During freshman year, SV students begin to build their activities resumes. Adding information yearly makes it easier to remember activities, awards and community service. Your college applications will ask that you recount the things that you’ve done during your high school years - and it’s easy to forget things! The act of putting together your resume and adding to it regularly will help you to get all of the required information into one document and will also help you to remember all the things you’ve done, in the event that you need to speak about them at an interview.
Do Extracurriculars Really Help You Get into College? | myUsearch blog
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activities / awards ideas
College Vine - A Guide to Extracurricular Activities: Grade 9
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Things to include on your resume might include (but aren’t limited to):
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Academic Teams and Clubs
Plays/Musicals Art exhibits Work Experience Volunteer Work or Community Service Technological Skills |
4-H
Scouting Involvement at church Creative Pursuits (Dance/Theatre) Community/Club Sports Summer Experience |
SV Specific Achievements:
You’ll want to highlight any awards or honors that you’ve received, along with any leadership positions that you’ve held. If you did it - put it down! We can always take it out later if it’s not adding much value. It’s especially important to highlight those activities where you have longevity and demonstrate dedication - those are probably the activities that highlight your interests and passions. Make sure that your most significant activities are listed first.
- National Honor Society
- Associated Student Body (ASB) positions
- Mentor Program
- Ambassador Program
- Dean’s List
- SV Overall Academic Achievement Award
- Academic Award – Honors and/or Highest Honors
- Scholar Athlete Award
- Scholarships received
You’ll want to highlight any awards or honors that you’ve received, along with any leadership positions that you’ve held. If you did it - put it down! We can always take it out later if it’s not adding much value. It’s especially important to highlight those activities where you have longevity and demonstrate dedication - those are probably the activities that highlight your interests and passions. Make sure that your most significant activities are listed first.
how do colleges value your activities?
Are all activities considered equal on a college application? It is pretty obvious that this is not the case however, how do you know where your activity falls in the level of importance? CollegeVine posted a blog that helps to break down the value of high school activities by tiers. When you access the CollegeVine extracurricular activities section blogs, you will find yourself falling down a habit hole of valuable information.
BREAKING DOWN THE 4 TIERS OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
HIGH SCHOOL JOBS THAT LOOK GOOD ON COLLEGE APPLICATIONS
BREAKING DOWN THE 4 TIERS OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
HIGH SCHOOL JOBS THAT LOOK GOOD ON COLLEGE APPLICATIONS
creating your application activities list
The College Essay Guy - 80+ Extracurricular Activity Examples
The College Essay Guy - Epic list of Activities List Verbs
