Yale, Dartmouth, Harvard

forever73
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:34:44 +0000

About half of my extracurriculars were only for one year. Stuff like Ocean Bowl, I only did because I wanted to learn about marine science but I didn’t have time to take a class. Math Team, I did because I didn’t take math junior year. While I didn’t stick with a lot of stuff throughout my high school career, I stayed in for a full year and it was an amazing year. I learned a lot about myself, the subject, and the people in these clubs. I contributed and adopted a “make the best of the time I have here” attitude.

I was in debate team for three years. There is no power system. However, in Model U.N. (I did it all four years), I became a specialized delegate for 11th and 12th grade. Basically, I was appointed by the President of the club to go to specialized agencies (the most difficult councils) because I was the best delegate. I won an award.

I essentially created my school’s film club, wrote directed and starred in the movies, gathered casts and held auditions, and produced/supervised editing, etc. I was asked to be in AP Language and Composition freshman year (I declined for scheduling reasons). I’ve written a lot of screenplays and works, one of them won a national competition against participants of all ages.

Stuff like Ocean Bowl, Science Team, Chemistry Exams, Immunology class, etc. were because of my love of environmental science. I wanted an introduction to as many related subjects as possible so that I could jump in when it came time for college. I stuck with my river volunteering program for five years, was an ecological volunteer at the science museum for two (going to be three) years. Both of these things were very demanding (work at the river was around three hours a week during the year, ten during the summer).

I had another question. When writing extracurriculars, do you write down what it will be when you’ve completed senior year or what it is so far? Like, if you join a fifteen-week ec and only did two weeks when you are doing your app, should you say two weeks for 12th grade or fifteen weeks?

Another update: I talked to my school, they awarded credit for my home school classes. So my gpa is officially about 3.8, unweighted.