Word: extracurricular
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their name, surely do not rely on grades to make their case. It's true that if 80 percent of us receive As, the task of law school admissions officers will be more difficult. They might actually have to read carefully students' recommendations, essays and rosters of extracurricular involvements. They might even need to call in all applicants for interviews. But would that really...
...Gerald S. Foster, associate dean for admissions at HMS, agrees that students' extracurricular activities should first and foremost be geared towards their personal interests, whether it be in research, community service or clinical work...
...logic goes something like this: on the academic side, we go to class for a few hours a week, read interesting books and articles and maybe write a few papers during the semester; on the extracurricular side, we play a sport, act a little or teach grade school children how to dance. The rest of our time in college is divided between eating as much as we want, meeting new people our age every day and having interesting conversations over a couple of beers...
...student play Game Boy during physics, another sleep during Earth science (teachers were aware of each situation but did not act upon them), a biology class act out DNA replication and chemistry students engage in a lab. Only one teacher pursued conversation with students about extracurricular activities. The variation is surprising...
...Stewart says being admitted into the Bee isno different than becoming a member of severalother Harvard's extracurricular organizations...