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Am I doing enough extracurricular activities?
I'm a freshman
I am in 4 clubs- three are community service, and one is a business competition club (I might pursue business as a career).
I might or might not join the badminton team at my school (season starts in the spring).
I volunteer by tutoring middle and elementary school kids afterschool
I babysit three days a week
Assuming that in the coming years I get mostly A's, good application essay, good reccomendations, and good SATs, would my extracurriculars be enough for me to get into a good college?
I'm thinking top ten to top twenty of the best undergrad business schools:
University of Pennsylvania
University of Virginia
Notre Dame
MIT
Emory
University of Michigan
NYU
Brigham Young
University of Texas
University of Indiana
UNC
UC Berkeley
Georgetown
Cornell
Washington U
Carnegie Mellon
Miami U
Lehigh U
Villanova U
SMU
Those are certainly enough. But, quality is much MUCH more important than quantity. There is a myth in college admissions that colleges are looking for well rounded students. Well, that simply is not true. The top colleges are NOT looking for well rounded students. They ARE looking for well rounded classes (the entire freshman class as a whole). Think about it. Which is better, a group of freshman that are all reasonably good flutists, soccer player, and dancers OR a group of freshman where one is an amazing flutist, one is an incredible soccer player, and one is a dazzling dancer? Well, the second is better. So don't worry about quantity. Worry about quality. You want to show exceptional commitment and talent in the activities that you participate in. After all, anyone can sign up for a bunch of extracurricular activities, but only impressive people can be exceptional at the activities they partake in. And colleges want the impressive people, not the 'anyone's.
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