Ranking High School Extracurriculars from Worst to Best

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @alwaysrootingfortheantihero123
    @alwaysrootingfortheantihero123 Месяц назад +1671

    so basically if you’re a normal high schooler your activities aren’t good enough. what abt a sport? drama? stage crew? you know, normal things that high schoolers do that take up their time.

    • @ReisNisius
      @ReisNisius Месяц назад +1

      college

    • @randomdams9179
      @randomdams9179 Месяц назад +54

      They are talking about being the top 1000ish High Schoolers, which just isn't possible for "normal high schoolers" basically by definition.

    • @burnt.norton
      @burnt.norton Месяц назад +42

      the “amazing” and “okay” is more for like top 20 schools. but even then, all you really need to do is be a stand-out student in your region

    • @ArianeM-gk2vp
      @ArianeM-gk2vp Месяц назад +7

      You could get into a local or state university most likely. But these types of videos are for students who want to get into Ivys or the top ranking schools. It's for the TOP top.

    • @Nour-cg7hp
      @Nour-cg7hp 26 дней назад +3

      Nothing I do is good enough anymore bruh

  • @JustinTimberlakeStand
    @JustinTimberlakeStand Месяц назад +1120

    Girl I’m trying to get into college- not work a 9 to 5 passion project.

    • @kawaiielephant7772
      @kawaiielephant7772 Месяц назад +37

      That's what colleges expect nowadays 😢

    • @randomdams9179
      @randomdams9179 Месяц назад +3

      @@kawaiielephant7772 Yeah
      1 RUclips short and 1 comment per day
      All else is work .. .

    • @kawaiielephant7772
      @kawaiielephant7772 Месяц назад +7

      @@randomdams9179 and then you go to college and you have to do more work 😭 hard work is rewarded by more work

    • @claryyy
      @claryyy Месяц назад +5

      this is for the ppl that want to go to harvard 😭

  • @oo-yh5yj
    @oo-yh5yj Месяц назад +402

    This girl needs a reality check lol
    probably doing social media because it fits her major

    • @randomdams9179
      @randomdams9179 Месяц назад +17

      Its so stange to think like . . Yeah to other people who aren't locked in from the start of freshman year, this seems "absurd", when now adays its what you need to get into college.

    • @demify8398
      @demify8398 Месяц назад +5

      What reality check. This is the minimum to get into a T20 school based on extracurriculars and one other sector. To make it into a top ten school, you’d need 1570+ SAT, one of the amazings that she wrote or an individual high level Olympiad, high ranking in school (top 3 percentile), and a beautiful essay.
      You’re the one that needs a reality check.

    • @oo-yh5yj
      @oo-yh5yj Месяц назад +1

      @@demify8398 uh huh, okay boomer.

    • @BILTDIFRENT
      @BILTDIFRENT Месяц назад +1

      not really. as a freshman, i already have a couple from the okayy category and am beginning my "passion project". To get into top-15 colleges, you need some of these, as well as high SAT scores, great essays, good grades and good recommendations.

    • @muggerpugger3231
      @muggerpugger3231 Месяц назад +2

      @@oo-yh5yjbro making it to community college 😂

  • @ireniq2701
    @ireniq2701 Месяц назад +425

    Y'all HAVE to start specifying that this is for Ivy League schools bc most normal peiple are NOT doing all that. Even if you are going for Ivy League, be a kid. Time never stops, let's enjoy what we have while we still have it

    • @cozzmo4186
      @cozzmo4186 21 день назад +1

      Honestly ur right

    • @tuxtitan780
      @tuxtitan780 17 дней назад

      Nobody will ever convince me that Ivy League schools aren't one of the biggest scams in this country.
      They are absurdly expensive compared to any normal university, and for what? A very marginally better education and connections that you can develop at other colleges and jobs?
      No thank you. Maybe if I was born with a golden spoon in my mouth, and going to one of these colleges wouldn't put me in a massive amount of debt for practically the exact same payoff as just going to a state university or something, they'd be worth it. But I wasn't

    • @DSH__
      @DSH__ 5 дней назад

      this isnt even like IVy leauge quality

  • @CorneliusNutterbucketThe3rd
    @CorneliusNutterbucketThe3rd Месяц назад +201

    my school didnt even have "career related clubs" and only teachers could start the clubs ?????

