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any of you guys do amazing extra curricular stuff? like won that westinghouse thing..got 1st in usad..etc etc? i'm looking for some exciting things to do besides being in the "book club"

By Vegangirl (Vegangirl) on Tuesday, July 06, 2004 - 01:57 pm: Edit

What kind of stuff are you interested in? Because if you're into the humanities, National History Day is an awesome and (I think) pretty prestigious competition

By Ilovefish (Ilovefish) on Tuesday, July 06, 2004 - 07:05 pm: Edit

any interesting science stuff? or poly sci? my school doesn't have a team for mun & i love int'l rel but can't do much about it or internships for the matter..where do i get those?

By Sns22022 (Sns22022) on Tuesday, July 06, 2004 - 07:48 pm: Edit

Find something YOU enjoy. It doesn't have to be HUGE...just something you have a passion for. For me, that happens to be dance. I don't compete or win awards, but I've been dancing for 14 years because I LOVE it.

By Idiias (Idiias) on Tuesday, July 06, 2004 - 08:01 pm: Edit

start a Fish Lover's Club. that will look impressive on college aps!

By Ilovefish (Ilovefish) on Tuesday, July 06, 2004 - 11:06 pm: Edit

well my school didnt go off too well about it when my friend wanted to start a political club..(in the end of all that, she wasn't allowed to have it)

any more suggestions--things I can do outside of school?

By Juliusmonky (Juliusmonky) on Wednesday, July 07, 2004 - 12:11 am: Edit

I did National History Day in 8th Grade--went to States for a documentary on Picasso, but we just didn't have the technology to compete with these kids who brought in whole computer systems and set them up--they should really have some restirctions on that....
Anyway, I wish a teacher did it in my high school. We're all too busy anyway, but I actually really enjoyed it. And you can also do papers, or boards, or plays.

By Kingkonglives (Kingkonglives) on Wednesday, July 07, 2004 - 02:09 am: Edit

well there are several large youth political organizations, try JSA, www.jsa.org... i can hook you up if you need help... the office would probably be able to persuade your administrators

Youth and Government is another political org., and it's run through YMCA, so it's outside of school...

By Kyip (Kyip) on Wednesday, July 07, 2004 - 11:28 am: Edit

Hm...I did Nat'l History Day this year. Got to states for a website, but they chose these poorly constructed websites that was simply done in HTML in about 2 hours.

By Nycneedhelp (Nycneedhelp) on Wednesday, July 07, 2004 - 11:40 am: Edit

umm

All-City Track Team

and

Junior Olympics Qualifier?

By Vegangirl (Vegangirl) on Wednesday, July 07, 2004 - 12:17 pm: Edit

kyip, what state are you from? I know not that many states offer websites as a category, so any state that does gets to decide how to judge them. Kind of unfair. If you know a lot about computers, you should try a documentary. They're a lot of fun!