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@TheRealJT
8 answers, 20 votes
 • 9 months ago •
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Other Extracurriculars

Hi! I’m a sophomore in high school and am looking for other extracurriculars, I want to go to a (preferably elite) school for finance or statistics. Currently i do:

Key club

Chess

DECA (went to ICDC last year)

Students Against Cancer

Innovate withIN

Diamond Challenge

What are other ECs (business or not) I could do either in or outside of school? Thanks!

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@Creative_Creator_123
9 answers, 3 votes
 • 9 months ago

Choose ec's you're interested in! Now's the time to explore your interest and they don't have to be related to your major!

Here are some from the top of my head:

HOSA

FIRST Robotics

Vex Robotics

part-time job

FBLA

USACO

AIME

starting a blog/youtube channel

starting a club at your school

any other club at your school

sports

self-studying anything: APs, languages, etc.

internships

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@CameronBameron
2,266 answers, 8,567 votes
 • 9 months ago

None of your ECs have to do with 'finance' or 'statistics'.

Therefore I would pick ECs that are more focused on your area of interest.

For example. Get a software program that shows you have expertise in statistical modeling or start a finance club at your school where you regularly discuss finance topics like trading stocks for example.

Please note that none of the elite colleges with the exception of UPenn Wharton are going to offer a major in Finance per se because that is normally covered under grad school when you get an MBA. But you can still major in economics or econometrics or statistics.

Good luck.

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[🎤 AUTHOR]@TheRealJT9 months ago

That’s why Penn is my dream school and has been for years, and I would argue DECA and the last 2 are very finance oriented. Ive tried to start a finance club but there was a lack of interest, I’d like to hear more about the statistics programming things, what do you suggest?

@CameronBameron9 months ago

I would try to get certified in MatLab or Tableau. Something like that. DECA has close to 250,000 members so that will not set you apart from the pack or show evidence of intellectual vitality. You have to focus on picking ECs that are not over-subscribed HS clubs.

[🎤 AUTHOR]@TheRealJT9 months ago [edited]

I’d say being an International Finalist as a freshman in a majority upper classmen category would make DECA a little better than an “over-subscribed” club and show at least a little “intellectual vitality” on an application.

@CameronBameron9 months ago

HS school clubs are not evidence of intellectual vitality. Taking advanced college courses, writing supervised research papers, unpaid internships with professors, getting patents, and getting published in professional journals are examples of intellectual vitality. If you are the President of DECA and hold top leadership roles, then that shows you have leadership potential. Remember there are close to 30,000 high schools and if half of them have DECA clubs, that's a lot of people.

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