when entering your extracurric info, how far back are you dating it? I graduated from college last year-- is listing activities done throughout high school stretching it too far back? thanks and hope everyones doing well on their apps!!
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High school is too far back. You should mention stuff you did in college.
Yes, only stuff in college. I think it says that somewhere in the instructions.
college...but you may want to mention in your interview or personal statement that you have been involved since middle school/ high school...birth...whatever! ha
yeah, unless it was something super duper awesome in high school, they dont wanna hear it cause it was over 4-5 yrs ago. They wanna know what u did while in college that seperates u from the rest of the crowd. Me, i did mentor 3rd grader 2yrs, tutor for school 1yr, susan g komen 2yrs, special olympics 1yr, school sports, school leadership thingys (honestly nothing to brag about, but stuff i found benefical to society and personal enrichment.... I needed all this since I retook all my science courses 3x and Pcat 4-5 times. but i finally got in with 3.9 gpa...
