Freshman Year Extracurriculars- so far!
My goal for my Freshman extracurriculars was to start really showing the areas of studies that I’m interested in. One thing that I’ve learned from endless hours of watching and carefully dissecting college stat videos is that colleges prefer when you stick to extracurriculars that are either relevant to you or your future career path, so that’s what I did!
I play two sports, am a member of four clubs, and I am taking piano lessons twice a week. Although it might not sound like a lot, dedication to your craft is infinitely more important than the quantity of crafts you’re making, so, on the side of taking these clubs, I’m trying my hardest to win as many awards as possible in the area.
The four clubs I am a member of are Mock Trial, the feminism club, Battle of the Books, and Debate Team. I’m sure it’s easy to see how these all fit into my potential career paths, but I can also spell it out just to be clear. I want to either be a lawyer or a journalist, so for law, I’m doing Mock Trial, where my mom, an ex trial lawyer is actually the coach, debate team, which will obviously improve my public speaking and quick thinking, both things important to law. For journalism, I am a part of Battle of the Books, which really just ties into writing as a whole. I primarily read fantasy books on my own time, so it’s very important that I try my hardest to broaden my horizons if I plan to make a career out of writing. Feminism club is just a me thing.
I’m also a member of clubs that can lead to me excelling in them, which will look amazing on my applications. For instance, there are many tournaments in debate and state and national rankings. You can also be recruited by a college for debate like you are for other sports. Battle of the Books provides me with the possibility to prove my reading comprehension on a state level, which for a writing career, always looks good.
As for my sports, I’m playing sports purely for fun. My first sport is a winter sport, basketball. I played in middle school and with a no cuts athletic program I will make the team no matter what. I think basketball is basically the most fun thing in the world, and it’s really hard for me to get through winter without seeing my teammates everyday after school for practice. In spring, I play golf, by commision of my dad, but also so I can impress the old money people when I make it to the ivy league. It’s not like I’m going D1 or even D3, it’s just to show that I like engaging in activities for fun outside of academics and to show how well I can work in a team setting.
On top of all of that, I’ve been playing piano since I was four years old, and plan to continue playing through high school. I’m an incredibly musical person by nature, and playing the piano is a great way to express that. Also, fourteen years of piano lessons shows quite the dedication.
I also speak fluent Spanish porque fui a una escuela de español for all of elementary school. I’ve continued to expand on my Spanish skills ever since, and plan to try picking up Russian in the coming years out of a total fascination with Russian history and inspiration from my fifth grade teacher. This is not something I’m doing for the college application, this is something I’m doing because I love to learn to languages and learn the cultures of countries other than the United States, where I currently live.
To close up on my Freshman year activities, I also started this blog! No matter how many viewers it gains or doesn’t gain, I wanted to start Auroria to share my thoughts with you guys about everything from trashy rom coms to this!
