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by blahyawnblah 1541 days ago
> I'm not the in US, so my knowledge of the educational system comes only from what I read, but it's my understanding that "extracurriculars" are an important part of college admissions, which is different from Europe.

That's really only a thing for the private universities and those don't make up a large percentage

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> That's really only a thing for the private universities and those don't make up a large percentage

That's not true in my experience. In my state and surrounding states, most of the large state schools care a great deal about extracurriculars.