<p>Looking around, all the people I know do a ton of extra curriculars. They do volunteer work, they have jobs, captain of twelve sports teams. I don’t do all that. How important are extra curriculars in college admission? I’m a current Junior, take advanced classes, all A’s and B’s, and a 2000 SAT. When I apply next year, I will have wrestled all 4 years of HS, and trained Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (grappling martial art, kind of like wrestling) for 3 years. Besides those two things, I just do normal teenager stuff. Watch TV, hang out with friends, etc. Though I love to read, and have read a lot of classic literature. Very interested in Kafka and D.H. Lawrence. In Summary, how much would having lackluster extra curriculars hurt my chances for being admitted to a school like GW?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m in practically the same boat as you. I take all honors/AP classes and have a 2220 SAT. Other than that, my extracurriculars are really basic - I’m president of one club, am a member of National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society, and I have a part-time job that takes up 15-20 hours of my week. Other than that I also do normal teenager stuff - except I like to read too! I also enjoy classics, but I’m more into Faulkner and Woolf.</p>
<p>I know that didn’t answer your question at all, but I feel a lot better knowing that someone else out there is like me! Hope it made you feel a little better, too :)</p>
<p>First of all let me say, the most important criteria for admission is your GPA. Which you have.
Then your SAT.
However, I feel that you will be losing a lot of points on the outside of classroom.
When Dorie Ain Ravick(She’s the best), Senior Assistant Director visited my school last year, she told us about the admissions process.
She said that she takes 50 percent each. She looks at your GPA, and SAT. But also the other 50 percent comprises “what do you outside of school?” “Who are you outside of classroom?”
At GW they really want students who are involved.
When you write your resume, you are not going to put watching tv as an activities.
Here is my advice, do something over the summer where you can find a leadership position. Since it is almost over with the school year, you may find a club to join, but it is very hard to find a leadership position.
Colleges does not want a laundry list of things that you did. They rather want you to see something that you did for several years, something that you find passionate about.
And you have that.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for the replies. It actually made me feel better. I became concerned that not doing a ton of stuff would completely crush any hope of admission, but it seems like that’s not the case. I recognize that it hurts me, but as long as it doesn’t completely kill me I suppose its alright. I plan to do some volunteer work over the summer at a charity for the chronic disease my brother has, and i might do ED to GW also.</p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>