does doing extracurricular activities really matter in high school (1 Viewer)

[donkily]

and if so what "benefits" do you get out of them?

 

[Mathew587]

and if so what "benefits" do you get out of them?

Hey prelim kid,
Benefits include-
- Stress relief
- Improves time management
- Teamwork if you do sport
- Looks great on your resume
- Looks great with your excellent atar
- ESSENTIAL FOR ANY CADETSHIP, INTERNSHIP ETC. Like you will not be considered without any.
- New friends
- Improves your social life which deteriorates during your hsc
- Keeps you fit which also deteriorates during your hsc
- Helps you understand yourself more especially with Duke of Ed
- You waste less time because you have no time to waste
- Helps build your connections with organisations
- Make you more reputable and trustworthy
- Jobs also make you money

This questions got too many answers but that's​most of them.
Goodluck mate

 

[donkily]

Hey prelim kid,
Benefits include-
- Stress relief
- Improves time management
- Teamwork if you do sport
- Looks great on your resume
- Looks great with your excellent atar
- ESSENTIAL FOR ANY CADETSHIP, INTERNSHIP ETC. Like you will not be considered without any.
- New friends
- Improves your social life which deteriorates during your hsc
- Keeps you fit which also deteriorates during your hsc
- Helps you understand yourself more especially with Duke of Ed
- You waste less time because you have no time to waste
- Helps build your connections with organisations
- Make you more reputable and trustworthy
- Jobs also make you money

This questions got too many answers but that's​most of them.
Goodluck mate

ty

 

[pikachu975]

Hey prelim kid,
Benefits include-
- Stress relief
- Improves time management
- Teamwork if you do sport
- Looks great on your resume
- Looks great with your excellent atar
- ESSENTIAL FOR ANY CADETSHIP, INTERNSHIP ETC. Like you will not be considered without any.
- New friends
- Improves your social life which deteriorates during your hsc
- Keeps you fit which also deteriorates during your hsc
- Helps you understand yourself more especially with Duke of Ed
- You waste less time because you have no time to waste
- Helps build your connections with organisations
- Make you more reputable and trustworthy
- Jobs also make you money

This questions got too many answers but that's​most of them.
Goodluck mate

The bold part isn't true for sure, or else everyone would be getting extra curriculars

 

[sida1049]

The bold part isn't true for sure, or else everyone would be getting extra curriculars

Can confirm. I got a scholarship pretty much without any extracurricular activities.

That said, it does seem that generally it's easier to land a scholarship if you did do some extracurricular activitiess that you can talk about to some extent.

 

[donkily]

Can confirm. I got a scholarship pretty much without any extracurricular activities.

That said, it does seem that generally it's easier to land a scholarship if you did do some extracurricular activitiess that you can talk about to some extent.

Oh really. Mind telling me how you did it? Was it based purely off academic results

 

[sida1049]

Oh really. Mind telling me how you did it? Was it based purely off academic results

It was about 60% academic results, 40% Advanced English articulation skills. Especially the latter. Trying to make your personal musical interest sound relevant to an Advanced Mathematics degree is right up Advanced English's alley.

For references, I also went to a public comprehensive high school (and two other peers received scholarship offers), so never rule yourself out of a scholarship attempt.

 

[seremify007]

I think it depends which scholarship/cadetship... at least in the ones I've been involved with, I'd look for ECs or well roundedness beyond academics.

 

[Shadowdude]

I think at uni you'll have more time for this sort of thing anyway

 

[seremify007]

Key thing (in a scholarship/cadetship context) is that ECs give you braoder experiences than what you'd get in pure studies whether it be how to deal with conflict, how to handle stakeholders, how to inspire/lead, etc...

 

[donkily]

I think at uni you'll have more time for this sort of thing anyway

More time? I'm sure uni students are way busier than high school students since you all have a crap tonne of weekly work to do and getting hand cramps at the end of each semester due to excessive note taking and such

 

[Shadowdude]

More time? I'm sure uni students are way busier than high school students since you all have a crap tonne of weekly work to do and getting hand cramps at the end of each semester due to excessive note taking and such

but how many students actually do the work they're supposed to do?

 

[donkily]

but how many students actually do the work they're supposed to do?

Got no idea

 

[si2136]

Recruiters want to see that you're busy, doing a lot outside, while maintaining a healthy work/study balance in high school. Therefore, EC activities play to some extent a factor when going for cadetships, not necessarily scholarships (case to case basis).

 

[Shadowdude]

Got no idea

(that was a rhetorical question)

 

[Mathew587]

Swimming, to help relieve stress from year 11

Yes definitely. And u also end up looking great

 

[donkily]

Swimming, to help relieve stress from year 11

Yes definitely. And u also end up looking great

i believe this is only helpful in the summer

 

[Shadowdude]

Is uni less stress than school

depends


At school, you have exams once a year - at uni you have to cover more content in half the time, and you have exams twice a year

etc.

 

[donkily]

Recruiters want to see that you're busy, doing a lot outside, while maintaining a healthy work/study balance in high school. Therefore, EC activities play to some extent a factor when going for cadetships, not necessarily scholarships (case to case basis).

but most of the time when people get hired for internships or full time jobs do employers really pay attention to your high school extracurriculars

 

[si2136]

but most of the time when people get hired for internships or full time jobs do employers really pay attention to your high school extracurriculars

No. But please note: cadetships = High School/First Years (So it does matter for the next 2 yrs)