How to plan the extracurricular activities section of the undergraduate study abroad application in

In the second half semester of my freshman year, I discussed with my parents and decided to go to the United States for graduate school after graduating from college, and I planned to apply to the top 50 schools, so I signed a study abroad agency for high-end applications in the United States, and then I met Mr. Abby, who studied abroad in Huide.

In the summer of my freshman year, I spent most of my time studying English, because my teacher told me that a good score is a prerequisite for applying to a prestigious school, and this score mainly refers to the GPA, TOEFL score, and GRE test score that I need to take. At the same time, I also started to prepare for some campus activities. I prefer to play erhu, so at the suggestion of the teacher, in my sophomore year, I organized the first erhu competition since the establishment of the school, from sponsorship to inviting classmates to post-competition processing, etc., I completely mastered the whole process of organizing an activity, and the teacher said that I could write these activities into the essay when the time came, reflecting my learning ability, organization ability and communication skills.

In my sophomore year, I was mostly busy with activities, and I would find time to prepare for the GRE exam. In my junior year, I started to do projects with professors in school, how to communicate with professors, how to choose projects, how to choose projects, and how to deal with problems in the middle, etc., and the teachers also gave me a lot of help, and finally got a recommendation letter from the professor that had a sincere evaluation of me. Later, I also successfully applied to my dream school Cornell, how do you plan extracurricular activities?

Plan with care.

In order to facilitate the signing of contracts, some intermediaries launch foreign projects, and students think that those who are close to foreign countries will be very tall and will be favored by admissions officers. In fact, this is not the case, through my experience, I will tell you that the so-called projects that look tall on the surface will not give you the best points.

At that time, I signed the Huide institution, and the teacher guided me throughout the whole process, telling me that background activities should start from your own interests and hobbies; Activities that have made an impact and helped you in the event that you can persevere.

At that time, my post-teacher helped me customize a personalized application plan that was only suitable for me. In order to better reflect the individuality of the essay, the teacher helped me to organize it carefully, refine the materials, take me to brainstorm many times, write the essay with me, and after more than ten revisions, there are also unlimited communication and polishing of the essay by the former overseas admissions officer, and strive to achieve a perfect essay and keep improving.

1> Are you sure it's 250words and not characters? If it's words, you can write about the activity briefly, and then you're done. If you want to write all your activities in 250 words, take the list example 2> Advanced activities?

Which university is it, and whether there is English or not. I didn't fill in any advanced activities when I applied, so I left it blank and asked questions if I had them.

Each of the activities listed below can be included in the application as "extracurricular activities".

Here's a quick rundown of extracurricular activities in American schools:

1. Arts: performance, dance, painting, photography, writing, and other creative activities.

2. Religious: Participate in diocesan outreach, help for the elderly, meals, or church-sponsored meetings and sports meetings, organize or teach summer camps, retreats and other activities, missionary or other activities organized by churches.

3. Clubs and clubs: such as chess clubs, math competitions, moot courts, debate competitions, animation clubs, language learning clubs, film clubs, skateboarding clubs and other activities.

4. Community activities: community theater troupes, community gatherings and other activities organized by non-school organizations.

5. Self-governing organizations: Participate in the activities of student government associations, student committees, graduate committees, community youth organizations, advisory committees, etc.

6. Hobbies: You need to be creative when filling in hobbies, and playing with the Rubik's Cube or hobby collection can also be written into extracurricular activities. Participating in science and technology interest groups, model groups, hobby collections, blogging, hand-sewing, and more – your passion and energy outside of classroom learning is something that interests the university.

7. ** category: work in local TV stations, newspapers, school radio stations, TV stations or school magazines, write articles for literary journals, blogs or **, and any other experience related to film and television publishing.

9. Sports: The experience of participating in various sports teams or participating in various sports training.

10. ** category: the experience of participating in various choirs, various bands and orchestras, and solo performances.

Clubs can be founded according to their personal interests and talents, and they can also compete for leadership positions in existing student organizations and clubs (such as student unions, class committees, school magazines, etc.) in the school to effectively manage and organize activities.

Winning a competition is a highlight for applicants, but it is recommended that when participating in a discipline competition sponsored by a social organization, it is best to choose those subject competitions that require research and writing. In addition, you can also participate in competitions that require innovation, hands-on production, such as the Intel International Science and Engineering Grand Prix.

