Lora Lewis

Educational Consultant
Lora Lewis Consulting

Sports and clubs are the most common extracurriculars, but any activity that you are involved in over time and in depth can be a valuable addition to your college applications. Rather than collecting numerous brief extracurricular activities, choose one or two that you really enjoy and find meaningful and stick to those throughout your high school career. Whether it's yearbook or the accordion, drama...

Ellen erichards@ellened.com

Owner
Ellen Richards Admissions Consulting

Employers and colleges like to see extracurricular activities on your resume including leadership experience, athletics, foreign languages, writing/technical skills and volunteer work among others. Taking a leadership position while in school is a big plus in a students resume. It shows willingness to step up to the plate. Is portrays to employers you can manage and handle responsibilities. If you...

Nancy Milne

Owner
Milne Collegiate Consulting

This answer will vary from campus to campus. Some schools have a unique niche, i.e. a Quidditch Club, while others allow the current students to create a club of interest and that may be popular temporarily or become a fixture. Most schools have a standard lineup of extracurriculars: chess club, debate team, Zumba classes, etc. Keep your eyes and mind open and you may find you're a natural at...

Megan Dorsey

SAT Prep & College Advisor
College Prep LLC

What are the most popular activities at your high school? Are they the same for all high schools in your area? Popular extracurriculars will vary by college. Some campuses are highly political, others are actively green, and others are into Greek life. Most college students belong to a couple extracurricular clubs or organizations, but usually not as many as they were part of in high school. ...

Karen Ekman-Baur

Director of College Counseling
Leysin American School

Interest in various extracurricular activities will vary from one college/university to another, so it's virtually impossible to say, in general, what the most popular extracurriculars are. On the webpage of each institution or in other impartial evaluations, however, there will often be an indication of what activities are particularly popular at a given school. Although this would surely not be the...

Reecy Aresty

College Admissions/Financial Aid Expert & Author
Payless For College, Inc.

Debate, Yearbook, language club, orchestra, band, sports, etc.