next year if everything works out!</p>

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<p>7; sports are a huge plus! The only thing that seems out of the loop is MUN and Latin Club…How do those clubs enhance your application? Without those EC’s, the rest would tie together pretty well.</p>

<p>Sophomore:
JV Tennis (since Freshman Year)
Track & Field (since Freshman Year)
Alumni Relations Office Intern (since Freshman Year)
Opinions Editor of School Newspaper (since Freshman Year)
Doing reception stuff at the family clinic (since 7th grade)</p>

<p>Volunteering:
Museum of Natural History</p>