Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you are here to learn about the best extracurriculars you can do if you’re interested in law. The courtroom is a fascinating place full of challenges and puzzles as you figure out how to use the law to help your client. Even when they aren’t in the courtroom, lawyers have to know how to use the tools available to them to get the best result for their client; and that requires them to really know and understand their field.
Best Extracurriculars to Get Into an Undergrad Computer Science Program
Love crafting intricate code? Diving headfirst into the realm of artificial intelligence? Tackling complex computational conundrums? Then you're probably thinking about pursuing an undergraduate degree in computer science. Comp Sci is that girl right now, like she’s truly the absolute most popular major on the market right now. This means that Comp Sci is hypercompetitive. Even the most impressive, high-graded, perfect SAT score-having students are struggling to stand out – thankfully, we know how you can.
Best Political Science Extracurricular Activities for High School Students
Joe Biden. Communism. Republicans. These words may send everyone around you into a tizzy, but you’re more interested in why they make people’s heads spin. You’re here because you want to study political science in college, obvi, but maybe you don’t know where to start. That’s fine, because we’re here. And we’re gonna tell you exactly what to do.
Best Engineering Extracurriculars for High School Students
If the thought of designing bridges, developing cutting-edge technologies, or creating innovative solutions to real-world problems gets your heart racing, you're on the right path to pursuing an undergraduate engineering degree. But with the competitive nature of engineering programs, it's essential to navigate your journey with purpose and strategy. And look, you’re also probably interested in the top programs out there, like Stanford, Berkeley, Michigan, Duke, and Georgia Tech, which means you’ll need not just amazing grades and scores, but a slate of impressive extracurriculars that show your dedication to engineering. Here's your guide on how to prepare for the exciting world of engineering:
Best Extracurricular Activities for Undergraduate Business School
Finance, entrepreneurship, marketing, management: there are so many different parts of business and chances are, you’re interested in at least one of them. With so many potential business-y paths for you to go down, you’re probably overwhelmed on just exactly how to build an application that proves you’re cut out for business school. We’ve got your back, just keep reading.
Best Economics Extracurriculars for High School Students
If you’d rather talk about "fiscal policy," "market forces," and the mysteries of supply and demand than catch up on the latest hot goss, you’re in the right place. We’re guessing you want to study econ in college, but you might not know exactly how to kick off your journey. Not to worry, we've got your back, and we're here to lay out the game plan.
How to Get Into Undergrad Biology
THE MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL!! If this rallying cry excites you (instead of triggering fearful flashbacks to middle school science), then you’re in the right place. You've set your sights on pursuing a biology major in college, but you might be feeling a bit uncertain about where to kickstart your journey. We got you.
Harvard Extracurricular Guide
“Should I even apply to Harvard?” It’s a question that we often hear from nervous students. These students routinely have over a 4.0 GPA and at least a 34 on the ACT but are still worried about getting in. They understand that with only a 3.2% acceptance rate, it takes more than just excellent grades to get in. Harvard uses a holistic admissions process, meaning they look at all aspects of your application. A large part of that is your extracurriculars. You may ask yourself, “Well, what should my extracurriculars look like?” Let us break it down.
Dartmouth Extracurricular Guide
Columbia Extracurricular Guide
UPenn Extracurricular Guide
UPenn is looking for a lot when it comes to admissions. They want to see students who can do it all inside and out of class. So yes, while grades and scores are paramount, Penn really cares about your extracurriculars. With a sub-6% acceptance rate, they can afford to be picky. In fact, they have to be picky.
Best Extracurriculars for Prospective Political Science Majors
Political science is, of course, the study of the science of politics, but not science like the biology kind. Instead, students in political science programs study the way governments, public policy, and the political world in general work from both a technical perspective and a more humanities-minded perspective. Students who major in political science often go on to work in policy analysis, for government agencies, as political consultants, and basically any field that interfaces with politics or government in any way.
Brown Extracurricular Activities
You have a 4.3 and 1590 on the SAT. You might be asking yourself, can I get into Brown? We hear this question all the time and the answer is… maybe? Having great grades and scores is only the first step for elite colleges like Brown. You need more than that. One of the most important things you will need is great extracurriculars
Best Extracurriculars for Philosophy Majors
In the United States, roughly 70,000 students annually graduate with a bachelor’s degree in engineering. Only one-tenth of that, about 7,000 students, graduate with degrees in philosophy. Philosophy, or at least some form of it, is one of the original university programs dating back to the very origins of universities as we know them today. Universities were fundamentally guilds of scholars and teachers, and philosophers made up a sizable chunk of that. Compared to its origins, philosophy today is a tiny fraction of the university ecosystem.
Best Extracurriculars for Prospective Foreign Language Majors
If you’re a language person, you’re a language person. Some people aren’t language people, but those who enjoy learning languages, and who thrive in other cultures, should consider majoring in a foreign language in college. Mastery of a foreign language can lead to jobs in policy, in government, in education, in journalism, and even internationally.
Yale Extracurricular Activities for High School Students
So Yale is your dream school, but will you get in? A lot of our students are very nervous about their chances at schools like Yale. And we get why: it takes more than great grades and scores to get into Yale. If you are dreaming of Yale, you also need to have great extracurriculars. It isn’t always obvious what that might look like, so we wanted to break it down and give a real example of what the kind of student that gets into Yale looks like.
Best Extracurriculars for Prospective Environmental Science Majors
With climate change becoming increasingly difficult to ignore, studying environmental science in college has never been more popular among students who want to make a difference in the world. If you’re interested in becoming the next great environmental scientist, or even saving us from global warming, you’ll need to think carefully about how you present yourself in your college applications.
The Best Extracurriculars for Art History Majors
Art history is, unsurprisingly, the study of the history of art. It’s also a popular college major offered by nearly every university. Despite the popularity of art history at the collegiate level, very few high school students have access to studying art history beyond a course or two (if that, even) in high school. This leaves students in a tough position — how do you differentiate yourself from other applicants when there won’t be much on your transcript to show your interest in art history?
The Best Extracurriculars for Business Majors
An increasing number of students we work with are even interested in majoring in business in college. It’s been a steep enough uptick that it’s impossible to ignore. Once upon a time, students interested in STEM wanted to go on to get a secure job at a big company. These days, that’s simply not the goal. Young people would rather work harder days and longer hours — but for themselves. And to give themselves the best chance of succeeding they know they need to understand the mechanics, economics, and even the psychology, of business.
How to Get an Internship in High School
You’ve probably heard about college students getting internships, but did you know that high school students can too? Internships provide you with exposure to a field of work, and give you access to people who want to help teach you. Jobs do both of these things too, obviously, but high schoolers typically can’t access a job where they will spend significant amounts of time, learning from and shadowing alongside experienced people in a field you may be interested in studying in college or pursuing professionally. This is what internships can provide, and this is why we encourage them.