College Application

FactorName	Extracurriculars
FactorDescription	Passionate involvement in a few activities, demonstrating leadership, initiative, creativity — and an angle. Depth, not breadth, of experience is most important.Evidence of extracurricular activities is important to the admission process, and depth of involvement is more impressive than breadth. Students can achieve this if they Focus on a limited number of interests. Document long-term involvement with organizations. Highlight activities related to a major or career goal. Show leadership skills and ability. Colleges seek “angled” students with a passion, not “well-rounded” students. Substantive commitment to a few activities is preferable to participation in several mini activities — and more rewarding! To complement your applications, create a detailed resume to showcase your activities.
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VeryImportantForColleges	Princeton University Yale University Stanford University Duke University Dartmouth College Vanderbilt University Cornell University Rice University Washington University in St Louis Emory University Carnegie Mellon University Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus University of California-Irvine Amherst College
ImportantForColleges	Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Pennsylvania Northwestern University Johns Hopkins University California Institute of Technology Brown University University of Notre Dame University of California-Los Angeles University of California-Berkeley University of Southern California Georgetown University University of Virginia-Main Campus Tufts University New York University University of California-San Diego University of California-Davis Boston University Northeastern University University of California-Santa Cruz Swarthmore College Barnard College
ConsideredForColleges	Harvard University University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of California-Santa Barbara University of Oregon
NotConsideredForColleges	University of California-Riverside