    • @randomdams9179
      @randomdams9179 Месяц назад +3

      Times have changed. . . .
      Colleges used to care about grades mostly, and a bit about clubs. Now its different, grades are only looked at by an algorithm which sorts out people mathematically, the the admisions officers only see people who make it past this, and see grades as like 20% of a larger process.
      Thus High Schools have adapted. . .

    • @CorneliusNutterbucketThe3rd
      @CorneliusNutterbucketThe3rd Месяц назад +10

      @@randomdams9179 I just graduated in 2023???

    • @randomdams9179
      @randomdams9179 Месяц назад

      ​@@CorneliusNutterbucketThe3rd idk then. .
      The idea that not a single club at your high school was related to medicine, law, science, coding, etc. is hard to believe. More over the idea that you weren't able to ask to have one of those clubs be created is even more crazy. .
      Perhaps your from another country? This video is about American High School.

    • @CorneliusNutterbucketThe3rd
      @CorneliusNutterbucketThe3rd Месяц назад +6

      @randomdams9179 im in the us, east coast. and in terms of clubs we have gsa, math club, guitar club, dance team, jrotc if that counts as a club, yearbook, anime club, peace club, knitting club, book club, aevidum, mural club, a social justice club, an esports club, and a gaming club. I know all of this bc i was in all but 3 of them lol my school has like 4k students but clubs just weren't like popular idk man

    • @hornetfromhallownest
      @hornetfromhallownest Месяц назад +3

      fr bro i do online school, and its not possible for us to have leadership roles in our clubs bc only the teachers run them

  • @natebutler5134
    @natebutler5134 Месяц назад +78

    These are kids, they don’t need to be wasting their childhood trying to achieve this absurd standard of success. They can have a great future and go a good school by trying hard at the things they do and leaving time to learn how to be a person, not just a list of accomplishments. If it is fulfilling to them to do these things, that should be why they should do them, not impress colleges. The most important thing they will do in high school to prepare them for life is not starting a business, winning national competitions, or founding a club, it’s adjusting to responsibilities and identity as they grow up. That can’t be expressed on a college application, and it doesn’t need to be. The point of doing things is not to show that you did them, but learning from them.

  • @goldleave1633
    @goldleave1633 Месяц назад +31

    Actual admissions professional: we are much more impressed by a part time job than founding a club or having a project. It requires a higher level of responsibility and often leadership than an optional school based club. We also notice when you join a bunch of stuff your senior year to pad your application. If you didnt realize this was important until senior year I would recommend making a significant commitment to one job, effort or project over signing up for 10 clubs

  • @userqshshs
    @userqshshs Месяц назад +106

    girl, starting a business? nahhhhhh

    • @maddied5825
      @maddied5825 Месяц назад +8

      Also, unless your business is like super super successful, it’s not gonna make it easier for you to get in college. No one cares that you’re selling art on Etsy. (Inless said art is making thousands of dollars.) but then also it’s only helpful for a business focus degree if you’re going to school for biology, they do not care if you have a successful business or not because you’re probably not going to be a biology entrepreneur lol

    • @Zzz-xv1qb
      @Zzz-xv1qb Месяц назад +3

      and if you're starting a business why would you need to go to college anyway

  • @riot.-er5dx
    @riot.-er5dx Месяц назад +93

    if most collages wanted this there would be no one at collage💀

  • @kfcccccxc
    @kfcccccxc Месяц назад +17

    this is depressing because i am only in the “eh” section and genuinely do not know how to get to the other levels (my school has over 300 clubs, i cannot think of one that is already created. i am not the slightest bit good at any specific thing to even be competing in national competitions. and i do not have the time or passion to start a passion project)

    • @lorimetallickuttelfisch6273
      @lorimetallickuttelfisch6273 Месяц назад

      If it means anything to you one of my eh clubs I joined and later was helping run has been a life long help to me. It was the dnd club. I went into a science field full of dorky dnd players, and it has been great getting to relate and network with it through my peers. It hasn't changed my life completly, but honestly has been a wonderful constant letting me make fast friends with people in lots of places. Ya never know what might help, so it's good to try thing!

