Extra curricular activities show your diversity and your ability to juggle and organize your time. Are you sure there's nothing that goes on during school that you could be a part of? At our school, we have a lot of our club meetings and fundraisers during school. Extra curricular is not limited to just sports. Maybe you could tutor or head a morning study group. Talk to some of your teachers and see if they have ideas for you. MIT is very competitive and hard to get into. Extra activities aren't the "be all, end all" but they do help with your diversity and social growth, which many colleges look for.
2006-08-17 01:00:03
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answered by Moxie Crimefighter 6
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It is getting so competitive to get into top tier colleges that excellent grades and excellent SAT scores alone do not cut it. I know because my son has been there. He was a National Merit Finalist, and had 1560 on his SATs. However, you have a very good reason to not be doing Sports. Can you do something academic? Science Olympiad, Model UN, etc... Can you help with a social cause, even reading to young kids, or tutoring prisoners? Can you get published? You have to try and add extra-curriculars. And if you genuinely cannot, make sure you convey that very explicitly and prominently in your application, and document it. Choose a small selective college if you're looking at MIT caliber, like Amherst, Dartmouth, Swarthmore, Williams. They are usually more personal than the large colleges. But if they won't do because you are not into Liberal Arts, then try a number of top tier colleges to increase your chances.
2006-08-17 01:00:41
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answered by browneyedgirl 6
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Use your condition to your advantage. I know it sounds horrible, but play it up! When I was in high school our teachers told us to create some sad story for our college essays. Depending on the school you go to, more often then not each application that has good enough grades will at LEAST get looked at and not thrown because you have no sports. I'd see if you can get an interview with someone for MIT. That could help your chances too. Also, perhaps there's SOMETHING you can participate with at school, even if just once a month, or week.
Good Luck!
2006-08-17 00:56:24
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answered by Katie Renee 2
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It reaallly affects it! You need something on your application that says that you are " a hard worker " , can play on a team, has good skills and stuff! They want to know what you can do for their school besides just being smart. Even if it's just like the chess club or FFA or stuff like that. extra-curricular does'nt just mean sports! I hope I helped!
2006-08-17 00:56:37
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answered by coniisland 3
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Choose something that you like and is not too tiring for you. Quite often the extra stuffs will go with you long after you finish school. Trust me.
2006-08-17 00:55:48
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answered by Kanda 5
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Not really! As long as you can prove that your academic merit is strong, you can go to any college. But not when you are applying for MBA. However if ur field is more on academic you may close your world to everyone, but that's really boring, no social life. And you will miss your whole life!
2006-08-17 01:28:22
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answered by brandy q 2
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A school like MIT could care less about your extra cirricular activities. They care about your academic achievements.
2006-08-17 00:57:36
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answered by WC 7
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they count, but it's definently not the number one factor in college admissions. Jst make sure you have a good GPA and SAT score, and you'll do fine!
2006-08-17 05:22:14
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answered by Anonymous
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What the hell are you a retard? Don't expect an Ivy League without a ton of ECs.
2006-08-17 00:55:21
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answered by HarvardMed 1
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that's okay.. you can join other clubs not requiring too much effort and energy.. scholastic club?
2006-08-17 00:56:39
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answered by gale 1
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