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Why get involved in extracurricular activities at college or university?
By: Andrew Douglas
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Andrew teaches students around the world in high schools, colleges and universities in the UK and abroad with their studies in many subjects to get the best grades. Moreover, an accummulation of many of these techniques have also been put together in ‘The Secret Guide to Academic Writing & Study’ that is avaliable now through the AcademicFx website at http://www.academicfx.co.uk to help you achieve your academic and future career aspirations through practical advice.
Contact me now at postmaster@academicfx.co.uk for further assistance in this and other areas where you are having any problems in any area of your education and I will be only to happy to offer you assistance wherever I can in helping you to further your studies and your future academic achievements.
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In the many articles that I have written to date for you that are available here, most have been largely associated with studying techniques and essay writing amongst other educational issues. Therefore, in this article I thought that I would move more away from this to at least briefly discuss getting involved with your college or university in extracurricular activities so as to then get a lot more out of the college or university experiences.
Of course there is no denying that your central reason for studying for further qualifications at college or university is to further develop your learning in a particular subject so that you are then much better prepared for a future career in that area in practice. However, that should not be the be all and end all of your experience at college or university: there is also a need for you to be open to other ideas and experiences in your period of study.
The reason for this is largely centred on the example that I am about to give of someone that I know very well indeed . . .
Now I once knew a young man who, after attending college and not doing quite as well as he wanted (he got three ‘C’ grades when he was originally predicted 4 ‘A’s'), had to go through the rigours of the university Clearing System in order to study law at university after his low grades meant that he could not study at the university of his choice. Rather luckily he then got in through clearing into a university right near his home and so he could go and do his law degree. The problem was that, as someone already distinctly lacking his confidence, what little confidence he had had taken a severe knock so that he was not necessarily in the best place.
However, this guy was made of sterner stuff than it may have first appeared. He rolled up his sleeves and got fully engrossed in his course – of course he had friends, but his law degree was his sole focus and reason for being at university. Three years soon passed by in no time at all and this young man got his results. He had done very well – he had missed out on a First Class Degree (‘A’ grade) for the course by no more than three marks and was very pleased.
But this is where his problems started . . .
This guy then went and started applying for jobs but no one would take him – he was not considered suitable for some reason that he could not fathom. As a result, he decided to not only take a Masters in law but also the Legal Practitioners Course (LPC) that was the practical assessment for furthering his qualifications in the UK towards eventually becoming a solicitor (even though he had no Training Contract lined up for the conclusion of his courses).
The trouble was that it was only when he completed his Masters and LPC that this young man discovered to his cost why he was not getting anywhere with his work applications for a Training Contract – he had few if any extracurricular activities to speak of on his Curriculum Vitae (CV).
He had no work/subject related work experience.
He did not have a job during his studies because he was lucky enough to be funded fully.
He had not been part of any clubs or teams at university.
He had not entered any competitions.
He had not written any articles.
He had not undertaken any research.
Now, do not get me wrong, this guy is still making use of his qualifications and is doing ok but he has had to adapt his career ambitions and goals significantly into teaching.
He now helps students at all levels in the UK and internationally with their studies in an effort to impart his wisdom so that they might learn from his experiences and succeed in whatever area may be concerning them – he is doing something that he enjoys and that is important too!
Hopefully by now you have picked up on a few things from this guy’s experiences.
There are clearly some obvious lessons to be learnt, but perhaps the most significant of all these is that you need to participate in extracurricular activities. You need to appreciated that employers want more from their potential employees than someone who just excels in academia: they want workers and people who are able to interact with others easily in a working environment.
With this in mind, if I teach you nothing else (and I have plenty of experiences that I can refer to help you a lot) then hopefully this article will get you thinking about what extracurricular activities you can add to your CV today as I also have many other academic resources that you may find useful including ‘The Secret Guide to Academic Writing & Study’ to be clicked on via http://www.academicfx.co.uk that provides many further ideas and concepts for your studies.
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Andrew teaches students around the world in high schools, colleges and universities in the UK and abroad with their studies in many subjects to get the best grades. Moreover, an accummulation of many of these techniques have also been put together in ‘The Secret Guide to Academic Writing & Study’ that is avaliable now through the AcademicFx website at http://www.academicfx.co.uk to help you achieve your academic and future career aspirations through practical advice.
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Question by Abhi S.: Can I Get into Stanford or Washington University with these qualifications?
