Unique Extracurriculars vs. National Recognition?

Raikoben
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:13:09 +0000

Unique is always better. Tons of candidates will have NHS, reflected in their GPA or actually being in the organization. In all honesty it’s pretty useless IMO, I put it on job apps, but won’t be putting it on my college apps.

But if it’s something unique that has value (IE, NOT major league gamer…), and contributes in some way to the community, ya, it will be better.

But that’s not to say you can’t have some uniqueness in something common. For instance, getting first place in a DECA event at nationals is pretty amazing.