Importance of Extracurriculars

Seahawks506
Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:48:04 +0000

I haven’t taken the SAT yet so for the sake of this example I am assuming I will get a decent score- 2100-2200’s.
As for EC’s, here’s what I see as what it will look like:

Hobbies/personal:
Piano, 13 yrs, 11yrs lessons, and performing during church
Seattle Mariners correspondent, isportsweb.com-basically just covering the team for the site, 3 yrs
Started my own website for articles on seattle sports and fantasy football- 4yrs
(hopefully they will see my personal passion for sports writing)

Sports:
nothing much here, I’m not a competitive athlete and I found that out freshman year:
Football- freshman yr
Track & Field- freshman yr

Volunteer:
300+ total hours:
200+ UW Medical Center intern/volunteer (escort)
50+ Library Page
(key club)

Clubs:
Fitness/Workout Club, 3 yrs- treasurer
Key Club, 3 yrs- hopefully officer next year
Astronomy Club- 4 yrs, again hopeful officer
Math Club- 3 yrs
National Honors Society (club?)- 2 yrs

Awards:
Volunteer Service Commendment award
DECA- 4th regional, hope to add to this list…
AP Scholar (hope for additional distinction/honor)

I hope to land an internship and will talk to my counselor about that. If I’m not able to I’ll get a summer/part time job if possible.
I expect to do some summer programs at universities- will do a Business week one, hopefully one at U of Maryland or something!

nothing really outstanding. I hope it doesn’t look like a laundry list- I don’t do anything just for the sake of putting it on the application. this is what I can reasonably expect myself to accomplish, maybe I will do even more. I am contemplating starting a fantasy football club Opinions?