5.22 gpa on a 6.0 scale; 3.8 on 4.0 scale. Play baseball for high school team, have volunteered in hospitals and am working as pharmacist this summer. Part of HOSA and Red Cross organizations, and have outstanding conduct. If not, what more needs to be accomplished?
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Yeah that all sounds great
but colleges LOVE SAT/ACT scores because for some dumb reason its a measure of how good a university is.
as long as you did well on standardized tests, your grades/extracurriculars sound great
What do you think? Answer below!
Posted in Qualifications For University
John Harris is a Pakeha man in England who gets 100,000 emails a day he has been interviewed live on english tv the edge speaking about the parliaments in decieving the people under them since birth. He has the truth that relates to Maori having their rights the same as all people human rights go check it out ? John Harris illusions 1/5 on utube pass it on. Also the Maori party ceded their sovereignty when they were sworn into parliament.
I love this video – Pita Sharples translation “Im brown, I need special treatment”.
Bottom line – Maori are given the same chances as everyone else (thats Chinese, Indian and European kids in NZ). Learn or fuck off stupid horis.
couldnt agree more – when i was at school they never turned up or smoked dope all day. Its all to easy to blame the honky.
Maori are failing high schools… not the other way round Pita!!
Good point about Equality Pita made.
“Equality based on output”
this has been an justification for alot of Maori focused schemes that have been dumped after being labelled racist amidst a media storm conjoured by MPs seeking notoriety and backed by TVNZs racist agenda
However the racism way of thinking can also be justified, yet this does not bridge the gap and output remains inequitable
These schemes were social initiatives that would have been beneficial to society as a whole
Hi there toolman, hey it’s 4:40 where I am I’m jet lagged, so I’ll make this brief, cos I’m hungry.
I’m not here to entertain anyone, aswell as waste time, thou I’ve been laughing a lot lately, from remarks like “real Maoris’” as aposed to the allusive mythical fake one? and belligerent accusations like ‘”Fraud like you”. hahahahaaaaaa come on …. is that what your left with, we’re at the lowest form of communication now,hahahahahahaaaaaaaa I’ll CHECKMATE YOU LATER BOi, pO MARIE
With enemies like you who needs friends. I’m sure all the real Maoris that are coming up with good points to defend their people are gutted that a fraud like you wants to put himself on their side. Don’t see anyone agreeing with you or defending you crazy man.
Carve me a reply some time?? hahahahahahahhaaaaaaaaaaa pricelesss maaaaate, who did you steal that one from, you cant have came up with that by your self…… no way…. thats too good for you, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nice one tool….Bigot….. yep truely a bigot move, that one
…one more… hehehehehehe, what are gonna say next, you must have used nearly all you’re low gig memory in your 100 mhz Brain proccessor? hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. What ya got low end, early model MACINTOSH with 5′ floppy ideas floating around you’re tinytool head… hummmm? Reading all you’re previous rants towards others on this subject leads me to believe you thought you were strong, !!!!!!BUT MY KUNG FU IS STRONGER!!!!
… sorry about that , I seem to have digressed… the only “arsenal” you have left is to once again st st st stutter some LOW THOUGHT OUT ranting and raving,suggesting that you’re ability to PROVE YOU’RE SELF@ ground zero ultimately leaves a HUGE GAPING HOLE OF NOTHING where YOU ONCE STOOD, HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA, “CREDIBILITY” IS OUR ONLY TRUE POSSESSION IN LIFE… LOSE IT…. AND YOU “LOSE”…. IN LIFE… MY pROVERB. … YOU’LL TAKE THAT ONE TOO AYE PLAYJURIST!…YEA YOU WILL….
….and if not to do anything else, is still semi enjoyable, more so now that because you’re only arsenal “ass anal ” get it ” arse anal” hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa!!!!! I know you’ll gonna steal that one too, aye tinytool20/20 and claim it… or “FAKE IT”… AS YOUR OWN…just like how you took my research and removed you’re inaccurate uneducated guess work, aye!
I’m gonna put that in every time you think you can challenge me, you’re amusing, and some what clumsy empty chatter….
Hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa did you come up with that all by your little tool self hahaaahahaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!! fake lilttle white faced Maori?, hahahahahaahahahaaaaaaa !!!!!! take you a while ta cum up with that one …did it???
hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa stop it !!!!!!!hahahahaaaaaa .Now if ya were to reinstate some intelligent recourse instead of your transperent and consistant methods to provoke, which frankly has been a laugh, aye, na really, hahahahahaaaaa!!!!!!!
