The rush of high school, the pressure on grades, and the thought of college. This is the average high schooler’s mind, but what happens when you throw in the extra stuff, the stuff every college wants to see? The question is, how many Extracurriculars are too many? Being involved is great, especially at Wayne Hills High School, so many clubs are offered, such as Leo club, SADD club, student council, SDA, FBLA, Deca, Glamor Gals, math club, Red Cross, Christian club, SOV, Patriot press, and so much more. Now it is proven that most students only join these clubs to look good in college; everyone is guilty of that. Everyone is also guilty of missing a meeting or club event due to a busy life. But when does it become too much to handle?
Only doing clubs you have time for and are actually interested in the slightest bit is the best way to go. If anyone just packs their college application full of a million club none of which mean anything to the student, that will not look good. The idea is to stick to a handful of clubs and put your time into becoming officers for these clubs you become passionate about. This will look best to college if that is the goal.
Now, what happens when you throw sports and outside of school activities into the mix? Life gets busy, the best way to get through it and still have the perfect amount of extracurriculars for college or any application is to plan and pick and choose what you want to do. If some clubs do not interest you, do not join, or if you can not find time for it, do not do it. Having such a busy life to the point where you miss being a teenager and you miss stuff you actually care about is not living life its filling it.
Every student should do what works for them because having the same application as everyone else applying will not get them anywhere. When taking a look into a student at Wayne Hills High School’s mind, we see Mia Spano’s thoughts, “As someone who participates in many extracurriculars, I believe that doing more than 8 is too many. I believe this because when you do too many, they start to interfere with each other, and you have to start choosing which one to miss.” Seeing that even students agree to plan their time wisely, Student Mia Spano even gave a list of eight clubs Mia will not go to, and this is good planning for Mia’s life. It will not always be the same for everyone, but setting that limit of what you can do is what will end up being the best. So, how many Extracurriculars are you in?
