The Importance of Extracurricular Activities

"What matters to you like some of the stuff might be a little bit further back? Absolutely. You know, that's what shaped you," she says. "I would not use an essay to make excuses for yourself because people who work just as hard and have made room for extracurriculars" She adds: "Think creatively about the word 'extracurricular' Most of us were far more involved in college."