Which extracurriculars are most appealing?

Mikalye
Mon, 17 Aug 2015 22:29:05 +0000

It has to be the three of those that mean the most to you. Frankly, the activity is less relevant than what it means to you and what you mean to the activity.

For an extended example an applicant might be the President of the History club, but what does that actually mean. It could mean that you attend a history discussion after school once per week. In that context, there really isn’t a significant distinction between being President and being any other member, apart from the president calling the meeting to order. On the other hand, being president could mean that you are solely responsible for inviting relevant speakers to come to the school once per month to lead discussions. There, you might have a bunch of stuff that you can talk about at the interview or on the application. For example, you could talk about how you wanted to invite (say) a Holocaust survivor to address the club, and how you went about finding one in your community, and how you went about convincing them to come and talk, and what you learned from that experience. If your club’s faculty advisor doesn’t see you merely that year’s president, but as an exceptional or transformative president, then he/she might be a good person to invite to write a LoR.

If you have more than 5 activities where you really, truly made a key difference, then you are either truly exceptional or lying. Pick the five that most changed you.