Certain extracurricular activities aren't necessarily better than others for your college application, but admissions counselors do like to see students involved in activities related to the major for which they are applying. For example, if a student wants to major in a STEM field, and they are a member of the robotics club, that indicates a real passion for the subject.
If students aren't involved with activities associated with their desired major, they should use the essay or other parts of the application to explain more about their interest in the subject.
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Some of the activities that we do like to see could be associated with a major that you're applying into. So if you are into the STEM field, and you are part of a robotics club, or you're doing STEM activities at school, that's a great way to indicate that you truly have a passion for that subject. If you have no extra-curriculars associated with what you're interested in studying, then we might wanna dig deeper into your application to know why you would be a good fit for that major at all.
Maybe you write about it in your essay or elsewhere, but activities is a good place that we look to see your passion. Sometimes we'll see students will say members of the senior class or they'll list just basic things that they're doing in their academics that we expect them to already be doing, a student in history class. We really wanna know what your extra-curriculars are. What do you do once the last bell of the day rings?
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