I'm a junior in High School, and I really want a job, but, I want to do Extra curricular activities after school since colleges love that. But, if I get a job, I can't paticipate in a lot. So, my question is are colleges really impressed by you having a job the same way as you paticipating in extra curricular activities?
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2007-09-03 14:12:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Extracurricular activities are more important. They better reflect your interests and who you are as a person. Also, a job might take away a lot of time you need for important things, like #1 school and #2 extracurricular activities.
2007-09-04 07:39:59 · answer #1 · answered by oceano 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Colleges are not really impressed by most jobs, but...
Find a job doing something you love, and that has a service project aspect you can develop. Or find a paid internship.
A friend (15) works in a lab doing the easy part of DNA sequencing. It was a paid internship for a course she will be taking in high school this fall.
Work in a vet's clinic cleaning up, but also do some volunteer rescue or adoption project with a local organization.
Get a job in a bakery, and set up a delivery system to get the too old to sell, but too good to throw away stuff rerouted to a senior housing complex.
Get a job in the local library and volunteer to help with a local literacy program that is run out of the same building. It only takes an hour a week, and no extra transport.
Mow lawns and rake leaves for yourself or someone else, and get people to let you plant trees for the arbor society on their property or at their workplaces. Get your picture in the paper with mayor planting your first, 100th, etc tree. Get a scout troop to do most of the work - supervise.
Or get a job cleaning up labs at a local college, and volunteer to help with a large field project they need bodies for. Impress the department chair - get a great reference and mention of your involvement with the graduate research project - get into a great school. (Worked for my daughter)
Life is packaging.
2007-09-03 14:44:56 · answer #2 · answered by redhead 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Extra curricular activities are more important. It shows that you're involved in your school. It also shows that you can handle more than just schoolwork. But if you get a job and keep your grades up, it shows responsibility, too. Either way, I don't think you can go wrong.
2007-09-03 14:33:07 · answer #3 · answered by Asherly 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're* and no, it's not. Anyone can get into SOME college, somewhere. It depends on what colleges you're talking about. I had a 3.2 and I got into 7 out of the 8 colleges I applied to (arcadia, evergreen, goucher, susquehanna, wells, to name some) they're not the best schools out there but all of them, with the exception of evergreen, are private liberal arts colleges. So I think it partly depends on what the school you're applying to is looking for, and what you're looking for in a school. Check out the schools you're interested in, they may only require that.
2016-05-20 22:26:09 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because they assume you are doing it for the money, not because you have broad interests. The only way a job will help you get into college (other than the money) is if your job is directly related to your major and gives you some experience in that direction.
2007-09-03 14:28:19 · answer #5 · answered by neniaf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