    • @Nour-cg7hp
      @Nour-cg7hp 26 дней назад

      We're in the same boat

  • @carbon6274
    @carbon6274 15 дней назад +3

    If we're gonna go back into reality, extracurriculars in general will get you a better chance into getting into college. This is because it shows that you want to do things and you are commited. A very good one that I do is band. Go out for things in your clubs too, don't just go, try and be the leader or secretary or some type of higher position within the clubs

  • @gardenandcalico
    @gardenandcalico Месяц назад +14

    Hi I'm 29 and I want all the kids here to know that NOTHING is worth college debt. If you and your family cannot pay out of pocket DO NOT sell the next 20 years of your life for it. There is a way. Work and save for community college. Live with mom and dad as long as you can. Go entry level in the field you think you wanna major in to make sure you actually like it. DO NOT GO INTO STUDENT LOAN DEBT. IT ISNT WORTH IT. YOU DESERVE BETTER !!!

    • @FOXT25
      @FOXT25 19 дней назад

      When you take on debt to major in art lmao

    • @Terfecto
      @Terfecto 17 дней назад

      I agree. These kids will get a reality check once they see their student loans, and they’ll see the kids who took community college end up richer than them in the long term. The only way I’d go to a college would be if I could get in for a reduced price. If your family makes below a certain income (which you could always lie about) you can get reduced or free tuition.

  • @School_30
    @School_30 Месяц назад +11

    Y'all this is what you've got to do if you're shooting for ivys. Colleges with a less competitive screenshot rate would not expect all this.

  • @ExistentialParalysis
    @ExistentialParalysis 24 дня назад +3

    As a current student at a top college, this is some bullshit. Do what you want and need to do. This is so disconnected from the reality of surviving and living.

  • @littlehalf4796
    @littlehalf4796 Месяц назад +6

    its important to note that this isnt a comprehensive list; theres plenty of unique ecs that will not only be impressive but will help distinguish you from everyone else doing these

  • @moonlitechoes
    @moonlitechoes Месяц назад +12

    what abt sports? i do gymnastics but it’s the only thing i have time for 😭 we literally train for 22-25 hrs a week and can’t even call it varsity cuz it’s club

  • @gabysoto3350
    @gabysoto3350 Месяц назад +2

    In case this terrifies any people that are applying to college soon- a majority of people get into college without these passion projects or awards, including me. You can get the major, school, scholarships, etc that you want without being forced to work 24/7. It’s all gonna be okay!!

  • @peanutbuttercrackers9106
    @peanutbuttercrackers9106 Месяц назад +2

    I’m sorry to tell you but winning the NSDA (national debate) finals, is way more impressive than almost any passion project, since literally just one person (or in some events one small team) in the entire country wins in each category. I feel like the creator of this list has a slight bias towards passion projects because they engaged in one in high school.

  • @jasp237
    @jasp237 29 дней назад +1

    I started a business in high school and that's mainly what helped get me into college on top of my grades

  • @lorimetallickuttelfisch6273
    @lorimetallickuttelfisch6273 Месяц назад +4

    I am not sure if I would count winning completions as extracurricular, since it's more of an achievement involving an extra curricular. The extra curricular is the speech and debate club, and going to nationals and winning anything is a type of achievement. I went to nationals ans states a few times for clubs, so that was only a part of a regular club attendance.

  • @Cyancat123
    @Cyancat123 27 дней назад +2

    Ok no. All of these are the types of clubs you join IN college. In high school they don't expect you to have anything more advanced then sports, theater, or some other youth organization like BPA or 4-H. My high school didn't even have "general membership" or social types of clubs.

  • @EvanAnderson-w4r
    @EvanAnderson-w4r Месяц назад +4

    My school doesn’t even have a debate team :( I’ve been thinking about starting one
    Edit: the colon parenthesis got caught on a weird part

    • @wowyok4507
      @wowyok4507 Месяц назад

      no it literally can apply to any competition, stem especially is much more impressive

  • @randombaguette
    @randombaguette 17 дней назад

    I’m in Princeton and my only extracurriculars were Varsity Soccer, Varsity Lacrosse, and Part Time Job.

