Extracurricular....etc

[DMD to Be]

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Yeah, yeah I'm still working on my application....I almost have it completed, but I was just wondering how many extracurricular/community service/volunteer activities you all had? And when they say "extracurricular" are they talking about hobbies? Or strictly school-related sports? Thought I'd be better off asking than not knowing...Thanks 😀

 

[tinman831]

Yeah, yeah I'm still working on my application....I almost have it completed, but I was just wondering how many extracurricular/community service/volunteer activities you all had? And when they say "extracurricular" are they talking about hobbies? Or strictly school-related sports? Thought I'd be better off asking than not knowing...Thanks 😀

Extracurricular activities include anything outside of the classroom. That includes, sports, clubs, or organizations you might be involved in whether they are a part of school or not. I don't think hobbies are included in this list.

 

[djeffreyt]

Everyone has different amounts of volunteer hours for things...I happen to have a lot from various things, which isn't usually good...it supposedly shows I'm a bit of a scatterbrain with my time.

I've got a few hundred hours between clubs and organizations I've worked with over the years.

 

[DMD to Be]

Everyone has different amounts of volunteer hours for things...I happen to have a lot from various things, which isn't usually good...it supposedly shows I'm a bit of a scatterbrain with my time.

I've got a few hundred hours between clubs and organizations I've worked with over the years.

Okay I've got 3 different clubs/groups I've really worked with over the last couple of years. Total of maybe 70/80 hours... Ah, maybe it won't hurt me too bad... It says a limit of 10, and that made me laugh... 10? haha, I'm not even close to that.

 

[djeffreyt]

Don't worry, most people don't have ten volunteer things, and those who do often are stretching back to that middle school trip they took to clean up the beaches twice a year.

Besides, it's not how much time you spent, it's what you did. In the section where you explain your role in the club...it's like a resume, don't just list a bunch of boring job duties...highlight achievements...then list the boring job duties.

 

[DMD to Be]

Don't worry, most people don't have ten volunteer things, and those who do often are stretching back to that middle school trip they took to clean up the beaches twice a year.

Besides, it's not how much time you spent, it's what you did. In the section where you explain your role in the club...it's like a resume, don't just list a bunch of boring job duties...highlight achievements...then list the boring job duties.

All of mine are from college...should I list anything from high school?

 

[djeffreyt]

If it was something you did and are still proud of...then sure.

I put one high school thing down because I did it for two years (I went with groups of seniors and Juniors to middle schools once a week to talk to kids about peer pressure, sex, drugs, etc....of course being 16, what they hell did we really know) I thought it was a great experience and put it.

I did other stuff that I didn't put in there, like the beach clean-ups I mentioned earlier, or volunteering at a hospital. They weren't significant to me and if I got asked in an interview...I wouldn't have a lot to say about the experience "uh...I pushed patients in wheel chairs around for a year and a half and sold flowers at the gift shop...yeah...great experience" If it isn't something that you would feel comfortable having a conversation about and how it has somehow made you a better person or how you truly enjoyed the experience, then forget about it.

 

[MentalPreDental]

yeah but lets say u didnt really acheibe anything other than helping the "community" like habitat for humanity? Is it still worth mentioning. I mean all I did was work in their restore, but it feels good helping people!

 

[djeffreyt]

I seem to keep posting in this thread...

But like I said, if you felt good about what you did and think you would be fine talking about it if they bring it up in interviews...then put it. I left out volunteer activities I had done that I personally have no real passion for. I did them and then never really felt like I got much out of it or helped anyone all that much, so I left it out cause I wouldn't want to talk about it.

You seem to have gained something from your habitat to Humanity experience, and you seem to have enjoyed it...so put it down