Extracurriculars

[subtle wind]

As someone who barely understands what this term means, how do I get more extracurriculars? Especially when I live in a country where resources are not too accessible

[quiet fossil]

Honestly relatable. Extracurriculars basically refer to activities demonstrating your skills outside of school, they should likely be related to your future career goal. You can utilise the Internet and find online organisations or activities to partake in e.g. non profits. You can start clubs related to your passions in school or learn new skills

[subtle wind]

I think it's just easier said than done but I'll try 😞 thank you

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[quiet fossil]

It is easier to say it but that's what makes it valuable; it's hard to do

[subtle wind]

It's even harder to start clubs and projects here tbh

So I was considering to use social media but that's hard too if I don't even get following it'll barely be of any use

[quiet fossil]

Honestly unless you're looking at USA for future opportunities, most countries still value grades

You're in pak?

[subtle wind]

Well grades are definitely the most priority but I've heard extracurriculars are important if you wanna get in a good college

yep

[quiet fossil]

Ik the pain, I went to a Pakistani school and missed out on so many opportunities

[subtle wind]

I'm lowkey aiming for scholarships too so do you think extracurriculars help with that out?

[subtle wind]

So real

we're so behind in education tbh

[quiet fossil]

They add value but not always

Honestly

I had to shift to an international school but everyone here has extras from childhood

[subtle wind]

😞

That's such a pain

but especially in my city honestly there aren't many opportunities

And even tho I live in a bigger one people here aren't so open a ecs project will never survive

especially if it's by a teenager

[quiet fossil]

That's okay yk don't sweat it if you can't do it because of our country

[subtle wind]

😞

[lyric crest]

really?

i live in pak too

but i found so many opportunities

i volunterred in many hospitals

even outside of schools there are many opportunities

theres also so many competitions, some global too

we have clubs and societies too

which city do you live in

[subtle wind]

i guess you live in isb or lahore

[subtle wind]

Can't say that sorry 😞

[lyric crest]

no i dont

[subtle wind]

understandable then

[lyric crest]

oh thats fine

[subtle wind]

Karachi is pretty develop

Developed*

many things that are there are usually not in other cities of Pakistan

they might be in isb or lahore but since I don't live in those either 😭

[lyric crest]

thats true
maybe you can find some competitions online

or some online certifications

[subtle wind]

well I guess those are some of the only options I have 😞

I'll look through them in winter break

[lyric crest]

or you can reach out to some hospitals for volunteer work if you are persuing medical

[lyric crest]

hmm yeah goodluck

[subtle wind]

Thankyou, you too!

[lyric crest]

your welcome

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[abstract hearth]

There's so much h can do in oak

Pak

There are many orgs which host competitions like that if lums

There's the national Olympiad

Which I would highly recommend

Undo

U do

U compete at national level and if u qualify u represent Pakistan internationally

U could start an ngo

Reasearch

[subtle wind]

How can I even do that when I'm not even in alevels 😭

did you ever do any of this

[abstract hearth]

Not yet

In a levels now

[abstract hearth]

Pls don't do that

Bad mein time bilkil nhi hota

Now is the time

[craggy dagger]

You know these days in Pakistan Alot of student from various schools are starting NGO meaning a non governmental organization which works for the improvement in a specific field for example I used to be a part of a team paws of promises which collected money for stray animals and all and at the end they gave u a certificate which we can include in our college applications and all

You should check Instagram there are many NGO there

[subtle wind]

um I guess

[subtle wind]

Have you done that yourself?

because I don't know how to start at all

just checking Instagram doesn't really give me an idea

[craggy dagger]

Yes

[craggy dagger]

Um check in with your school students the one I joined was started by my seniors but there are many other too

[craggy dagger]

Um i can suggest a few but I only know the one's In Multan mostly, what city you in?

[subtle wind]

um I can't tell here maybe in dms

[subtle wind]

i doubt my seniors are doing anything similar

[craggy dagger]

Yeah sure

[quiet fossil]

Omg are you from Multan

[craggy dagger]

Yeahh

[quiet fossil]

Samee

[daring dagger]

Honestly speaking it doesnt really matter how many EC's you do

but rather what kind of impact you have made with it

and whether you are passionate about it

these are the two criteria that many top colleges look into

i.e Imagine you're a person that does programming as a hobby. Can you make a system that can make peoples lives easier?

or you're really passionate about animals. Can you spread awareness of a certain endangered species?

If you feel like the place where you live in or the school that you study is "unsatisfactory" for you to pursue your extracurriculars (for instance, no clubs, no advanced classes etc), then don't complain about having no opportunities.

But rather the best thing to do here is to make them.

Create opportunities.

There are people who grew up with nothing and rose to the top

How did they do that?

By creating opportunities for themselves

My school isnt really that into clubs and advanced classes too.

But i'm trying my best to create opportunities for myself.

I learned how to code and took part in multiple projects.

In short, what I'm trying to say is to pursue what you are interested in and keep moving forward and create opportunities for yourself.