Extracurriculars and Scholarship Ideas for the summerAnswered
Hello, I am a non-citizen rising senior residing in the U.S for the past 2 years. I came after completing my freshman year in India, just as COVID struck, and did my entire sophomore year online. Due to the pandemic, I did not know that I had to build on my extracurriculars then since no one was there to guide me into the new education system, so I used my junior year to explore and participate in some activities. Below is what I have done during junior year and planning on doing next year-
- Member of the Science NHS, for which I own a leadership position senior year.
- Member of the NHS from senior year.
- Mu Alpha Theta member.
- NJROTC and am a part of all the teams we have (drill team, colour guard, PT team, and academic team). I have also won an award, a certificate, and 5 ribbons.
- I am planning on making videos to help students learn algebra, geometry, and precalculus (if I get that far) this summer since I am strong at math and/or I may also make math videos on a tutoring platform as a substitute tutor.
If anyone can advise how I can improve my extracurriculars and also suggest any scholarships/summer programs I can enrol in if I am interested in pursuing applied mathematics in astronomy in a prestigious school.
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Hello, Ananya,
doing extracurriculars was one of the more rewarding experiences that I had in high school!
And what made me proud of mine wasn't the status I assumed from them, but the community service I performed.
For me, junior year in high school saw me begin a recycling effort, where I and other students collected recyclable bottles & paper from the school every week.
It felt entrepreneurial, and inspired some friendships with people to this day, my end-of-year college sophomore days.
And as a college student, I have still been a community volunteer, this time in food distribution via local food pantry charities.
So if I can share advice from my own life thus far, Ananya, it's to volunteer your time for the community as part of your extracurriculars.
I don't know how it affected my acceptance into college, but the experience of community service alone was worth all the time it took.
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