Word: extracurricular
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...terms of dance, I feel that student groups are very strong and are becoming more prominent. While the Dance Program does offer a few credit courses, I think the strength of the dance program at Harvard is based on the fact that it is predominantly extracurricular. As a result, students involved in dance are enthusiastic about what they do because they independently choose to spend their free time in the studios...
...recognize similar benefits. At the same time, while the dancers involved in Harvard Ballet Company are very enthusiastic about dancing, we rarely have the funding to fully realize all of our goals and ambitions, and this is a directly attributable to the fact that dance at Harvard is primarily extracurricular...
...school full of “the best and the brightest,” some hard-working Harvardians recognize that competition in the inevitable job search will be fierce. These students hold high-ranking extracurricular positions that sizzle with the promise of money, renown and status...
Aside from the fact that student leaders learn marketable skills in their positions, the time and energy it takes to rise to the top of any extracurricular indicates a high level of dedication to companies, graduate schools and organizations...
What was it? We are juniors, upperclassmen now—maybe that’s it. Having at long last burrowed into depths of extracurricular entrenchment in recent months, maybe we’re running too many sports teams, homeless shelters, clubs and publications to feel good about tearing ourselves away. When we were but tadpoles among full-grown frogs, it was generally no big deal if we had to miss a meeting. But suddenly, we’re running those meetings, and getting away is no longer a simple thing...