Oh come on just cause I said you were a fake little white faced Maori doesn’t mean you have to pull out the big guns looney man. You’re hitting where it hurts with this hardcore research you keep pulling out – completely brutal.
Hahahahahaha you are so transpearant
your a funny f**ker hahahaha now your a Music history Major, not to forget, a mind reader aswell, hahahahaha you need a consort, to guide you through the madness you try to create, your amusing to say the least
please check the comments placed by tinytool20/20 on my vids, I guess when left with no evidence to substantiate or for that matter verify any credibility on tinytool20/20 beliefs, he just goes’….to quote little toolman himself ” SAVAGE “
Great reply to Tinytool20/20 as I like to call him, I’m seeing his trail on many youtube sites and his memorandum seems to be to provoke anger in others…. check out my vids and see his comments, articulate they are not, showing the true tool20/20 that he is, showing that when cats are backed in a corner, hissing and clawing is the only course left, did I say cat I meant P***y
again great work!!!
What did you say that was correct?
And stop trying to sound like you know about Maori history, Playjurist. Tell the rest of what I taught you, why don’t you, there is only one true ownership in life, and that is CREDIBILITY. yOU JUST LOST YOUR’S…
TinyTim, Wow I did teach you something the last time I visited, you stated…what’s this?…shinytooth23 (3 weeks ago) COMMENT REMOVED BY AUTHOR , Hahaha you went an reneged on your own comments about the heritage of the maori culture dating only a few hundred years and now you’re regurgitating my researched reply to your for mentioned cud…. is what cows do all day, chew and Sh*t. Latin proverb: BY IGNORANCE we MISTAKE, and by MISTAKES we LEARN. Hahahaha, on ya Bike mike,U Do The Research
Wow I did teach you something the last time I visited, you stated that…what’s this…shinytooth23 (3 weeks ago) COMMENT REMOVED BY AUTHOR , Hahaha you went an reneged on your own comments about the heritage of the maori culture dating only a few hundred years and now you’re regurgitating my researched reply to your for mentioned cud…. is what cows do all day, chew and Sh*t. Latin proverb: BY IGNORANCE we MISTAKE, and by MISTAKES we LEARN. Hahahaha, on ya Bike mike,U Do The Research
Hi Tinytool hahaha, your method of pointing the finger and expecting others to answer is redundant needless to say self absorbing. Your not provoking intelligent debate, rather you enjoy the attention followed by the hope that the topic in question is the focus, not your worthless ranting. “U do the research” and make your own conclusions. accept the things you cannot change. your power to listen is weak, ephasising your preconcieved beliefs about the indiginous culture.
hahaha, your method of pointing the finger and expecting others to answer is redundant needless to say self absorbing. Your not provoking intelligent debate, rather you enjoy the attention followed by the hope that the topic in question is the focus, not your worthless ranting. “U do the research” and make your own conclusions. accept the things you cannot change. your power to listen is weak, ephasising your preconcieved beliefs about the indiginous culture.
Hahaha wow, Tiny tool, now your a backyard mind reader, someone IS frustrated,thou it isn’t me, and it’s obvious to us all here that you don’t like it when your corrected online, I’m too busy for your meandering verbal diarrieha, hence the late reply. You inundate yourself with topics far exceeding your control and so provoking reaction rather than thought seems to be your motivation. You have only alienated yourself here. PROVERB; THE NAIL THAT STANDS OUT WILL GET HAMMERED
Hahaha wow, Tiny tool20/20, now your a backyard mind reader, someone IS frustrated,thou it isn’t me, and it’s obvious to us all here that you don’t like it when your corrected online, I’m too busy for your meandering verbal diarrieha, hence the late reply. You inundate yourself with topics far exceeding your control and so provoking reaction rather than thought seems to be your motivation. You have only alienated yourself here. Japanese proverb ; “THE NAIL THAT STICKS OUT GETS HAMMERED”
So toothy, to sum up so far…
- The mainstream educational system is failing Maori
- Maori use about 1.7 billion dollars annually for funding, however we more than match that output with our contributing input
- Oh and many institutions are like the Wananga. Polytechs for example follow the same trend. This sort of operating is not restricted to Maori alone so stop bloody blaming us for everything!
You didn’t mention standardized scores. Make sure your SATs are above 650 for each section. Make sure you score 3s, 4s, and 5s on AP courses and SAT IIs should be 650 and above.