As I get prepared for the next application, I think I have to be looking at my old application. If I wasn't accepted, then every part matters. So, I'm doing it. But, what I found surprised me a little bit. I was looking at my club activities and realized that I had listed a whopping three clubs and extracurricular activities. I listed three, but I did more than that.
How did this get by me?!
Well, the other clubs weren't necessarily my favorites or anything that seemed special to me. Well, that thought is stupid. Something I learned when setting up a theatre resume is that EVERYTHING MATTERS. For theatre, that meant "I can use the 16' ladder," but for something like JET where they care how you'll do with students, how you'll get involved at the school and all that, every club matters. So, I'm currently writing down every club I did, activities I do outside school, even if not "official" like a club, and you should too.
For example, I was a member of MASSPIRG for one semester. It may have only been one semester, but I did activities promoting awareness about the cost of college textbooks, I even went to a hearing for testimony about it for legislation. I did not list this before. This seems important and I spent HOURS working on this and doing other little things. It was brutal (thus, only one semester), but I did it. It counts. So, here is my crazy list of things I've done since I entered college for clubs and other activities, no matter how stupid. I'll figure out what is actually worth adding when I fill out the real application. But, if you don't believe me about how important it is to record everything, well here's my list, and remember that one activity that seems dumb to you might be the one that makes you stand out.
My activities (this is kind of here for my own reference too, so you don't really need to read this):
Anime Club 9/07-5/09
Yorick 9/07-5/09
Writer's Guild 9/07-5/09 VP 9/08-5/09
MASSPIRG 9/08-5/07
Multicultural Student Society 9/07-5/08
Asian Club 9/07-5/08
Gaming Club 9/07-5/08
Church Choir 1/10-5/12
Society for Creative Anachronism 7/08-Now
Some of these seem totally irrelevent or I wasn't that active in, but I think it's important to include them all. No matter how small each of these experiences was, it was still an experience.
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