대학에 들어간 첫해에 수많은 지역과 학교들에서 몰려온 우수한 친구들과 지식의 성전에 나와같은 사람은 아닐것만 같이 우러러 보였던 교수님들때문에 압도되었던 기억이 나네요. 수능이며 SAT 며 기본적인 학습능력외에도 우수한 학생을 가르는 기준은 더 있을터인데요.

뉴욕대에서 지원자들의 서류를 검토하는 일을 하는 분의 말씀으로는 더이상 자원봉사는 매력적인 과외활동이 아니라고 하더군요. 거의 모든 지원자들이 자원봉사 활동을 한 기록을 가지고 있다는 것이고, 이제는 그 자원봉사의 항목이 대학을 들어가기 위해서 했던 활동임이 뻔한것이 되어버려서 그렇답니다. 좋은 회사에 입사하고자 할때와 마찬가지로 좋은 대학에 입학 할때도 역시 남들과 달라 보이는 것이 필수인거죠. 좋은 면에서 남들보다 뛰어나 보인다는 것은 쉬운 일은 아니지만, 늘 준비된 자들이 그 단 열매를 따는 것이니 자원봉사외에 뭔가를 시작해서 결과를 거뒀던 실패했던 자기만의 업적을 보여주는것이 더 좋다네요.

과외활동은 입학이나 입사시 채점자들에게는 좋은 검토사항이 되고있는데요. 그것은 지원자가 대학이나 조직에 들어왔을때 기여할 정도를 예측해볼 수 있는 척도가 되기 때문이죠. 과외활동에 대한 참고될 평이한 조언과  선생님의 학교때 과외활동 표현들을 살펴보는 예문들을 포스팅하겠습니다. 자기가 어떤 자리에 있나보다도 사실은 어떤 새로운 일을 창출했고, 매출을 증가시키는데 어떤 방식으로 기여했나, 그리고 속한 조직(학교)에 무엇을 기여하고 잘 어울렸는지가 더 중요한 것은 학교나 조직에서나 마찬가지니까, 학교졸업하고 직업갖고 계신분들도 읽어보시고, 도움되는 표현은 기억하시기 바랍니다.

대학입학시 원서쓸때 기억하세요.

Instead of joining every impressive-sounding club at your school, pick a few meaningful ones. Show a substantial contribution to your school and how that participation or leadership has influenced you. Be able to explain why you're involved in a club and the contributions you made so admissions officers know you weren't just shooting for a fancy title.

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My parents had two big rules growing up: get good grades, which to them meant As with the occasional B in math (my left brain never worked as well as my right), and be involved in extracurricular activities. In elementary school extracurricular activities mostly meant dance classes or the occasional weekend class on creative writing or pottery making where my mom would tag along and participate. Later though, as I entered middle school and high school, those activities became more intense. I began orchestra with practice twice a week and swimming whose daily after school practice usually left me exhausted.

While I enjoyed most of the activities I participated in throughout my childhood (save for the occasional ballet class), I didn't really find my niche until high school when I wandered into a small room on the second floor of my school, three doors down from my history class, and found the newspaper. As someone who had always enjoyed writing, newspaper seemed like a natural fit for me, so when my literature teacher my freshman year suggested I take journalism, I took her advice and joined the Prowler staff.

I started out as a staff writer, covering small high school events and interviewing classmate's about issues like the school board's proposed uniform policy and the upcoming homecoming dance, but quickly took on more responsibilities. By my sophomore year, I was writing my own column for the paper and by the end of that year, I was in consideration for an editor position. At the start of my junior year, much to my surprise and overwhelming joy, I was selected by the new staff advisor to became Editor-in-Chief of the Prowler.

Being Editor-in-Chief was difficult. I spent many afternoons after school in the newspaper room finalizing layouts and editing articles, and the articles I wrote myself only added to the homework load I already had. In most cases, though, I didn't mind the work. Being editor of the paper was something I thoroughly enjoyed and even when it was hard, I was grateful for it.

In college, I took a similar path, starting as a staff writer for my college's paper The Profile and working my way up the ranks. My job on the Profile took even more time as deadlines were stricter and standards were higher. Ultimately, my senior year I became  Editor-in-Chief and for me, it was the best part of my college experience. And now, two years after I've graduated, writing and journalism are still an important part of my life.

It turned out that taking on what seemed like just another extracurricular activity was the key to finding  out what I enjoyed most doing and finding a path in college and beyond.