Extracurriculars completely moot for PhD admission?

juillet
Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:10:58 +0000

That’s true; Peace Corps and charity work won’t help you in PhD admissions. But if you are passionate about them, you should do them anyway. Don’t lose yourself in your pursuit of a PhD.

RacinReaver is right though in that the NSF likes to see them in the GRF application if they are related to science education and outreach. I volunteered at an elementary school and did some GRE tutoring in college, and I wrote about that in my NSF personal statement as part of my broader impacts.