Extracurriculars that don't have an official route?
Hi!
I'm a junior from India. I have certain extracurricular that don't exactly have an official route. For example, my mother runs a tailoring and embroidery institute and I know almost 11 styles of traditional Indian embroidery, as well as sewing and crochet (which I taught myself). However, getting certification from her institute seems unethical, but there aren't any other such institutes in our part of the country. Needlework was a huge part of my life, growing up, and I'd hate to have to exclude it from applications because of a lack of 'official' certification.
On a similar note, I tutor kids from school, again, unofficially. The only benefit I get from this is that I can go over the material once again. I also realized, through this, that i really enjoy teaching and that I'd like to teach later on i my career. Is there any way I could touch upon this in my applications?
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Most schools have a section or essay portion where you can add any extra things you want them to know about you that isn't anywhere else on your application, I would probably put this information in that section.
You can probably just write that in your resume under “hobbies” or “other interests”. Official certification would help, but I don’t think it’s strictly necessary.
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