Extracurricular Activities for College
Extracurriculars are very important to admissions committees. This is especially true at competitive colleges.Colleges want to admit passionate, interesting people who will enhance the college community and go on to achieve impressive things in the world after graduation.A good way to tell whether an applicant will turn out to be such a person is to look beyond their academic profile, and to find out what they actually do when they are not studying.As an applicant, it is not enough simply to be involved in extracurricular activities. Your involvement must have the right level of depth.You will need to prioritize your current activities and ask yourself some important questions:Lesson 2 will help you better to understand the role of extracurriculars in college admissions.The accompanying worksheet, My Extracurriculars, will help you to assess your past involvement in extracurriculars and think about what you can do in the future to improve the way admissions committees perceive you.