  • @Don-e7n
    @Don-e7n Месяц назад +9

    I have a long way to go if I want to get to Harvard then😭

  • @DelaineyFlores
    @DelaineyFlores Месяц назад +7

    From ONE perspective

  • @hannahe7500
    @hannahe7500 29 дней назад

    having a podcast looks better to you than founding neuroscience club 😭😭😭

  • @Victoriaa15v
    @Victoriaa15v Месяц назад +17

    so where does theater fall in all of this

    • @alternativeaccount199
      @alternativeaccount199 Месяц назад +2

      if you're doing an arts major i guess it should be in good

    • @Goldenroses930
      @Goldenroses930 28 дней назад

      It falls under useless and no future

    • @Victoriaa15v
      @Victoriaa15v 28 дней назад +2

      @@Goldenroses930 ew someones angry. jesus christ chill out

  • @SojuLast
    @SojuLast Месяц назад

    Im just shocked at the amount of people who think this girl is out of her mind even knowing that she’s talking about for top 20 schools.
    I guess less competition for me.

  • @alula394
    @alula394 Месяц назад

    There's still some things she didn't cover that look good, like science olympiad or battle of the books, which you have to dedicate time to and winning a medal looks especially good 🤷‍♀️

  • @johngadbois1097
    @johngadbois1097 Месяц назад

    Got into notre dame in 2022 and my top 2 extracurriculars were captain of varsity basketball and part time job for 6 months…. You’ll be okay

  • @NBSportsNews
    @NBSportsNews 19 дней назад +1

    This is great but I’m in Model UN and I’m curious where you rank that. Google says it helps

  • @cinn4monroll___uhh
    @cinn4monroll___uhh 14 дней назад

    Chat- I need to know
    If I want to do classes so I can get into vet school, should I do mock trial next year?? Or would that not matter in my application for uni cuz I’m doing something someone would do for law enforcement or in that genre and not something with animals or science or math???
    I’m also might be a helper at a vet clinic

  • @tylerjohnson4
    @tylerjohnson4 Месяц назад +1

    Mid list. rankings are misleading names, and this is obviously graded according to very selective colleges which isn’t specified. starting a club should also be much higher than “ok” even for selective colleges. I know 3 people from my school and nearby schools who’s most impressive activities were starting a math club, and that was the main reason they got in, making that activity much better than just “ok”. additionally i’ve heard from ivy league people who worked in admissions part time jobs are not seen as bad or even just ok, they are seen as a good activity.

  • @josephballard4150
    @josephballard4150 19 дней назад

    "Go win a national competition" sorry not everyone can do that

  • @Idkwhyimhere456
    @Idkwhyimhere456 Месяц назад

    Um why do the extra activities you do determine if colleges look into your application? Here in Ireland applications are based purely on scores from our examinations and an interview with the college, if you are doing an extracurricular for the sake of your college it is not extracurricular’

    • @Goldenroses930
      @Goldenroses930 28 дней назад

      I’m an American looking to go to school in Ireland, at trinity would this be the same or due to going from the US to Ireland would I need those clubs, I have looked into it but couldn’t find anything good, same thing with the UK other colleges I looked at were St. Andrew’s and Edinburgh

  • @heatwave7170
    @heatwave7170 Месяц назад +1

    Yeah screw sports. Isn't like colleges want to have good sport teams or anything

  • @dzheyperforming
    @dzheyperforming Месяц назад

    i was a national history day finalist and do ballet 3 nights a week not including performance rehearsals how cooked am i as a freshman

  • @ArmandoParedes-vp9zh
    @ArmandoParedes-vp9zh 23 дня назад

    what if i dont know in what do I want a major. My ideas are from ingeneir, movie director, art, lawyer. I dont know what to do

  • @Redford-Kenny
    @Redford-Kenny Месяц назад

    bro we have sports and homework club wdym 😭😭

  • @jacob-sp6zk
    @jacob-sp6zk Месяц назад

    i’m president of my class and i’m wondering how much this impacts my applications, it obviously shows leadership but i’m not sure if it’s the same as just general involvement

  • @OliviaRoberts-o3f
    @OliviaRoberts-o3f Месяц назад

    Umm where do I go if I’m a theatre kid and I plan on going to a performing arts college to get a degree in musical theatre areas?

  • @maxds00
    @maxds00 27 дней назад

    i think you forgot sports. 💀

  • @jalapeno1119
    @jalapeno1119 5 дней назад

    Why tf does your high school part time job have to be related to a career?

  • @pizazer0866
    @pizazer0866 Месяц назад

    I have a question, does working on musicals for your highschool count as like a big project to get into college? Because I’m doing that and also a music club and theater club. 😅so I’m not sure.

