<p>Hello everyone.....I am a little anxious freshmen who'll be attending a cc this fall. People tell me that extracurricular activities are important,and I would like to get some help from you guys.</p>
<p>First and foremost, I think I'll be joining the student newspaper, the academice honors society (with Greek names), and maybe volunteer plus with my job. But i'll be moving to a totally new place where my cc is with a lot of things to adjust to. So if you guys know any website that offers internships or extracurricular activities in the Bay Area, California, please let me know.</p>
<p>P.S, I will be a poly sci and psychology majors.</p>
<p>If your'e planning on applying to the UC's you are already ok with the EC's you have. A big misconception regarding EC's is that the UC's want to see many of them with a wide variety honestly though they stress quality over quantity they'd rather see you do 10 hours of quality involvement in one club than one hour in ten clubs so pick two or three things you really will like doing and not beccause you think it will look good. Honestly honor socities are reflected on your transcript but when it comes to it Iv'e been told they are meaningless and not helpful in admissions. I was involved in AGS (Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society) and really it was a bunch of overachieving kids with too much time on their hands who could not or would not let go of high school it was very clique-ish and annoying to say the least. I know AGS has a good rep but the one at our cc was deplorable the leadership was lacking and it really was a case of scratch my back and Ill scratch yours. They went as far as to threaten people of kicking them out if they didnt participate or volunteer in some way. once they told this guy he had to let them use his driveway for an ags sponsored car wash to raise money and the guy reluctantly did because he was sure that having ags on his transcript would ensure him admission to top schools (this guy got rejected at all schools he applied to and is still at the cc and in ags needless to say). The sponsor for our cc's AGS pretty much let the president run amuck and do as he pleased it reminded me of a dictatorship and so I bolted and they had the nerve to ask me to pay my dues because I had already attended a meeting in the new semester. Anyway I volunteered my time in the library and used that on my application and got in to every school I applied to so dont stress it and definately dont put up with trash like I did to have EC's on file.</p>
<p>yeah so i'm, i'm down with what mex was saying about the adcoms etc. I'm pretty sure that UC adcoms wont be trippin' too much about ec's, since i've talked to many adm counselors and they say mostly that 15 percent of the app is devoted to ec's and the rest is pretty much essay/grades. </p>
<p>but i'm thinkin of applying to stanford in 2 years, and with a really ****ty HS gpa, i'm positive that at some point a stellar gpa coupled with a good retake of SAT scores and really awesome ec's for college should at some point tip the weigh scale. anyone think i'm wrong?</p>
<p>Oh, really? My friend attends Solano. I went to Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz so I'm not sure about any websites or sources in that area.</p>
<p>Hey, isn't Fairfield near Davis? I mean, you will probably have your work cut out for you with the classes you will be taking, and the activities you intend on taking part in, but why not take a class or two at UC Davis? That might be an extra perk for the adcoms to see. </p>
<p>By the way, I think that the activities you mentioned are enough for the UC application. If you remain consistant and stick with the newspaper and the honor society, and maintain good grades, I believe you will have a great chance at the top UC's. Add some volunteer work and perhaps an internship, and you've got a very good application, surely enough to wow adcoms at some very impressive universities.</p>
<p>Once you get started at Solano, you will be able to visit the career center on campus, as well as log into the school website and check out some of the internships and activties available. Check out the Student Center and talk to a counselor. There are many things you could get involved in.</p>
<p>Regarding "joining" academic honor societies, you need to be invited. Check your college's academic honors guide to see what the requirements are for getting invited.</p>
<p>At my college, you need a 3.75 GPA and twelve completed credits for an invitation to join Phi Theta Kappa, plus there's a minimum GPA (I believe 3.5) to maintain once you're in. Phi Theta Kappa is generally considered to be the most important academic honor society to join if you're a community college student. You will absolutely want to get membership if you're planning on applying to top-tier schools.</p>
<p>For Alpha Mu Gamma (foreign language) at my college, you need eight completed credits in the same foreign language and no grades below A- in any foreign language courses you take while attending. Most people at my college consider Alpha Mu Gamma to be harder to get accepted to than Phi Theta Kappa, but again, things differ at each college.</p>
<p>I'm not sure about the requirements for our other honor societies, but since they differ from college to college, I suppose there's no point in sharing them all.</p>
<p>i forgot who emphasized quality over quantity, but that is absolutely true.
i got in, and here's how the "meat" of my application looked like: (and honestly, i think i still would have gotten in if i didn't put down some of the stuff down.)</p>
<p>awards/recognition:
*1. woman of honor--given to two female/female groups per county by the CSW
*2. resolution of ......(i forgot what the word is)--awarded by the supervisor of the county for gang program project
3. national honor role--awarded by the national dean's list
4. phi theta kappa inauguration--3.7 and above
5. honors program participation --3.2 and above</p>
<p>extracurricular activites:
*1. Women Union-2 years founder and president, organized to adress women's issues on campus and the community and to raise and give away scholarship money</p>
<p>*2. Associated Student Council-2 years, student government representative</p>
<p>Why didn't you count Phi Theta Kappa as an extracurricular? Especially considering you were Vice-President of the club. You could've counted it as an extracurricular club, and then counted the volunteer work separately. That's what I plan on doing. They're two different things, in my mind.</p>
<p>good point. at the time, i thought about what you suggested, and i didnt know if i could put down the same group twice...also, they only allow a maximum of 5 things for every cateogory, so i figured that i might as well put it under a cateogory where it was more sparse.</p>
<p>The community service you do through Phi Theta Kappa is separate from the club itself. For example, say you're secretary of your chapter, and you do 50 hours of tutoring and 100 of park clean-up through them. That would be listed as one extracurricular (secretary of the club) and two different volunteer jobs (50 hours of tutoring and 100 hours of park clean-up). See the difference?</p>
<p>Makes sense to put it under a sparse category, though.</p>