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Extracurricular Activities

“But what about the kids who start charities and do cancer research?” a mother asked me recently. She, like many others, was concerned about how her daughter’s list of extracurricular activities would stack up next to a group of lauded, accomplished high school seniors on her college applications.

Students tend to have a one-dimensional view of what community service entails. If they’re not tutoring younger students or serving meals at a local homeless shelter, what other community service is there? In reality, high school students can find various ways to make an impact — the possibilities are endless!