<p>How do you guys deal with scheduling conflicts, such as when multiple clubs or a sport meet on the same day? For example, browsing through a random thread, I saw what seems to be an average list of after-school extracurriculars for a CCer:</p>
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<li>Science League Co-Captain</li>
<li>JV Lacrosse</li>
<li>Model UN</li>
<li>Marching Band + Orchestra</li>
<li>Medical Careers Club</li>
<li>Key Club, Environmental Club, French Club</li>
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<p>At my school, being in Science Olympiad, JV Lacrosse, Model UN, Marching Band, HOSA, and Key Club (nearest equivalents) would make you skip so many meetings of some of them that they'd basically kick you out. It would basically be impossible. So how do you guys do it?</p>
<p>I've skipped a few meetings of a few of them after talking to the teachers, but I don't want to be seen as undedicated.</p>
<p>I know, I go to all of my clubs' meetings (until recently, that is), but I want to know how this is even possible. Are the clubs at these schools really lenient on attendance, or are the people just undedicated?</p>
<p>if I have a guitar lesson at the same time as a game I usually leave the game early enough to make the lesson. Basketball is 6 days a week, guitar is one. also I like guitar better</p>
<p>when it came to the sort of writing club I wanted to do it was one or the other, lit magazine or school newspaper. I chose the lit magazine. They both meet on the same day and they both require 100% attendance</p>
<p>jsa doesn't have any scheduling problems except for the weekend and I can always go to the movies with my friend the next week</p>
<p>Uhm, most people don't have 150+ clubs like we do lol. Besides some clubs meet every other week. Pick the clubs that are most important to you or tell each club you'll only be there every other week. Or you'll be like me and spend an unearthly amount of time at school.</p>
<p>^There is one? Well, I'm not much of an activist (although I am a vegetarian, and I am a far-left-winger). Animal rights is interesting, but I lack both the will and the time.</p>
<p>Starting in a few weeks, I'll have to be at school from 6:45 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Pit orchestra is sucking up all my time. Right now, though, I usually only stay until about 4:00, which is rather typical. Pit hasn't gotten intense yet, so I actually can go to my other clubs. I've already arranged for skipping some meetings though, so for this year, it'll be fine.</p>
<p>at my school they dont even take attendance at meetings, except for things like NHS and student council, which you can't just "join", you have to be voted/accepted into.</p>
<p>I am of the opinion that you should pick one (or two) activities to devote most of your attention to. For example, I spend on average 3-4 hours after school each day working on Speech (where I compete in four events). I still participate in Science Olympiad, National Honors Society, etc. but not nearly as much as I do with Forensics. I think that colleges pay more attention to how devoted you are to a particular activity and not simply how many you participate in. So given the choice between spending 15hrs a week at one activity versus spending 3hrs a week at 5 activities I would pick the former.</p>
<p>Devote yourself to the clubs you enjoy the most. Prioritize them if they coincide. </p>
<p>Like, I run varsity track after school every day for 2 hours. I have a couple of ECs that meet once a week during school hrs, and they usually don't interfere with each other. Then theres Math and Science Leagues that meet for an hour once a week after school (also don't interfere with each other). I spend less than an hour for the competitions/practice tests, and then go to the track to complete the last hour of practice and try and get a decent workout.</p>
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<p>In that case, all I have to say is...haha!</p>
<p>You're doing so much more work than we are, but that's expected. Tech people do all the work and don't get any credit. People at least notice us.</p>
<p>Tuesdays aren't good for me; I have pit and and Model UN (which I'll usually be skipping, now that they've stopped doing anything).</p>
<p>at my school, fortunately for me, all the "smart" kids go to all the same math/science clubs and contests and competitions, etc. So at least for those, we all arrange with the teacher/sponsors of the club to coordinate our practices where we want them. Like usually, Math=Tuesday, Science Bowl=Wednesday, JETS=Thursday, Science Olympiad= Friday (all mornings). The week of our JETS competition, held on a Wednesday, we wanted to practice JETS so we switched JETS and Science Bowl. I'm not sure how flexible other schools are with clubs; at our school, the "club" is more of a de facto club than an official one.</p>
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You're doing so much more work than we are, but that's expected. Tech people do all the work and don't get any credit. People at least notice us.
<p>Since people at my school are so heavily involved in big activities (like sports, musical productions, church groups), it's almost impossible to get a club started. My school started a mock trial team this year, and it was extremely difficult to find enough time to practice. It ended up being on Tuesdays after school, since everyone had other things on the other nights, in the mornings, and on the weekends. We ended up having a lot of little meetings with just a few members at people's houses and the like just to get some extra time to work on the case.</p>
<p>Looking the above list of ECs, I can say that the most demanding activities are marching band, lacrosse, and maybe Model UN. The rest wouldn't really consume that much time. The language clubs are especially known for just meeting a few times a year, and Key Club/NHS would normally meet on the weekends for volunteer activities.</p>
<p>zam, why would you ever run a show twice in one day?? that's just not productive.
but yeah, tech week makes me want to jump off a building. last year a tech week coincided with the APUSH test (8am after opening night!). i spent the entire week in the corner backstage, with my amsco and a highlighter like, "DON'T TALK TO ME! I'M TRYING TO MEMORIZE THE NEW DEAL!"</p>