Invent an individual or participate in an interest group to make a small invention, preferably with results, and even better if it can be patented.

The ability to conduct research, research and analysis is what American universities want freshmen to have. Therefore, it is best for students to carry out some research activities related to their future majors in high school in individuals or groups, write some research**, and hone their research and analysis skills.

It is recommended that students should take advantage of the winter and summer vacations to go to companies or social institutions for internships, and the content of the internship should be related to the major they want to study.

During the exchange high school period, you can consider going abroad as an exchange student for a year or a semester, or you can use the summer vacation to participate in a summer program at a U.S. university, or receive visiting foreign exchange students.

HobbiesEveryone has their own hobbies, such as being good at a certain type of musical instrument or sports, if you can cultivate these hobbies to a level beyond ordinary people and become a highlight of yourself, you will also add points to yourself in the application process.

Volunteering is old-fashioned, but if you can stick to it for a long time, it is very valuable, and it is enough to prove that you are caring and helpful.

Generally speaking, you need to have your own hobbies or professional activities.

The activity we are doing during this year's winter vacation is the "China Air Pollution Investigation" activity, and I will send you a private message for reference if we need more details.

This event can be used both as an extension of oneself and as a preparation for a future professional direction.

When applying to study in the United States, is it true that more extracurricular activities the better? The more "tall", the better? Those students in first-tier cities have the conditions and advantages to be exposed to good activities, but what about children in second- and third-tier cities?

Don't you have a chance to study abroad? Without the resources and conditions to access these top activities, can you only look at them in the dust? But according to statistics, friends in the second and third tiers and even small towns, who do not have the aura of "scared to death" of their peers in big cities, are still admitted to Harvard, Yale and Princeton; Similarly, students who are not from the background of the Beijing Qing Dynasty have received offers from Harvard's master's programs.

These students certainly have top-notch academic results and excellent study abroad test scores as hardware, but that is not enough for them to win the favor of prestigious universities. Through my usual communication and discussion with people in my circle of study abroad friends, combined with my own experience in applying to Huide to study abroad, I have concluded that by chatting with several such students, understanding their extracurricular activities before applying, and combining my own application experience, I have come to an important conclusion: extracurricular activities are not a game of "fame".

Applicants with so-called "high-level" experience cannot sit back and relax, and applicants with only so-called "ordinary and no new" experience, as long as they do one thing right, they have the opportunity to knock on the door of a prestigious school. This one thing is to treat and participate in an extracurricular activity with your brain and heart; Growth and progress through the positive impact of extracurricular activities; It is to demonstrate ability, create value, and make meaningful contributions in extracurricular activities.

This year, Harvard University made it clear that we will evaluate charity and public welfare activities. Teacher Chen Qiyong also emphasized many times that "activities are exams!" "Judging from the undergraduate application for American universities**, it is required to fill in ten activities and five awards, which is called "1510".

Why aren't five awards and ten activities exams? Since it's an exam, let's try to do as well as we can.

So many parents and students will ask, what is a good activity? "When we do activities, one is to have enough quantity, and the other is to have 2-3 more important activities to represent what kind of person you are. Teacher Chen Qiyong said that next, he made a specific elaboration from four aspects:

1. When will the event be completed? The answer is very simple – the sooner the better. The application starts from the 9th grade (junior high school), if you start from junior high school and have 1-2 specialties, it is better.

2. Where is the best place to do activities? There is no clear answer to this, the activity is in**, we will do it**. Some people go to distant Africa to do it, some people go to Guizhou to do it, and some people go to Tongzhou around them to do it, and they can all go to famous schools in the United States.

Therefore, there is no clear definition of the location of the event.

3. What type of activity is good? Not necessarily. Some people do great things in scientific research, some people do great leadership activities, some people have artistic expertise, in fact, the most important thing is - what kind of person you are.

Admissions officers of prestigious American universities look at the activities of applicants, the first level is to see whether you have love, and the second level is to see your ability and influence, not only to see whether you do activities, but also to check how well you are doing.

4. Many parents want to know, what resources are good, what resources should I find? What we want to say is that the resource with which you have the most "iron" relationship is the best. Your expertise is in **, and your resources are in **, so you can do what kind of activities.

In addition, a really good activity should be "done" and "written", and "do + write" should be presented to the admissions officer in a package.

**——Xiao Yongge's study abroad planning platform.