{"id":6267,"date":"2023-03-13T17:32:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T21:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/?p=6267"},"modified":"2023-03-13T17:32:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T21:32:16","slug":"spreading-yourself-too-thin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/2023\/03\/13\/spreading-yourself-too-thin\/","title":{"rendered":"Spreading Yourself too Thin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As I read through student and alumni interviews of Everdeen students, I noticed that the students were involved in many extracurricular activities. To name a few, these activities include athletics, music, community service, and leadership roles within the school. Some activities, such as community service and athletics, are compulsory and promoted as a pillar of the school’s curriculum. In contrast, some extracurricular activities involving leadership roles are reserved for deemed-worthy students, or as a former Everdeen student puts it, “perfect students.” As I read through their interviews, I noticed that these activities are helping students build impressive resumes for when they leave Everdeen, allowing them to occupy positions at elite universities across the globe.<\/p>\n

Moreover, throughout his time at Everdeen, Harrison was on the rowing team, played multiple instruments, and was selected for a prestigious leadership position within the student body. Over holiday breaks, he continues to build his impressive college resume through internships in prospective career fields. After graduation, Harrison hopes to attend university in the United States. To be clear, his goal is to attend one of America’s most prestigious universities. The prospective list includes Ivy League schools, Stanford, and UCLA. It is not a coincidence that many of these schools have the most competitive crew universities in the country, as Harrison hopes to row crew for one of these elite universities. While these schools are still incredibly selective for rowers, he believes his interest in crew and other accomplishments throughout his time at Everdeen could give him an advantage in the admissions process.<\/p>\n

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While a resume like this one seems like a dream applicant for many universities, he admits that his focus on rowing and other activities impacts his schoolwork. As a result of crew practice, he must wake up at 4:30 am and does not have the opportunity to start homework until 9 pm when he returns home. His commitment to rowing, academics and other activities requires spectacular organization skills. With this commitment to various activities, a student dances a fine line between being a dream applicant and dealing with the consequences of spreading oneself too thin.<\/p>\n

Like Harrison, a former student at Everdeen named Amelia was also selected for a leadership position within the student body. In addition to being selected as a house captain, Amelia participated in swimming, soccer, choir, and debate teams. In addition, Amelia was a Duke of Edinburgh Award recipient, a prestigious program that can significantly boost a college application. Like Harrison, Amelia felt she was in too many extracurriculars and had little time for academics. By her senior year, Amelia cut down her extracurricular involvement and put all her focus on leadership activities and academics other than compulsory athletics.<\/p>\n

Providing the resources and access to building a solid college application filled with various experiences and activities is a crucial aspect of elite schools. While elite schools promote and encourage extracurriculars, reviewing the consequences of involvement in many activities is vital to ensure the process does not backfire on the student.<\/p><\/div>More <\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \t <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I read through student and alumni interviews of Everdeen students, I noticed that the students were involved in many extracurricular activities. To name a few, these activities include athletics, music, community service, and leadership roles within the school. Some activities, such as community service and athletics, are compulsory and promoted as a pillar of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11364,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"builder_content":"

As I read through student and alumni interviews of Everdeen students, I noticed that the students were involved in many extracurricular activities. To name a few, these activities include athletics, music, community service, and leadership roles within the school. Some activities, such as community service and athletics, are compulsory and promoted as a pillar of the school's curriculum. In contrast, some extracurricular activities involving leadership roles are reserved for deemed-worthy students, or as a former Everdeen student puts it, \"perfect students.\" As I read through their interviews, I noticed that these activities are helping students build impressive resumes for when they leave Everdeen, allowing them to occupy positions at elite universities across the globe.<\/p>

Moreover, throughout his time at Everdeen, Harrison was on the rowing team, played multiple instruments, and was selected for a prestigious leadership position within the student body. Over holiday breaks, he continues to build his impressive college resume through internships in prospective career fields. After graduation, Harrison hopes to attend university in the United States. To be clear, his goal is to attend one of America's most prestigious universities. The prospective list includes Ivy League schools, Stanford, and UCLA. It is not a coincidence that many of these schools have the most competitive crew universities in the country, as Harrison hopes to row crew for one of these elite universities. While these schools are still incredibly selective for rowers, he believes his interest in crew and other accomplishments throughout his time at Everdeen could give him an advantage in the admissions process.<\/p> [caption id=\"\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"480\"]\"Crew https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/2XflxzlHsJyZWWxbuFy\/giphy.gif[\/caption]

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While a resume like this one seems like a dream applicant for many universities, he admits that his focus on rowing and other activities impacts his schoolwork. As a result of crew practice, he must wake up at 4:30 am and does not have the opportunity to start homework until 9 pm when he returns home. His commitment to rowing, academics and other activities requires spectacular organization skills. With this commitment to various activities, a student dances a fine line between being a dream applicant and dealing with the consequences of spreading oneself too thin.<\/p>

Like Harrison, a former student at Everdeen named Amelia was also selected for a leadership position within the student body. In addition to being selected as a house captain, Amelia participated in swimming, soccer, choir, and debate teams. In addition, Amelia was a Duke of Edinburgh Award recipient, a prestigious program that can significantly boost a college application. Like Harrison, Amelia felt she was in too many extracurriculars and had little time for academics. By her senior year, Amelia cut down her extracurricular involvement and put all her focus on leadership activities and academics other than compulsory athletics.<\/p>

Providing the resources and access to building a solid college application filled with various experiences and activities is a crucial aspect of elite schools. While elite schools promote and encourage extracurriculars, reviewing the consequences of involvement in many activities is vital to ensure the process does not backfire on the student.<\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11364"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6268,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6267\/revisions\/6268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}