  • @notmyactualnameunfortunately
    @notmyactualnameunfortunately Месяц назад +1

    Where is student council on this list (its my elective)

    • @demify8398
      @demify8398 Месяц назад

      Nowhere, but leadership positions generally need to be merit based, not a popularity contest such as StuCo to really count as more than an ehh level ec

  • @PenelopeCurcuru
    @PenelopeCurcuru 14 дней назад

    I wish I could do what I liked then lol, are student government positions good for applying for colleges?

  • @Terfecto
    @Terfecto 17 дней назад

    All because you want to join an Ivy League and flex to your family members. Go and do that and get your self in hella debt. An employer will care more about experience and if you can get the job done after.

  • @hmdv.
    @hmdv. 3 дня назад

    What a joke! If you already have “entrepreneurial ventures”, why the hell would you need a degree?!? Let alone considering the worth of going to an Ivy League.

  • @DieRepublikCraztina
    @DieRepublikCraztina 28 дней назад

    Where does Marching Band rank on this?

  • @solarsaturn6731
    @solarsaturn6731 29 дней назад

    Where are sports on this list? Such as Marching Band?

    • @FOXT25
      @FOXT25 19 дней назад

      Bottom of the barrel unless you're incredibly skilled and be recruited for that specifically.

  • @OliviaRoberts-o3f
    @OliviaRoberts-o3f Месяц назад

    Okay but where do I go?? I’m a theatre kid 😅

  • @BAN15II
    @BAN15II 17 дней назад

    The f is that?? We had options other than PE or Dancing??

    • @TheJayWay101
      @TheJayWay101 16 дней назад

      First 2 seconds *EXTRACURRICULAR*

    • @BAN15II
      @BAN15II 16 дней назад

      ​@@TheJayWay101Ye I know what u mean about being able to do other stuff in school. I mean in college application forms in our state is fully tick mark based. Other than your name everything is in boxes for us to select. The extracurricular options had like five or six boxes with pre written options we could select. We were not allowed to write anything else you did before. It's not the best college(it ranks 13th) in the country. Even if someone has done some amazing Extracurricular activities, our colleges don't really care as they only focus on the compulsory subject's. Extracurricular Activities are simply ignored in our country unless it's a private college. Government Colleges only care about your percentile and ranking in the country.

  • @taralovesJesus
    @taralovesJesus Месяц назад

    does beta club, nhs and student council look good on college and scholarship apps?

    • @demify8398
      @demify8398 Месяц назад +1

      Combined, it would be between an eh and a good depending on your class size. So if you have more than 500 students in your grade, then it would be alright as it could actually be impressive. However, everyone has nhs so it’s nothing really.

  • @erigon5833
    @erigon5833 Месяц назад

    Soos, these are children

  • @ebony07
    @ebony07 Месяц назад +2

    The number of comments here that are whining about how colleges expect too much from them is insane. I'm currently starting my 12th grade and the majority of students have rather won nationals in Sci Oly, HOSA, Mathletes, etcetera, become captain of a large scale team such as robotics or 501(c)(3) nonprofits. It's not that our school is privileged, we aren't. We don't receive funding from our city and there is no tuition to attend so we can't really afford to set up a large number of clubs at our school: students reach out to business owners, other schools, local libraries, and more to try their best to further their knowledge.
    It's not impossible to do, so stop pretending that it is and that you should be pitied by these elite universities. Listen, if you're part of the 'general membership clubs' like HOSA and Sci Oly and you never won an award, schools like MSU or UMass Amherst will probably let you in, you just haven't proven that you deserve an Ivy or Ivy adjacent.

    • @void9322
      @void9322 Месяц назад +10

      This is a wonderful example of privilege and survivorship bias. And to be clear, there are more kinds of privilege then just economic status. Yes, if you put it the effort you are more likely to succeed, but this can only happen if your environment allows it. Most school environments are horrible, both from a social and educational lens. I'm glad you are an environment that where you can thrive, but not everyone gets that.
      Sure, most students aren't deserving of ivy league status anyways, but there are plenty of very smart and talented individuals who are held back by their circumstances.

    • @Caff-pv8fg
      @Caff-pv8fg Месяц назад +5

      I mean it IS kinda a rat race tho.