If you’re a freshman or sophomore in high school, it’s important to think ahead to what your extracurricular involvements might be like by senior year. Colleges like to see that you’ve been consistently involved in extracurricular activities, and that you can demonstrate progressive leadership experience. This doesn’t mean that you have to be President or […]
Community Service Award
If finding and attending a college with plenty of opportunities for community-service and service-learning is important to you, you will be interested to look at the colleges and universities listed on the 2012 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. Five Presidential Award winning colleges and fourteen Honor Roll Finalists were honored today by […]
Social Justice and Entrepreneurship
We know that many of the students we work with participate in community service and social justice projects in high school. With the pressure to gain acceptance to a selective or highly selective college continually increasing, community service might feel like a requirement sometimes. When you get to college, however, community service and social justice […]
How to Write a Strong Common Application Activities Statement
“Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences in the space below.” There’s a lot of talk about the Personal Statement for your college applications, but you don’t seem to hear as much about the Activities Statement. After all, it’s only 1000 characters; how much of an impact can it really […]
Extracurricular Activities
If college applications are still a ways away, you might be wondering if there’s anything you can do now to put yourself in the best possible position once it comes time to apply. To start, you’ll want to pursue challenging courses and perform well academically. However, one of the most important things you should be […]
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